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I am glad she is out speaking.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/23/hillary-clinton-trump-attack-criticism-pen-event-comments
Hillary Clinton attacks Trump for 'all-out war on truth, facts and reason'
Clinton compared Trumps administration to an authoritarian regime that threatened the end of freedom at an event in New York
Associated Press in New York
Mon 23 Apr 2018 12.31 EDT
First published on Mon 23 Apr 2018 11.51 EDT
Hillary Clinton has excoriated Donald Trump, telling an audience in New York press rights and free speech are under open assault under an administration she compared to an authoritarian regime that threatened the end of freedom.
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We are living through an all-out war on truth, facts and reason, Clinton said at the PEN America World Voices Festival in Manhattan on Sunday.
...................Clintons remarks were followed by a conversation with novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Under friendly questioning, Clinton was asked if she had hit back enough during the campaign a reference to a childhood episode in which, Clinton has written, her mother gave her permission to hit back at a bully.
I now think that I didnt, Clinton said. She described the much-discussed moment when Trump was stalking me on that debate stage. She recalled thinking: What do I do? Do I turn around and say: Back up, you creep? But then, she said, the coverage would have been, She cant take the pressure, she got angry.
And so, she said she told herself: You just have to be calm and in control. Because ultimately what the country wants is someone who is not blowing up in the Oval Office.
Well, you know that did not work out so well, she said, to laughter.
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Hillary Clinton at the ninth annual Women in the World summit in New York on 13 April. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)We need to hear MORE of her wisdom & wit. She still holds the keys to the most progressive step forward for this country.
Hope every single person & group who intentionally worked to derail her candidacy thru "money & media" & self enrichment & foreign manipulation meets face to face with their karmic reward.
Democracy will rule the day again.
They will ALL be held to account for their role in the destruction of our free society.
The Democratic Party & Sec Clinton & America will once again emerge the stronger of all its enemies..
foreign AND domestic.
underpants
(182,970 posts)riversedge
(70,383 posts)malaise
(269,239 posts)Nice
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)marble falls
(57,405 posts)thing to get rid of cheetolini.
riversedge
(70,383 posts)marble falls
(57,405 posts)until we get a working Congress.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)Always very factual and informative as well!
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IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)At this point, I'd settle for that. Give me Jerry Ford, for chrissakes!
marble falls
(57,405 posts)onlyadream
(2,168 posts)A bit passive aggressive, but it would have said that she knew what he was doing and it wasnt okay.
treestar
(82,383 posts)She could not have said that at that debate without exactly the coverage she describes.
unblock
(52,421 posts)the bigoted media coverage of "angry black man" would have been instantaneous, relentless, and never-ending.
obama's natural disposition is not to get angry, so he was a natural at avoiding this bigoted trap, but he countered it with his humor and good cheer and optimism. it worked brilliantly.
the sexist stereotype about angry women isn't exactly the same as for angry black men, but it's similar. hillary handled the not displaying angry part well, but she didn't have obama's humor and good cheer to counter it. i "zinger" would have worked well here, not that i can think of one even with the passage of time. "you just can't stand not being off-camera, can you?" perhaps. eh, maybe not.
in any event, hillary's not to blame here. the sexist stereotypes and the horrendous media and, of course, donnie are all rotten in this scenario.
panfluteman
(2,075 posts)I've come to the conclusion that the absolute, number one thing that American voters respect above everything else in a candidate is STRENGTH. That, and not taking any flak or lip from anybody. It almost seems at times that the American electorate, especially when thinking and moving en masse, cannot really appreciate or understand anything subtler or more refined than this - which can also be important things to factor into the equation when it comes to choosing our leaders.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)IMO that's her strong point at this time.