Comedy
The Funniest Tweets About the FBI’s Clinton Email Decision
While Republicans try to keep the controversy alive, our favorite comics have found humor in the situation.
July 07 2016 2:52 PM EST
July 06 2016 10:52 PM EST
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While Republicans try to keep the controversy alive, our favorite comics have found humor in the situation.
In accordance with FBI director James Comey's Tuesday recommendation, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch declined Wednesday to press charges against Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with regard to her use of a private email server while she was secretary of State. Congressional Republicans, contending their was wrongdoing by Clinton in her handling of the emails, grilled Comey in a hearing today, but meanwhile many of our favorite comedians have delivered hilarious reactions to the situation. Here we round up their funniest tweets.
Louis Virtel skips to the part we all really cared about:
\u201cWeird that the Comey statement ended with "And also, Hillary Clinton, you are NOT the father when it comes to 2-month-old Jerome."\u201d— Louis Virtel (@Louis Virtel) 1467731813
Lesbian comic Cameron Esposito nails it.
\u201cMan, that Hillary. She's good at playing politics. Almost like a politician. Anyway, what does the golf course mogul have to say?\u201d— Cameron Esposito (@Cameron Esposito) 1467735668
We're all right there with you, Lauren.
Gay comedian Adam Sank says what we were all thinking.
They should've let Billy Eichner at least play good cop for like 15 minutes.
\u201cI wish the FBI let me interview Hillary, I would've been like "Any thoughts on John Cusack?"\u201d— billy eichner (@billy eichner) 1467479975
Trevor Noah is on to something, though we think Comey could use more spray tan.
\u201cFBI Director James Comey goes full Seacrest in his statement on Hillary Clinton\u2019s emails.\nhttps://t.co/hqvZ5OS633\u201d— The Daily Show (@The Daily Show) 1467766742
We should have known Conan would get mixed up in all of this.
\u201cI\u2019m starting to regret having Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch over for lunch.\u201d— Conan O'Brien (@Conan O'Brien) 1467748513
The Daily Show gives Clinton the Maury treatment.
\u201cHillary Clinton, you are NOT indicted!\u201d— The Daily Show (@The Daily Show) 1467740442
Meanwhile in the GOP:
Maybe we should just always let RuPaul summarize the news.