The mock interview was taped in NY on the afternoon of September 9, the same day Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia, an illness that led to her stumbling at a September 11 memorial event and recovering off the trail for several days afterwards.
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Hillary Clinton went on Zach Galifianakis” famously weird interview show “Between Two Ferns’, and it was as awkward/funny as could be. After Galifianakis asks Clinton what she will wear to the first debate, she talks about the double standard and says Trump will probably wear his “red power tie”.
“So you’re going to lead the Civil War?”
Clinton tried to sound serious and irritated by Galifianakis and his off-beat questions during the interview, but was scripted when she was asked about politics. Hillary’s response is pure gold: “I’d be afraid to eat them if I were you”.
Just like his past Between Two Ferns session with President Obama, Galifianakis sticks to the bit of saying wildly rude stuff to his guests, only to get dissed and dismissed.
Trump was not spared during the interview.
“Don’t tell me what to say”, snapped Secretary Clinton. “That would be a little extreme”.
“Oh, that’s right, you want to take everybody’s guns away…” “Very cool, cool cool cool”.
“I would try to prevent him from destroying the United States”, Clinton said when asked if she would relocate during a Trump regime.
“When you see how well it works for Donald Trump, do you think to yourself, oh, well, maybe I should be more racist?” the host said. Galifianakis quickly responds with, “Or a white power tie”.
The video’s rollout comes as Clinton takes new steps to reach out to millennials, many of whom have not warmed to her.
The over 5-minute interview closes with a joke about Clinton’s email controversy.
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This has been a lot of fun, Mrs. Clinton. “We should stay in touch”.
