Rhode Island store owner under fire for display of Hillary Clinton doll
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A store owner in Rhode Island has come under fire on social media for displaying a plush toy of Hillary Clinton that dangles from a metal hook next to a “Make America Great Again” sign inside the store.
The Providence Journal reports that online comments mounted after a woman wrote a Facebook post on Tuesday about the "Lyin' Hillary Doll" displayed at the store in Smithfield.
The owner, Tony Polseno Jr. said that a customer had bought the doll online and had given it to him. When squeezed, the doll says statements such as, "Not a single one of my emails was classified."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Online commenters were offended at the placement of the doll. Polseno said the doll wasn’t meant to be offensive and that the comments reflect a misunderstanding.
Polseno told the Journal that the online comments were a “cyber attack.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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