“Real macho stuff,” the former secretary of state said.

Hillary Clinton called out some classic Republican hypocrisy in a scathing tweet days after President Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to combat crime in Washington, D.C. ― despite violent crime dropping in the nation’s capital.

“On one hand, Republican officials call themselves ‘warfighters,’” Clinton said in a tweet shared on X Thursday.

“On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident,” she said.

“Real macho stuff,” Clinton added.

While Clinton didn’t specifically name names in her spicy tweet, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regularly uses the term “warfighting.”

The former secretary of state also seemed to speak directly to Trump, who sent in the National Guard troops this week to combat D.C.’s “out of control” crime, despite data saying otherwise.

Clinton previously raised the alarm on Trump’s unprecedented deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles during immigration raids back in June.

“Trump’s goal isn’t to keep Californians safe,” she said at the time. “His goal is to cause chaos, because chaos is good for Trump.”

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“Real macho stuff,” Hillary Clinton said of Republicans who fearmonger over crime in U.S. cities.

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Just after the president threatened to call a national emergency in order to extend his D.C. police takeover, the city on Friday sued to stop Trump from taking over its police department.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said on X Friday that “by illegally declaring a takeover of MPD, the Administration is abusing its temporary, limited authority under the law.”

“This is the gravest threat to Home Rule DC has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it,” Schwalb added.