Hillary and Bill Clinton bought pizzas from the “Pizzagate” restaurant following the conspiracy theory-turned-crime at the Washington, D.C., restaurant.
During the election, a fake news story circulated about a human trafficking ring being run out Comet Pizza, involving members of the Democratic Party. On Dec. 4, a man fired three shots at Comet Ping Pong, the pizza restaurant.
“A few days after that you and your husband said, ‘What can we do to support Comet? Can we buy pizzas?'” host Lissa Muscatine said in a talk about Clinton’s book at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., Monday night. Muscatine owns a book store on same street as Comet.
“You bought I don’t know how many pizzas but a lot of pizzas and sent them to a literacy program, after school literacy program in D.C.” Muscatine said.
Clinton said the incident was a terrible example of the down-side of fake news.
“It was an active crime scene because people who cared more about weaponizing information, making negative stories up, than the truth, than facts, or even public safety,” she said.
Muscatine said Vice President Mike Pence was living in the area during the transition and did not stop into the Connecticut Avenue stores and support them during the controversy.
