First “brain damage,” now “failure to report for duty?”
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said Hillary Clinton should be “disqualified” from running for president because she declined to appear on five Sunday news shows days after the deadly 2012 attack at the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya.
Then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice went on the shows in her place, explaining that Clinton was too exhausted to make an appearance after a “grueling” week.
“One of two things was true: Either Hillary Clinton had a grueling week and was tired and failed to report for duty, and therefore I don’t know how she can be president of the United States,” Priebus said on Fox News Sunday. “Or second, Susan Rice was lying and, in fact, Hillary Clinton wasn’t tired and that’s not the reason she didn’t report for duty.”
“If she’s even thinking of running for president, I think she has been disqualified because of her actions here,” Priebus stated.
The RNC chairman also claimed that a chapter on Benghazi, and its alleged politicization by Republicans, in Clinton’s new book “Hard Choices” — obtained by Politico — was a blatant attempt to halt the current criticism.
“How did this chapter get leaked to the newspaper? It got leaked because their people are trying to stop any more criticism that she’s been receiving on Benghazi,” Priebus said on Fox. “Hillary Clinton is politics 24/7. This is no different.”
Republicans launched a special investigative committee led by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) to look into the deadly attacks, expected to stretch on until at least the 2014 midterm elections. Five Democratic members will also serve on the select committee.









