Left: Martin Kraft / commons.wikimedia.org | Right: The White House

Hillary Clinton’s attempt to dunk on President Trump’s military parade backfired into accusations of her own contempt for the US military. Clinton took to social media with images of the planned “No Kings” protests and the military parade celebrating the US army’s 250th birthday. “Compare and contrast scenes from yesterday in America,” wrote Clinton. “On the one hand, Trump’s low-energy Dear Leader parade (that cost you $45 million). On the other, millions of people across the country gathering peacefully to say: Here, we have no kings.”

According to the administration, about 250,000 people attended the parade. Trump’s critics, however, have been quick to claim that attendance of the event was “underwhelming.” “Despite Trump’s attempts to hype the event, attendance appeared light — there were considerably fewer people on the National Mall on Saturday than there would be for a typical Fourth of July celebration. And attendance at Trump’s parade was dwarfed by the millions who showed up at roughly 2,000 anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in cities and towns all over the country,” wrote Huffington Post. It was noted that the VIP bleachers for the event were “barely full.”

Conservatives were quick to turn the conversation on Clinton. “This witch was a few votes away from becoming commander in chief. This is what she thinks of our military. Man, @BuzzPatterson was right. Hillary hates the troops,” said conservative commentator Benny Johnson. “Hillary Clinton hates the troops, bigtime,” wrote Eric Daughtery. “Utter contempt for the 250th birthday of the @USArmy,” wrote another user. Clinton eventually turned off comments on the post, which only increased criticism against her.

Her critics were quick to bring up Benghazi. Clinton faced criticism as Secretary of State under Obama when protestors overran the US Embassy in Benghazi in 2012. Four Americans were killed during the attack, despite requests for additional security before the attack. Clinton faced harsh criticism at the time for her apparent lack of response and her waffling of excuses as to why the attack even happened in the first place. “Yes !! Remember Benghazi,” wrote one of her critics. Others criticized her attendance at the wedding of Huma Abedin and Alex Soros. Abedin was a former Clinton aide, while Soros is the son of George Soros, whom conservatives often accuse of funding shady liberal causes.

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