TMZ Mocks Hillary Because She Can't Name A Woman for $10 Bill

September 22nd, 2015 10:51 AM

It’s not every day that a politician gets fact-checked by TMZ.

On Monday, TMZ staff mocked 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in their story, “Hillary Clinton Rips GOP for $10 Bill Gaffe … Then Makes Her Own.” Caught on camera outside CBS News on Sunday, Clinton attacked Republicans (incorrectly, says TMZ) for being unable to “think of one American woman” for the new $10 bill. But when TMZ asked Clinton to name someone, all they heard was “crickets.”

“Hillary Clinton opened the door,” TMZ hyped in their story, “pouncing on the Republican candidates for weak suggestions on which woman should grace the new $10 bill, but you gotta see how she answers when we put the question to her.”

When TMZ first asked Clinton about placing Maya Angelou on the $10 bill, she deflected the question.

“You know, I was sort of amazed that the Republicans couldn’t think of one American woman that could be on the ten-dollar bill,” she laughed while signing autographs. “And I could give them a really long list if they’re interested.”

Not entirely true, as TMZ staff pointed out in their story: “There were a couple nods [by Republicans] for Rosa Parks and Susan B. Anthony.”

Also not entirely true: Clinton having a “really long list.”

TMZ followed up in the next question by asking, “Who would you consider a good person?”

“There’s a lot of them,” Clinton replied.

TMZ concluded the story by commenting, “Lotsa crickets in D.C. this time o' year.”

As a last question, they asked "Does Oprah have a chance?" She replied, "I think they said the person has to have already passed. You know, obviously, we don't want that to happen to her," and then she laughed loudly.