The latest swipe at Hillary Clinton over Benghazi was the unlikely story that first came on the radar screen two days ago from The Blaze.
GOP Rep. Claims Hillary Clinton ‘Screamed’ at Member of Congress During Briefing Two Days After Benghazi – Here’s the Stunning Reason Why
Aug. 15, 2013 8:15pm
Speaking at a town hall meeting on Wednesday, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) claimed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “screamed at a member of Congress” two days after the Benghazi attack for daring to classify the tragedy as terrorism.
The alleged incident occurred during a briefing just two days after four Americans were killed in a fiery assault on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya.
“Two days after this attack we were in a briefing with Hillary Clinton and she screamed at a member of Congress who’d dare suggest that this was a terrorist attack,” Kinzinger told constituents in Rochelle, Ill., on Wednesday. ”Now we find out that while it was happening they knew it was a terrorist attack. These are answers, we are going to get to the bottom of this.”
A few things did not ring true. First was that two days after the attack no such hearing was on her schedule. Second was the use of the verb “scream.” It is not that it is unimaginable that Hillary might raise her voice – but “scream?” Certainly, even from a closed hearing, some word of her “screaming” would have leaked somehow. Third, even a closed hearing would have appeared on her schedule, and there was none that week.
Yesterday, Hillary’s spokesperson, Nick Merrill, came back at the story thus.
– 08/16/13Nick Merrill, a Clinton aide, provided the following statement to The Hill on the condition that it be run in its entirety.“Here are the facts: on September 20th, 2012, nine days after the attack – not two as he falsely stated – Secretary Clinton was part of two large briefings held for the benefit of all 535 Members of Congress.
Hundreds of House members were present for their session, and more than 90 Senators attended theirs. On January 23rd, 2013, she testified publicly before both the Senate and House. Those are the only two times Adam Kinzinger would have been within a mile of her.”So we are to believe that he woke up today, 10 months and 27 days later, and suddenly remembered he heard something that 434 other people somehow missed? Not so much. What happened this morning was nothing short of brazen deceit.”
Hillary Clinton was on an extended trip in Asia the week prior to the attack ending with APEC in Vladivostok. She returned to the State Department immediately upon her arrival and went straight to work. No Congressional briefings appear on her schedule the week of the attack.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE Monday, September 17, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Public Schedule Washington, DC September 19, 2012
Finally here, as stated by Nick Merrill, are those closed briefings on her schedule nine days after the attack, not two.
Public Schedule for September 20, 2012
Public Schedule
Washington, DCSeptember 20, 2012
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the regional bureau secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)10:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Global Infrastructure Conference, at the Department of State. Please click here for more information.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR SECRETARY CLINTON’S REMARKS)10:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister R.M. Marty Natalegawa, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)10:45 a.m. Secretary Clinton hosts the third annual U.S.-Indonesian Joint Commission meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister R.M. Marty Natalegawa, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS FOR OPENING REMARKS)11:50 a.m. Secretary Clinton hosts a working lunch for Indonesian Foreign Minister R.M. Marty Natalegawa, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)1:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton hosts a joint press availability with Indonesian Foreign Minister R.M. Marty Natalegawa, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)3:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton briefs members of the House, at the U.S. Capitol.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)4:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton briefs members of the Senate, at the U.S. Capitol.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
Mr. Kinzinger’s memory of events is apparently faulty. Perhaps he meant two working days for him after the attack although we do not have his schedule. We know that Republicans tend to have problems with larger numbers as indicated by their cuts to embassy security budgets submitted by Secretary Clinton two years in a row.
Finally, let us not forget that Hillary Clinton took full responsibility for incidents in Benghazi with no reservations. She has been entirely forthcoming and cooperative with Congress and should not be used as a political football by those seeking votes – neither should the tragic events in Benghazi.
Still4Hill 
trust me, if hillary “screamed” at a member of congress with others present, we would’ve heard about it immediately after it happened. there’s no way hillary would lose her cool like that anyway. the briefing may have been contentious at times, but she’d certainly never scream.
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Right. And the briefing did not happen two days after the attack.
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exactly. it’s astounding what some GOP congressmen will say at town meetings. some are still talking about obama’s birth certificate. WTF?
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But some are dropping this because of Ted Cruz. Waffles anyone? New Hampshire maple syrup?
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I agree. a) Hillary wouldn’t have screamed at a Rep. b) If she had, it would have been reported immediately and every media vulture would still be talking about it.
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The people at NBC, CNN, The NYT, etc treated her with faint praise at best to total ignorant threatening insult at worst in 2008. A highly rated anchor at msnbc repeatedly ravaged her in his rants and the media twisted her every move and distorted her. They were not on her side and she had to fight for positive press – even on the nights she won big state primaries.
It is worrisome how they would handle her story. And she should sue Fox for their portrayal. They would lose. The mountains of evidence are all on tape.
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The only two people at msnbc who were fair to her were fired.
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I was recently reminded of this post because of a reference to the MHP “Scarlett” article that somehow flew under my radar in 2008. I have added that and Jezebel’s rebuttal to the post. Pure hatred. No other word for it.
https://still4hill.com/2013/02/04/it-commences-mhps-hillary-hate-out-of-the-closet-and-on-the-record/
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I can’t STAND that race baiter.
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That’s why I still don’t watch MSNBC. In 2008 they were the unofficial Obama network.
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Even if his story was true – isn’t it kind of a big jump to go from her being angry and saying we have to be careful about calling this a terrorist attack – to saying she was involved in a cover-up to help the President get elected and intentionally leaving men to die.
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It isn’t true, but, yes. It would be a huge stretch.
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