Hillary Clinton’s campaign raised eyebrows Monday evening after they tweeted an article instructing readers on to weigh the “sins” of 2016’s “uniquely corrupt candidates.”
As it turns out, however, the article is really a tongue-in-cheek jab at politicos and pundits who suggest Clinton and Donald Trump are two sides to the same terrible coin.
The article, titled “Making the Choice,” asks, “How should voters weigh the sins of these two uniquely corrupt candidates?”
“For purposes of comparison, we present these complete accountings of the candidates’ offenses and misdemeanors. Weigh them according to your personal moral compass, then print them out and take them to the polls to help you decide. Good luck,” Slate’s Gabriel Roth explained.
The article then goes on to list 239 “sins” that Trump has committed, and only one “sin” (“Poor email server management”) committed by Clinton.
However, as is often the case on social media, the joke by Clinton’s team was lost on a few people as a not insignificant number of social media users assumed her people had mistakenly tweeted out a story critical of her candidacy.
Ck out the title o what Clinton just tweeted
Choosing betw “the Most Corrupt, Least Popular Candidates of All Time” pic.twitter.com/MsYZS47pZ2
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) October 31, 2016
Wait. This tweet actually happened? pic.twitter.com/HiNA9qsp5f
— Ben (@BenHowe) October 31, 2016
Hahaha oh my god whoever is running her account admits she is corrupt @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/YAwNpOy8gX
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) October 31, 2016
