The hashtag #HillarysBodyDouble took off on social media as conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton using a stand-in quickly spread on Twitter after the Democratic nominee’s health issues dominated news coverage on 9/11.
It’s just the latest in a decades-long series of connivances in which Clinton has been implicated as part of what she has for years claimed is a ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ against her and her husband Bill. If she hasn’t answered every claim on this list, it’s possible that she simply hasn’t been able to keep up with them all…
Hillary uses a body double
Clinton was widely accused of using a stand-in after appearing healthy on the same day she had to leave a 9/11 memorial service due to health concerns.
Bill is not Chelsea’s father
Black Bag has mentioned that Bill Clinton is sterile, and that federal tax evader Webb Hubbell is the father of the Clintons’ only offspring.
Democrats are seeking a replacement candidate
Cokie Roberts said on NPR that Democrats are “very nervously beginning to whisper about her stepping aside and finding another candidate.”
The Clintons killed Vince Foster
Vince Foster, former White House counsel to Bill Clinton, committed suicide in 1993, but internet sleuths have long wondered if there is more to the story, often implicating the Clintons in foul play.
The Clintons killed Ron Brown
Former DNC chairman and U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown died in a plane crash in 1996, but theorists have long speculated that he was somehow shot, with all evidence subsequently wiped in a “decision that reached the White House.”
The Clintons killed everyone
In fact, Snopes points to several more postulated murders that comprise the “Clinton Body Count” list, ranging from former national finance co-chairman for Bill’s presidential campaign Victor Raiser to his one-time Whitewater Development Corporation partner James McDougal.
The Clintons are basically serial killers
Snopes has rounded up 48 deaths that are somehow attributed to the Clinton family by conspiracy theorists, including reporters, staffers and government officials.
Cats aren’t safe either
Kathleen Willey, who accused Clinton of unwanted sexual advances, claimed her cat mysteriously died after her name surfaced during the Paula Jones scandal. She said a private investigator pointed her to the Clinton White House.
Hillary covered up her responsibility for the Benghazi attack
The conspiracy theories pertaining to Clinton’s role in Benghazi are vast, from faking a headache to avoid testifying to Congress to getting in the way of the rescue mission.
Hillary is a lesbian
Edward Klein’s 2005 book “The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She’ll Go to Become President” claims that the Clintons’ marriage in 1975 was a sham and Hillary partakes in “revolutionary lesbianism.”
…or possibly bisexual
Alleged Bill Clinton mistress Gennifer Flowers famously told the Daily Mail in 2013 that he once told her Hillary was bisexual and he didn’t care.
Bill has other children
Matt Drudge reported in 1999 that an Arkansas woman claimed Bill Clinton is the father of her 13-year old son.
The Clintons play for pay
The 2015 book “Clinton Cash” details several theories about how the Clintons amassed their wealth, including connections between foreign Clinton Foundation donors and the State Department under Secretary Hillary Clinton.
Hillary hid, then wiped, tens of thousands of sensitive emails
The controversial use of a private email server continues to be a hot topic for anti-Clinton pundits who think it signifies ineptitude at best and cover for corruption at worst.
Hillary is dying
The health of the Democratic candidate for president is a constant source of conspiracy theorization, but the U.K.’s Express reported that she’ll be dead in a year from vascular dementia caused by a blood clot in 2012.
Huma Abedin is more than a Hillary staffer
Top Clinton aide Huma Abedin has been rumored to be romantically involved with Hillary, “a long-rumored affair, for eight or nine years, way even before the Obama presidency,” according to anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller.
