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In reply to the discussion: The Clinton Reckoning Is One of the Most Essential #MeToo Revelations Yet [View all]R B Garr
(16,954 posts)I'll still stick with my observations that this is a gross double standard and just gratuitous Hillary bashing. If Hillary were a national employer and that was a standard practice or that had occurred in her place of employment, then that could be a reason to question her.
But this was in a campaign environment where staff comes and goes literally based on logistics, rapidly moving and changing voting results or current news events -- any number of things. She has just as much right as any man to hire and stick with those who enhance her as a candidate. Her campaign shouldn't be expected to operate as some kind of den mother or socker mom shuttle system for employees who have complaints. It came up; she handled it. It's not like this person expected to have long term employment in a political campaign. It's a time limited event. Bernie had similar problems and look how they were handled. He wasn't expected to diminish himself or his national presence to go between staffers.