[castlegreyskull]

Isn’t fake and phony redundant?

[a fool in paradise]

Double negative negates the outcome, it is a “fake” phony scandal. The Democrats outrage that Benghazi is a phony scandal itself is fake.

[cornfedcowboy]

Isn’t fake and phony redundant?

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No. She is redoubling her adjectives over once again, irregardless of the meaning and definition.