Clinton campaign: 'Hell no' she won't apologize to Trump over ISIS recruiting claim

Hillary Clinton
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Donald Trump, recent PolitiFact Lie of the Year honoree, demanded an apology earlier Monday from Hillary Clinton. She had claimed at Saturday's Democratic presidential debate that the Islamic State uses videos of Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric to recruit terrorists.

Indeed, Clinton was technically incorrect — both PolitiFact and The Washington Post reported there's no evidence to indicate such a recruiting tactic actually exists. But is the Democratic presidential frontrunner going to apologize to Trump?

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.