Hillary Clinton took a page out of Donald Trump’s book with a series of tweets posted at 3:20 a.m.
“It’s 3:20am. As good a time as any to tweet about national service,” Clinton posted early Saturday morning. “There are hundreds of thousands more @AmeriCorps applications than spots. Horrible! Let’s expand it from 75,000 annual members to 250,000.”
Clinton also extolled the value of programs like the Peace Corps, but said that many young people don’t sign up for it because of student loan debt. “Let’s use GOOD JUDGMENT & lighten that burden,” she wrote.
“Remember, don’t believe the haters who describe America as hopeless and broken,” she concluded. “We should lift each other up, not tear each other down.”
The tweets were sent in response to Donald Trump’s pre-dawn rant in which he criticized Clinton and Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe who claims Trump referred to her as “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping” after her pageant win.
“Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT! Hillary was set up by a con,” Trump tweeted at 5:19 a.m. ET.
He followed up minutes later by accusing Clinton of helping Machado become a citizen. “Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?”
It’s 3:20am. As good a time as any to tweet about national service. https://t.co/6hRCC16UiV
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 1, 2016
There are hundreds of thousands more @AmeriCorps applications than spots. Horrible! Let’s expand it from 75,000 annual members to 250,000.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 1, 2016
Too many talented young people pass up on programs like @Peacecorps because of student loans. Let’s use GOOD JUDGMENT & lighten that burden.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 1, 2016
Remember, don’t believe the haters who describe America as hopeless and broken. We should lift each other up, not tear each other down.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 1, 2016