Former Democratic official says Hillary's complaint about party's role in election loss is 'f***ing bulls**t'

  • Andrew Therriault, the former director of data science for the Democratic National Committee blasted comments Hillary Clinton made Wednesday 
  • At the Code Conference, Clinton said she inherited 'nothing' from the Democratic National Committee in terms of data 
  • She went on to call the DNC's data operation 'bankrupt' and said she had to pore money into it, while the Republicans had built up a robust operation 
  • Therriault defended the work the DNC did for her campaign, pointing out she used the party 'as a laundering vehicle' because of it higher contribution limits
  • He also noted the irony in the fact that the DNC's data showed that Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin didn't look 'even safe to close'  

By Nikki Schwab, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

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A former Democratic National Committee staffer had a couple of four letter words for his party's former nominee, after Hillary Clinton blasted the DNC's data operation.

'DNC data folks: today's accusations are f***ing bulls**t, and I hope you understand the good you did despite that nonsense,' wrote Andrew Therriault, the former director of data science for the Democratic National Committee, who now runs data operations for the city of Boston. 

Therriault has since deleted his tweet.  

Andrew Therriault, the former director of data science for the Democratic National Committee, blasted Hillary Clinton for saying she inherited 'nothing' from the party

Andrew Therriault, the former director of data science for the Democratic National Committee, blasted Hillary Clinton for saying she inherited 'nothing' from the party

Andrew Therriault (pictured) was responding to comments Hillary Clinton made Wednesday at the Code Conference, where she heavily criticized the DNC's data operation
Andrew Therriault was responding to comments Hillary Clinton (pictured) made Wednesday at the Code Conference, where she heavily criticized the DNC's data operation

 Andrew Therriault (left) was responding to comments Hillary Clinton (right) made Wednesday at the Code Conference, where she heavily criticized the DNC's data operation 

 Therriault also pointed out that Hillary Clinton used the Democratic National Committee as a way to raise funds, because contribution limits were set higher - at the same time starving the party for resources 

 Therriault also pointed out that Hillary Clinton used the Democratic National Committee as a way to raise funds, because contribution limits were set higher - at the same time starving the party for resources 

The former DNC staffer called her comments ironic because the DNC's data actually showed that Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania would be close

The former DNC staffer called her comments ironic because the DNC's data actually showed that Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania would be close

At Wednesday's Code Conference, Clinton sat down with Recode's Kara Swisher and the Verge's Walt Mossberg and heavily criticized the Democratic National Committee.

'I set up my campaign and we have our own data operation,' she recounted. 'I get the nomination, so I'm now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party.' 

Mossberg jumped in and asked the former secretary of state to define 'nothing.' 

'I mean it was bankrupt, it was on the verge of insolvency, its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong. I had to inject money in it,' Clinton continued. 

She then contrasted what she got from the Democrats to the operation over the the Republican National Committee.  

'They basically said, "we will never be behind the Democrats again." And they invested between 2012 and 2016, this $100 million to build this data foundation. They beta tested it. They ran it, somebody was able to determine about 227,000 surveys to double-check, triple check, quadruple check the information,' she said. 

'So Trump becomes the nominee and he is basically handed this tried and true effective foundation,' she added.   

Clinton continued by giving credit to Cambridge Analytica, an outside firm that mapped voter universes and identified which parts of the Trump platform mattered most to voters, according to reporting from Forbes, who talked to Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner shortly after the election about how the Trump team pulled off a win. 

After Clinton's remarks, the Republican National Committee sent out an email saying 'we finally agree with Hillary,' pointing out her comments to reporters saying the former nominee 'trashes' the DNC and 'lavishes praise' on the RNC's data operation.

Beyond his profanity-laced tweet, Therriault also called Clinton's comments 'pretty precious' since she used the DNC as a way to funnel more money toward her campaign because of the higher contributing limits for political parties. 

Or as Therriault put it, Clinton used the DNC as a 'laundering vehicle' 

He also pointed out to one commenter that 'many flaws in DNC systems could have been avoided/fixed if [the] campaign didn't starve us for resources.' 

'All that said, irony of her bashing DNC data: *our* models never had mi/wi/pa looking even close to safe,' he added. 'Her team thought they knew better,' Therriault said, noting the three midwestern states Clinton lost – Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania – that led to her defeat. 

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