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Hillary Clinton Calls Martin Shkreli 'Worst Bad Date You Can Imagine'

By Savannah Cox | February 16, 2016 11:08am | Updated on February 16, 2016 1:33pm
 Martin Shkreli was arrested for Securities Fraud Thursday Dec. 17 2015.
Martin Shkreli was arrested for Securities Fraud Thursday Dec. 17 2015.
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Martin Shkreli is taking hits from all sides — and now Hillary Clinton is chiming in.

On Monday, Clinton gave her 2 cents on the reviled pharmabro while campaigning in Nevada. There, she described him as "that really obnoxious guy" and "like the worst bad date you can imagine," according to a tweet by CNN Politics producer Dan Merica.

This isn't the first time Clinton has taken a swipe at Shkreli. In December, the former New York senator singled out Shkreli's firm, saying that his AIDS medication price-gouging and similar practices of pharmaceutical speculation "can't go on."

The Democrat's derision of the drug exec comes on the tails of what has been a rough week for Shkreli. Last Tuesday, Ghostface Killah uploaded a video to YouTube in which he described Shkreli — who bought the single copy of the Wu Tang Clan album "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" for $2 million — as a "fake supervillain" and "Peter Pan."

On Friday, the IRS slapped Shkreli with a new lien for $4.6 million in unpaid taxes, CNBC reported.

On Sunday, Valentine's Day, Shkreli squealed not about his lack of love but allegedly being scammed out of $15 million worth of bitcoin in his attempt to buy Kanye West's new album, "Life of Pablo."

So far Shkreli hasn't responded to Clinton, seemingly more preoccupied with landing a high-profile date  ... and perhaps proving Clinton's words true: