Hillary Clinton, Selina Meyer Split - H 2015
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The State Department released a new batch of Hillary Clinton‘s emails and some of the more light-hearted emails have led people to compare the presidential candidate and former secretary of state to fictional character Selina Meyer from Veep.
In the emails, Clinton worries that she is too distant from the White House and missing important meetings. She also struggles with understanding how a fax machine works and requests apples for “personal use.” Veep fans on social media say Clinton reminds them of Meyer, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and claim that the correspondences between Clinton and her staff read like a script from the HBO series.
Here’s a look at some of the emails that have been highlighted:
1. Fax Machine Troubles

2. White House meetings canceled

3. What about that Cabinet meeting?

4. Is she getting enough presidential face-time?

5. Clinton needs her apples.

6. Let’s correct the “twittering.”

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Here’s a look at people comparing Clinton to Meyer:
2nd-to-last email: http://t.co/Ym8BkaDDsm #Veep pic.twitter.com/h9qAPnQVbX
— Lauren Carroll (@LaurenFCarroll) July 1, 2015
A script from #Veep or Hillary Clinton’s emails? http://t.co/7CwpBqP8yj pic.twitter.com/mT7k08Aztp
— Jacqui Johnstone (@J_Johnstone) July 1, 2015
the Hillary Clinton emails are literally the voice memo plot from Veep.
— Anthony Brian Smith (@AnthonyBLSmith) July 1, 2015
The @HillaryClinton emails are more from the world of #Veep and not from @HouseofCards. Won’t change much in 2016 https://t.co/BhvJALBtbA
— Jake Jones (@JonesJakeThe) July 1, 2015
.@HillaryClinton requested apples for ‘personal use’ – she’s more Veep than Selina Meyer #Clintonemails http://t.co/yQioCAOiUQ
— Luke Royes (@lukeroyes) July 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton emails read like a #veep script
— Rebecca Coleman (@RebeccaCColeman) July 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton’s now not-missing Benghazi emails could be a draft script of VEEP. http://t.co/bUwfnXmrib
— Ron Charles (@RonCharles) June 29, 2015
@RosieGray Was this from the show Veep?
— Justin Lamberto (@JLamberto) July 1, 2015
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