Dana Perino unleashed an epic rant on Hillary Clinton and the FBI investigation into her emails.
The Fox News host unloaded about the recommendation by FBI Chief James Comey to not press charges against Clinton following the federal probe.
Would you allow me a bit of a rant on the Comey/HRC email story? Because I’m stewing. So here goes…
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
Perino, the former White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush, noted that government security clearances are a privilege and require self-sacrifice.
When I was privileged to be granted SCI/top secret security clearance, I took it seriously. What an honor to be trusted with such info
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
I remember when we went to Russia, we had to leave our Blackberries on AF1. We were nervous – how would we communicate? But we did it.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
Because the USSS asked us to do so – to protect the nation’s information. This wasn’t about our emails – but the nation’s information
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
Perino noted that sense of sacrifice was for the nation as a whole and not subject to party or personal desires.
Because when you work for the federal government and at the WH in particular, you work for THE PEOPLE. Your sense of self is erased.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
You don’t have a right to the information. Every thing you do should be for the nation’s wellbeing. So we left our devices on the plane.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
I never thought of being at the WH as being there just for the Republicans. The party existed, it was important, but I was there for the USA
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
Turning her attention to the FBI chief’s decision, Perino argued that a Republican in the situation would not have been treated the same.
So Comey says HRC had no intent. 1) I don’t believe that. 2) Who cares? That’s not what the law says. At a minimum, I’d lose my clearance
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
But then what of this decision yesterday? Is that brave? Would the same deference & pretzel twisting of the law been done for a Republican?
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
I think we all know the answer: NO. It would not. A GOP in the same circumstances would have at least lost their clearance. OK fine.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
She concluded her comments by remembering again the privilege of working for the people and that she would never have been “so reckless” during her tenure at the White House.
Every single day when I walked into the White House I said a prayer of gratitude for the privilege to work on behalf of the nation.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
I loved working at the White House & for President GWB. I never would have put the country nor his presidency at risk by being so reckless.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
Perino then shared that she was “just getting warmed up.”
I’m flying back to be on @TheFive and @kellyfile tonight. So I’m just getting warmed up…
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) July 6, 2016
She told host Megyn Kelly Wednesday on “The Kelly File” that her uncharacteristic Twitter rant was due to frustration and the fact that she “had wifi on the plane.”
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