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Trump's tweet literally said that Hillary smashed the phones with a hammer. He already got the benefit of more engagement on a exaggerated tweet. Why shouldn't

• dmonitor 4y ago
  > Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction? that’s the tweet. I don’t think there’s a significant difference between “hillary smashed her phones with a hammer” and “hillary had someone smash her phone with a hammer”, especially when a 128 character limit is a factor. I could say “I fixed my iPhone’s screen last weekend” when I really just got it replaced at an Apple store. The fact that I personally didn’t replace the screen doesn’t matter. If the debate was “is hillary clinton strong enough to smash things with hammers” and this was used as evidence, it’d be misleading. The debate was “is hillary clinton suspicious”, and having her phones smashed with hammers is suspicious regardless of whether she did it herself or had someone else do it for her.