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Watch Hillary Clinton Open A Jar Of Pickles To Prove Her Strength & Vitality
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Ben Yakas
Published Aug 23, 2016
Modified Aug 23, 2016
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Hillary Clinton has been the subject of an unhealthy amount of health conspiracy theory mongering from Donald Trump and his most dementia-addled surrogates, which is about as credible as the Obama birther movement (and we all know who got a real kick out of that one). Clinton appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night and proved she is as healthy as any person who can open a jar of pickles.
"I think, on the one hand, it is part of the wacky strategy," Clinton mused on the Trump campaign strategy. "Just say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you. On the other hand, it just absolutely makes no sense." It's just like mama always said: throw enough mud at a wall, and some of it will stick—throw enough hateful rhetoric at the American electorate, and some of it will increase your approval ratings amongst white supremacists.
Mere feats of strength not convincing enough? How about some idle chitchat about balloons and being a grandma? Because we got plenty of that too:
I know what you're thinking: WHAT ABOUT THE UNRELEASED EMAILS??!? BRING UP THE EMAILS KIMMEL, YOU HACK. ONLY A SICK PERSON WOULDN'T DISCUSS THOSE! Well check and mate or whatever:
Like all late night guests, she also plugged her latest project, Defeating An Opportunist Megalomaniac To Become President.
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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