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\nHillary Clinton at a press conference, September 9, image via screen grab.<\/em><\/p>\n
Nick Merrill, Clinton\u2019s traveling press secretary, and Adam Parkhomenko, who was a state coordinator for the Clinton campaign and is now National Field Director for the Democratic Party, each replied to a tweet thread by Martosko about Clinton\u2019s demeanor with Parkomenko threatening his job and Merrill employing the \u2018delete your account\u2019 othering insult.<\/p>\n
When reporters are publicly attacked by high ranking political operatives it is not just meant to intimidate that reporter, it is meant to \u2018other\u2019 him by separating him from the herd and intimidate other reporters from following his lead.<\/p>\n
Martosko was off the campaign trail<\/a> and commented as he watched video of the press conference.<\/p>\n Video of the Clinton press conference shows a tired looking, listless Clinton with heavy bags under her eyes reading a long statement before answering a few questions from the press. As she answers, Clinton\u2019s eyelids droop repeatedly as if she is fighting off nodding off. The only time Clinton perked up was when she was walking away and was asked about her rival Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appearing on Russian-owned RT television. However Clinton cut off her answer and ended the press conference because she had a cough coming on and didn\u2019t want the press to film her coughing so she stepped behind a pillar to cough<\/a>.<\/p>\n Is it just me or does Hillary Clinton sound absolutely exhausted and quiet? Seems like an illustration of Trump’s whole “tired” critique<\/p>\n \u2014 David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cIs it just me or does Hillary Clinton sound absolutely exhausted and quiet? Seems like an illustration of Trump\u2019s whole \u201ctired\u201d critique\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n She sounds bored \/ half-awake \/ disinterested \u2026 not the kind of performance that inspires fear in our enemies. Where’s the caffeine?<\/p>\n \u2014 David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cShe sounds bored \/ half-awake \/ disinterested \u2026 not the kind of performance that inspires fear in our enemies. Where\u2019s the caffeine?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I half expect her to slump over and collapse any second now. if she were doing a parody of “low energy” Jeb!, it couldn’t be more spot-on.<\/p>\n \u2014 David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cI half expect her to slump over and collapse any second now. if she were doing a parody of \u201clow energy\u201d Jeb!, it couldn\u2019t be more spot-on.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Martosko replied to two Reuters reporters who defended Clinton, Emily Stephenson and Ginger Gibson.<\/p>\n @ewstephe<\/a> She’s not pulling it off. There’s low-volume, and then there’s low-intensity.<\/p>\n \u2014 David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201c@dmartosko I think that\u2019s how politicians do \u201cserious.\u201d Trump has done appearances recently that sounded on TV like he was whispering.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s not pulling it off. There\u2019s low-volume, and then there\u2019s low-intensity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n @GingerGibson<\/a> Were you watching the same event I was watching? I found it alarmingly low-intensity. Like, borderline frightening.<\/p>\n \u2014 David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t a serious tweet, right? You are trying to mock people who talk about her tone, right?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201c@GingerGibson Were you watching the same event I was watching? I found it alarmingly low-intensity. Like, borderline frightening.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Merrill replied to Martosko, \u201cdelete you account,\u201d to which Martosko replied that Clinton looked \u201czonked.\u201d<\/p>\n .@dmartosko<\/a> delete your account.<\/p>\n \u2014 Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n @NickMerrill<\/a> Dude, she looked zonked. I don’t know why, but it was striking.<\/p>\n \u2014 David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201c@NickMerrill Dude, she looked zonked. I don\u2019t know why, but it was striking.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Parkhomenko threatened Martosko\u2019s job.<\/p>\n You shouldn’t have a job in the morning. http:\/\/t.co\/Y13P6Qoz9m<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t have a job in the morning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Martosko blew off the threat.<\/p>\n @AdamParkhomenko<\/a> Somehow I’m not worried.<\/p>\n \u2014 David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cSomehow I\u2019m not worried.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Video of Clinton\u2019s press conference:<\/p>\n\n
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