The silence has been deafening as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has continued to remain silent – refusing to speak to the press despite launching a campaign to be elected into the highest office America has to offer.. but after months of silence – she may have finally provided an excuse. Washington Post,
“With Hillary Clinton rapidly approaching a month since she answered a question from a reporter, her allies are working to push back the idea that she is ducking the press.
“‘PUTTING THE VOTERS FIRST, HILLARY ASKS THE QUESTIONS THAT REALLY MATTER,’ read the subject line of an email… courtesy of Correct The Record, a pro-Clinton super PAC directly coordinating with the presidential campaign on rapid response.
“The missive lays out the facts aimed at putting lie to the “she won’t answer the questions” narrative.
“First, Correct The Record notes that Clinton has answered 20 questions from “everyday Americans” (during trips to Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada).
“…The vast majority of people who have asked Clinton questions in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada were part of a pre-selected group who sat with her around a roundtable… and if you look at the questions “regular” people are asking Clinton, they are not exactly the most probing of queries… aren’t pushing Clinton in any way, shape or form on any issue…
“…Then the group notes that Clinton has ASKED 117 questions of “everyday Americans”…
“It makes zero difference how many questions Clinton has asked average Americas… citing the number of questions Clinton has asked of people (is a) rebut (to) the idea that she isn’t taking enough…
“At issue here is that Clinton is avoiding taking questions from reporters. And nowhere in the Correct The Record memo does it have anything to dispute that fact. In total as a candidate, Clinton has answered 13 total questions from reporters. It’s been 39,000 minutes since she last answered a reporter’s question…
“No matter how many Iowans’ questions Hillary answers or how many questions she asks them, it doesn’t justify her current unwillingness to stand before reporters (or even a single reporter) and take their questions. Not even a little.”
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