Hillary and Bill Clinton sent pizza this week to healthcare workers in New York to show support for their work as they battle against the coronavirus.
“Thank you to the medical professionals, grocery store employees, delivery drivers, pharmacy workers, mail carriers, firefighters, police, nursing home employees, and everyone else who is working to save lives and keep us all going right now,” Hillary Clinton tweeted Wednesday. “Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
A woman saying she is an emergency room doctor in Dobbs Ferry, New York, replied to the former first lady and secretary of state’s tweet.
“Amazing !!! I am an ER doctor at Dobbs Ferry NY and just received pizza from the Clintons,” the woman said. “Thank you !!!! We NEED LEADERS LIKE YOU in this tough time. So much gratitude I didn’t know how else to reach you to say thank you.”
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Amazing !!! I am an ER doctor at Dobbs Ferry NY and just received pizza from the Clintons. Thank you !!!! We NEED LEADERS LIKE YOU in this tough time. So much gratitude I didn’t know how else to reach you to say thank you – Angela cirilli, MD
— Angela cirilli (@cirilliang) March 25, 2020
The Clintons live less than 15 miles away in Chappaqua, New York.
Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers across the country have kicked up efforts to treat the sick following the nationwide outbreak of the virus.
American companies large and small have donated medical supplies, donated money to hospitals, or offered free services to first responders or healthcare workers since the outbreak began.
“My first thought was gratitude for hospital staff everywhere,” Chelsea Clinton, the Clintons’ daughter, said. “My second was, of course she did. My third, I admit, was the pizzagate folks are going to go into overdrive to fit this into their conspiracy theory. And, I love my mom.”
My first thought was gratitude for hospital staff everywhere. My second was, of course she did. My third, I admit, was the pizzagate folks are going to go into overdrive to fit this into their conspiracy theory. And, I love my mom @HillaryClinton. https://t.co/Mp2gOb3UgK
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 25, 2020
Pizzagate refers to an unfounded theory circulated on the internet in 2016 by Clinton’s critics that she and her former campaign chairman ran a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor in Washington, D.C.
