Clinton Tells Young Black Woman “Well, why don’t you go run for something, then?”
It’s safe to say that Hillary Clinton is in a close enough race for the presidency that she can’t really afford to dismiss potential voters – unless her aim is to steal some away from the sideshow taking place on the other side of party lines. But that’s not what you’d think her goal was after video surfaced of her recent confrontation with a voter.
Clinton was in Minnesota on Tuesday when a young black woman approached her with questions about past racially insensitive remarks (read: referring to young black people as “super predators”) and about the lack of diversity among elected officials.
After a back and forth exchange between the two, and after Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton failed to diffuse the spiraling situation, While this message may seem harmless out of context, one must be reminded that Clinton, who would probably be considered fairly liberal in most elections, is caught in between Bernie Sanders on one side and Donald Trump on the other. Using this kind of condescending tone while speaking to a young black woman may damage Clinton’s current lead among black voters.
Unfortunately, this incident comes just a few days after a video of rapper Killer Mike endorsing Sanders for his treatment for young black voters surfaced, which showed that Clinton repeatedly mishandles these kinds of situations.
Watch the interaction below.
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That’s EXACTLY what that young lady should do. Hilary was telling her to get involved, not wait on others.
I very much hope she does. I would like to see a lot more elected officials who rise from the “Main Streets” of America and are not some sort of celebrity or connected person to begin with. It helps an awful lot if you are married to an ex-president, but in a democratic society that should not count so much as it seems to.
Yeah, it’s not like Hillary has ever done anything of note on her own, is it?
there was that child rapist she got managed to set free.
No one got set free, did they? Why lie to me about it?
Do you not know the whole story? Or do you just think you could say something like that without repercussion?
The JUDGE and JURY had nothing to do with it, did they?
I thought judges sentenced criminals, not defense lawyers. Juries determine guilt, defense lawyers are not there to make that determination, are they.
‘Where did you go to law school?
She’s a LAWYER. It is her duty to serve her client. If you committed any sort of crime wouldn’t you want your lawyer to do her best?
Or would you just tell the judge”Give me the chair”?
You’d want a great lawyer doing whatever it took, legally.
She did what her oath to serve the law required a string defense of her client. She is expressly prohibited from sharing information with the court.
Why does doing one’s job well, regardless of how icky you think it was, become a liability?
I’m sure it was also her duty to call the child a neighborhood Lolita who chased after older men.
What the hell are you fantasizing about? Are you really that warped?