Hillary Clinton is being slammed today by Native Americans who are upset with a phrase she used with Jake Tapper this morning.
Here’s the clip:
Hillary Clinton on Trump: I have experience with men who “get off the reservation” #CNNSOTU https://t.co/RZuuLg7VRM https://t.co/jBedR2iacC
— CNN (@CNN) May 1, 2016
Hillary says she’s used to dealing with men who go “off the reservation” – Rush Limbaugh took that to mean Bill Clinton!!
Anyway, Native Americans ain’t happy:
Hillary Clinton drew ire from Native Americans on Saturday over her use of the phrase “off the reservation” in a CNN interview.
Activists pointed to the saying’s dark origins in late-19th-century laws restricting Native Americans to reservation lands.
“When reservations were first established, going #OffTheReservation meant you were going to be hunted down and killed,” Ruth Hopkins tweeted.
The social-media firestorm forced Clinton’s campaign to apologize — also on Twitter.
“Divisive language has no place in our politics,” tweeted Amanda Renteria, Clinton’s national political director. “Hillary Clinton meant no disrespect to Native Americans. She wants this election to be about lifting people up, not tearing them down.”
Maybe they were offended that she was referring to Bill, and they didn’t want a serial philanderer identified as one of their own!