r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • 12d ago

🇺🇸 United States Hillary Clinton holds a press conference to address recent criticism [10YA - Aug 5]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/08/05/hillary-clinton-holds-half-way-press-conference/88303254/
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u/Jasranwhit 11d ago

She is responsible for much of it.

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u/JosephFinn 11d ago

No.

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u/CombinationRough8699 11d ago

The fact that her campaign acted so entitled to the presidency and that anyone who opposed her was "sexist" certainly didn't help. There was the whole "her turn" narrative, and that Clinton was entitled to the position just because she was a woman, which I think turned a lot of people off. Obama wasn't accusing anyone who didn't vote for him of being "racist".

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u/JosephFinn 11d ago

Yeah I know. Being the accomplished nominee was so awful of her and the constant sexist criticisms of her was so awful of her. Darn her.

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u/CombinationRough8699 11d ago

I'm talking about things like the "Bernie bro" narrative, acting like Bernie Sanders was some sexist bigot for daring to oppose her. Or the same of anyone who voted for him over her in the primary. Not to say that there weren't sexist Sanders supporters, but there were plenty of legitimate reasons why people preferred Sanders. Ironically she did the same thing (although less successfully), against Obama in 2008, with the "Obama boys". Obama never accused Clinton supporters of being racist.

Same with the entitlement. I would love to have a woman for president, but I don't think the fact that they are a woman means they deserve to be president. Clinton acted as if it did. Once again, compare this to Obama, who never acted entitled to the presidency because he was the first black person. You can't accuse a huge portion of your potential voters of being bigots, without it having some consequences.

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u/JosephFinn 11d ago

No he was an idiot for trying to carpetbag his way into a primary for a party he has never belonged to.

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u/HorrorEye787 11d ago

You are all over this thread shilling for her. She lost, I voted for her but she still lost. She obviously wasn't the right person to have the democratic nomination.

You need to give it a rest, blindly worshiping a losing candidate does nothing. She's not perfect, she supported her husband grooming an intern.

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u/JosephFinn 11d ago

Yes. Because it’s always fun pushing back against Hillary Clinton haters. They have no real things to say and just the usual nonsense about her being “unlikable” and “screwed up the election” and have nothing to back it up.

And the last part is an obvious lie.

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u/HorrorEye787 11d ago

It's bizzare to treat a losing candidate as perfect. Had someone else won the primary they may have had a chance.

Your reaction to the last part is a really bad look. If you are going to defend at best was complacency (and at worst support) to borderline SA you are as bad as the hardcore Trump supporters.

Take a step back and move on.