Former National Security Council senior director Fiona Hill confirmed an anecdote that effectively proved her resolve on Thursday — and delivered a moment of comic relief at the same time.
During Hill’s testimony, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) asked Hill about a story in a New York Times report that claimed a boy in her class set one of her pigtails on fire while she was taking a test.
“I understand when you were 11-years-old there was a school boy that set your big tails on fire. And you were taking a test. You turned around and with your hands snuffed out the fire and then proceeded to finish your test,” Speier said. “Is that a true story?”
Hill responded that “it is a true story” and that she “was a bit surprised to see that pop up today.”
“It’s one of the stories I occasionally tell,” Hill said. “Very unfortunate consequences afterwards. My mother gave me bowl hair cut.”
After Hill’s remark drew laughter from the audience, she added that she “looked like Richard III.”
Speier then told Hill that she thought “it underscores the fact that you speak truth” and that she is “steely.”
Watch the exchange below:
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REPUG rebuttal: She did that on purpose at age 11, so that she had a story to tell later in life. A story that people could chuckle over while it gave her some sympathy creds.
Fiona Hill is one tough cookie and from the hair on fire story, it sounds like she was born that way. She should give lessons to the Repukes on the committee about putting out your hair when it is on fire, they are going to need it after this week.
I prefer that she keeps setting their hair on fire with her testimony. Loved her destruction of Republican talking points on Ukraine meddling in our election.
She’s both steely and fiery.
This is the current first paragraph from Fiona Hill’s Wikipedia bio:
Oddly, for Wikipedia, there’s no source cited for the bad-ass certification. I’m guessing it was a general observation from her testimony?