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I keep hearing Trump say "Ambassador Stevens made 600 requests to Hillary for help the night of the attack". 600. In one night. Hmmm...
Facts are troublesome.
Cliff Notes:
"We’re using this Donald Trump quote as a jumping-off point to explore a figure that has been widely cited since the House Select Committee on Benghazi held a hearing in October featuring former secretary of state Hillary Clinton — that there were “600 requests” for security upgrades from U.S. officials based in Benghazi, Libya.As usual, Trump wildly exaggerated the figure. A key point that Republicans on the committee have tried to make was that Ambassador Chris Stevens — who perished in the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities that left three others dead — did not directly communicate with Clinton on her private email system. (Generally, ambassadors would send messages through the chain of command.) So none of these came directly from Stevens to Clinton, “asking for help,” as Trump put it."
The Facts:
While GOP members often have frequently shorthanded the information as “600 requests,” the correct phraseology is “requests and concerns,” as shown in the chart, which was displayed during the hearing. The chart suggests that all of these requests and concerns were from Benghazi to Washington (i.e., “the State Department”). A “concern,” however, is different than a “request.”There were 569 Requests/Concerns made from Jan-September. Not 600 made in one night.
- So even if the fact were straightened out, it still shows that Hillary was incompetent. Which she is, we'll see more of that the next 4 years.robotron3k