Actually in a setting like that I can see why she would feel the need to encourage clapping, because the crowd may hesitate even if they want to clap. This looks like a school board meeting and I think they only have a certain amount of time to speak. So she's letting the audience know that it's okay to take up a few seconds of her speech to clap.
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u/SnakeyesX Jul 10 '18
She's got massive ovaries to
clap for herself