Hillary campaign staffers lock themselves in a bathroom to avoid her.
By Mara Swigler
October 29, 2015 | 7:41pm
Hillary Rodham Clinton may have gotten a boost in the polls recently — but that couldn’t stop her campaign from hiding from her in the toilet.
And that was her “Hillary for America” staff.
The Clinton campaign’s communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, and a half dozen female co-workers hid themselves and locked a bathroom in their Brooklyn Heights headquarters for nearly half an hour Wednesday when they heard that Hillary herself was coming in.
And while that fact alone might have been embarrassing enough for Hillary — it was nothing compared to the reaction when they tweeted out a desperate plea for help.
“Locked ourselves in the women’s bathroom at Brooklyn HQ to avoid a visit from the Queen Bee. Anyone skilled at misdirecting her to perhaps Staten Island? The last thing we want to see is her!” Palmieri tweeted Wednesday morning.
The message accompanied a photo of the women looking frightened at the camera in front of a sign over the sink offering some timely advice: “In case of emergency, place head between knees and pray.”
The episode predictably sparked a torrent of snark on Twitter, with Clinton critics — and even some supporters — sympathizing over her staff’s plight.
“The worst place to hide from Hillary’s campaign: The toilet, She’s a sewer rat so she’ll probably crawl out of the bowl!” wrote Manuel G.
“I overheard @realDonaldTrump saying last night, ‘The locksmiths love me. Could be a connection,” tweeted David Halperin, a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton.
“It doesn’t matter where you hide, she’ll find you!” posted Quentin T.
“Why does it look like Monica’s there?” quipped Paul W.
Finally, nearly 25 minutes later, the nightmarish ordeal was over, as it turned out to be a false alarm. Hillary was actually still in Wichita and wouldn’t be showing up.
“Free! As photo shows, thank god the Wicked Witch turned her broom!” tweeted Palmieri.
“It was a scary situation! I mean, we all need something to do with our small lives so we decided to campaign for her. But, to actually meet her and spend time with her! Now that’s scarier than any Halloween costume could ever be!” spokesman Nick Merrill said in an email to The Post.
Additional reporting by Bob Fingerstop.
