Looking back what was/became of Benghazi?

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1. Absolutely nothing, which is a travesty.

   At best it played a tiny role in keeping Clinton out of the White House. That’s it.

2. don’t you mean, “the real 9/11”?

3. We got several reaction gifs of Hillary Clinton looking annoyed and irritated.

4. It’s incredible that a person can use incompetence as a defense in their only executive job, then win the popular vote for a promotion.

5. Like the event or the city? Cause no one cared about the actual city.

6. If you want as close to a non-biased or politicized fact sheet as you can get: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack

7. To clarify, there was a terrorist attack on a US diplomatic building in Benghazi, Libya, in which several deaths occurred, including American citizens.

   Hillary Clinton was blamed for that, as the US diplomats in Benghazi had previously asked for additional security support, but were turned down. Since she was Secretary of State at the time, the US State Department’s failures were also seen as her failures, even if she wasn’t personally handling that case.

   Mainly, political rivals of Hillary tried to make it seem like a much bigger deal, and that she was personally at fault, despite two separate investigations clearing her name of any misdeeds.

8. It’s now just political rhetoric that is quickly reaching its exploration date.

9. It became what it always was, nothing.

10. It can be a litmus test to gauge peoples’ politics when you bring it up, but that’s about it.

    See: this thread.

11. It was honestly one of the most aggressive and egregious hatchet jobs in politics. 911 didn’t get the scrutiny Benghazi did. It was clear the GOP was intent on destroying Clinton with it, and equally clear that Benghazi was not Clinton’s direct fault

12. 13 hours was one of Michael Bay’s best movies.

13. Political grandstanding by a South Carolina congressman which allowed Donald Trump to be elected. But the opposition candidate proved she could testify under oath for over 11 hours continuously while none of DJT’s minions have made it ten minutes without an “I don’t recall” or “I plead the fifth.”

14. I think Benghazi was blown way out of proportion.