RNC quips ‘Forget someone again?’ after the Dems’ Presidents Day post leaves a big name
Democrats were mocked for leaving their most popular president out of their party’s Presidents Day message after Republicans noted that former president Bill Clinton was absent.
The former Arkansas governor and 42nd commander-in-chief was not in the “Happy President’s Day” photo that included John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
The only Democratic presidents not between Roosevelt and Biden were Clinton and Harry Truman.
In response, the RNC retweeted @TheDemocrats’ post with a photo of Clinton wearing glasses and sitting next to Hillary Clinton, with a worried or focused look on her face.
“Did you forget someone again??” RNC captions read.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the DNC to ask if the omission was intentional and to the Clinton Foundation for comment.
Republicans, on the other hand, posted a Presidents Day photo of Mount Rushmore with a colored portrait of Trump next to President Abraham Lincoln, placed to the right of the South Dakota monument.
Their account also retweeted the Department of Health and Human Services, which wrote that “This President’s Day, we honor the leaders who have shaped our nation and reaffirm our commitment to serving the health and well-being of every American.”
HHS included a combination of Trump, Lincoln and President George Washington to make their point.
Clinton, one of the most popular presidents in recent history, was not without his scandals.
The late Kenneth Starr investigated Clinton in connection with a controversial 1978 land deal in the Ozarks nicknamed “Whitewater” that dates back to Clinton’s tenure as Arkansas attorney general.
Although Clinton was never charged with wrongdoing, Arkansas business partners Jim and Susan McDougal were convicted in connection with the failed Whitewater deal.
Hillary Clinton once worked for a law firm that represented Jim McDougal’s bank. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Clinton’s successor, was also convicted.
But the Whitewater case led Starr to discover what became the Monica Lewinsky scandal — when Clinton allegedly had a sexual relationship with a White House staffer.
On January 26, 1998, Clinton pleaded not guilty to Starr’s impeachment, announcing at the end of a press conference on child care policy:
“I did not have sex with that woman.”
“I have never told anyone to lie, not once. Never. These allegations are false. And I need to get back to work for the American people,” Clinton added.
