John Podesta tweeted a link to documents of jihadists praising Donald Trump for his comments on Muslims. | AP Photo Clinton's campaign chairman goes on Twitter rant against Trump

Hillary Clinton’s campaign isn’t backing down from her claim that Donald Trump is Islamic State's best recruiter. In fact, they're doubling down.

Campaign chairman John Podesta went on a Twitter spree Monday evening, defending Clinton's remarks during last Saturday night's debate when she said, "He is becoming ISIS's best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."


Trump on Monday demanded an apology from Clinton (her campaign said "hell no"), and The Washington Post's fact check found that Trump had a point — it noted that the Clinton campaign pointed to an NBC News report quoting the executive director of the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors global terrorist activity, though that report referenced only social media efforts, no specific video.

But the Democratic front-runner's camp was not backing down. Podesta kicked off his Twitter rant with a tweet that said: “Experts agree: @realDonaldTrump is an effective recruiter for ISIS.”





"They love him from the sense that he is supporting their rhetoric.” -@Rita_Katz, Dir. @SiteIntelGroup on @realDonaldTrump — John Podesta (@johnpodesta) December 21, 2015

"@RealDonaldTrump is, in effect, the Recruiter-in-Chief for ISIS." -Ted Koppel — John Podesta (@johnpodesta) December 21, 2015

.@realDonaldTrump's comments “play so directly into the polarizing strategies of our terrorist adversaries.” -@IgnatiusPost, @WashingtonPost — John Podesta (@johnpodesta) December 21, 2015

“What @realDonaldTrump is saying is that it's precisely what ISIS wants.” -Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet), Terrorism Media Analyst — John Podesta (@johnpodesta) December 21, 2015

“They want a holy war between radical Islam and the west...Trump is giving it to them."-@IntelTweet, Terrorism Media Analyst — John Podesta (@johnpodesta) December 21, 2015

But then things got a little awkward with Jeb Bush’s campaign. Podesta called out Bush for “standing by” Trump and for being "very low energy." Bush's campaign did not take that lightly.

Tim Miller, Bush's communications director, tweeted out, "Podesta knows Jeb's strong anti-Trump stance positions him best to beat Hillary, hence the nonsense attacks." And Danny Diaz, Bush's campaign manager, jumped in, dissing Podesta. "Latest from @HillaryClinton: very dishonest," he tweeted.

