Hillary Clinton’s effort to deride President Trump’s military parade marking the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary backfired on social media after critics accused her of showing “utter contempt” for the armed forces.
In addition, several users also pointed out that she spent the weekend basking in luxury in the Hamptons at her longtime aide’s wedding while publicly rebuking the commander-in-chief.
Clinton shared side-by-side images of Trump’s military parade on Washington’s Constitution Avenue Saturday evening. Across the country, protesters organized “No Kings Day” demonstrations both to oppose the parade and to protest the administration’s ongoing deportation raids in liberal cities.
“Compare and contrast scenes from yesterday in America,” Clinton wrote in an X post on Sunday in which she turned off responses. “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.”
Her post featured images of protests in Los Angeles and Houston, along with two parade snapshots: one capturing a military flyover above the Washington Monument and another showing spectators as tanks rumbled down the avenue.
The administration said over 250,000 people traveled to Washington for the Saturday parade, which coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday and Flag Day. Thousands of protesters across the country held “No Kings” demonstrations against the parade—and in some cities, including Portland and Los Angeles, those protests turned violent.
“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,” conservative X commentator Benny Johnson posted in response.
“Hillary Clinton hates the troops, bigtime,” the assistant director of Florida’s Voice posted to X.
“Utter contempt for the 250th birthday of the @USArmy,” another critic posted.
“And, we don’t have queens either. We have a duly-elected president…which you’ll never be,” author and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson posted on X.
“If the only thing @realDonaldTrump ever did was stop Hillary from being President he would be the greatest American ever born,” another critic posted.
“Basically what you did in Benghazi shows how much respect you have for our military. You really should sit this one out,” another X user posted.
“We already have a ‘No kings’ day, Hillary. It’s called July 4th aka independence day, where we said no to a monarchy. This is the type of product of the public school system,” an account called Jewish MAGA wrote.
Other critics took aim at Clinton for limiting replies to her post, while some highlighted the contrast between Trump hosting a military parade and Clinton spending the weekend in the Hamptons attending the wedding of her longtime aide, Huma Abedin, to Alex Soros, son of left-wing billionaire donor George Soros.
“On one hand you had shootings and riots .. On another hand, You had happy people celebrating the 250th Army Anniversary … Your Point ? BTW: How was the Democrat Royal Wedding of Alex Soros and Huma Abedin?” one critic posted Sunday.
“How was the Soros wedding? Chilling with the liberal royalty sounds like fun on No Kings Day!” another critic posted.
Clinton attended the Abedin–Soros wedding Saturday, which included other Democrat heavyweights, including former President Bill Clinton, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, former Vice President Kamala Harris — as well as her husband Doug Emhoff — and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, per The New York Times.
Other celebrities and high-profile attendees included Vogue’s Anna Wintour, socialite Nicky Hilton Rothschild, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, the outlet reported, citing attendees.
“I’m looking forward to being a witness to their marriage; to the celebration that we all are going to be part of; to seeing so many longtime friends gathered in one place to really enjoy being part of Huma and Alex’s start of their married life,” Hillary told Vogue Magazine of the wedding for an article published Saturday.
