On Wednesday, WikiLeaks published a cache of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign revealing a plan to abduct Republican rival Donald Trump during his visit to Mexico.
The email, sent from a staffer to longtime Clinton aide and recent single lady Huma Abedin, said, “After the acquisition of the target, we will use El Chapo’s network of tunnels to smuggle him into a desolate prison.”
Abedin responded to the email, detailing plans for a rescue operation for Trump that highlighted Clinton’s extensive foreign policy experience.
“It’s important we make sure her schedule is clear to negotiate Trump’s release,” Abedin wrote. “As of now, I see she has a pantsuit fitting and a nap scheduled on that day. Can we push back the negotiations?”
Further along in the email exchange, the two had a discussion about whether they should also abduct conservative news pundit Tomi Lahren. Abedin decided against it, writing, “I’m afraid Mexico may interpret us bringing Lahren to their country as an act of war.”
In response to the ploy, the Trump campaign reiterated that its ongoing accusations about Clinton’s character are valid.
“I’ve been telling the American people that Hillary’s as crooked as infamous Mexican villain, Catalina Creel,” Trump said in a statement. “She probably wears an eyepatch and cackles!”
The leaked emails raised security concerns for Trump’s safety as he travels to Mexico to discuss the plot of his favorite telenovela with President Enrique Peña Nieto.
The Secret Service tweeted, “Don’t worry. We upped Trump’s security team of two interns to three.”
The leaked cache also contains numerous emails regarding Clinton’s personal interests, including Netflix recommendations, coupons for Talbots and an email from Apple confirming a purchase of Drake’s hit album “Views.”
The Clinton campaign responded to the leak by issuing a statement defending
Clinton’s privacy.
“Secretary Clinton is an American citizen and is entitled to certain unalienable rights, such as privacy,” the statement said. “Her privacy has been violated. The public didn’t need to know she binge-watched the latest season of ‘House of Cards.’”
The statement also defended her email subscription to World Star Hip Hop, a prominent music news source.
“What can we say? She’s a woman of the people, and that new Frank Ocean album is lit,” the statement said.
John Gavin Harp is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from St. Francisville, Louisiana.