Galindez writes: "Okay, we know where Hillary will be Monday: she will be spending Labor Day in Cleveland. But I guarantee she won't take questions from the media. Trump took more questions from the media in Mexico than Clinton did in the whole month of August."
Hillary Clinton listens to questions at the Rochester Opera House campaign town hall meeting in Rochester, N.H., on Jan. 22, 2016. (photo: Faith Ninivaggi/Reuters)
05 September 16
t had been years since I’d seen Senator Tim Kaine on the campaign trail. Now I see him more than Hillary Clinton. Gary Johnson was here yesterday. I know Jill stein was in Columbus, or was it Cincinnati? We know Trump was in Ohio, but where was Hillary? For weeks, all we’ve heard about is her hopping from fundraiser to fundraiser, holding private events. In her defense, I see her television ads all day long. Is Hillary in a prevent defense again? Even the late Dean Smith, a college basketball coach at North Carolina, wouldn’t play the delay game as often as Hillary Clinton has. Okay, we know where Hillary will be Monday: she will be spending Labor Day in Cleveland. But I guarantee she won’t take questions from the media. Trump took more questions from the media in Mexico than Clinton did in the whole month of August.
Bernie will be on the stump for Hillary in New Hampshire on Monday. He will probably take more questions from reporters than she will. Why is she doing this?
This is nothing new. I wrote about the Clinton campaign doing the same thing during the lead-up to the caucus and primary season last year. A year later and we are back to chasing Hillary Clinton around as she dodges our questions.
The media is starting to complain again. In response, the Clinton campaign has announced that Hillary will travel on the same plane as her traveling press corp. There were complaints from some reporters that they were not even sure they were in the same state as Clinton. So now we at least know she will be in the same area as the reporters assigned to travel with her.
The question remains, will we be able to ask her questions? Local reporters get one-on-one interviews as long as they agree to not ask about the emails or the Clinton Foundation. So there’s the real reason: Hillary Clinton doesn’t have answers for the questions she knows are coming.
Donald Trump doesn’t have the answers, but he just blames the media and keeps giving the wrong answers to the press.
Bernie Is Still Right
I know you’ve heard it before. We have to stop the Republican candidate. I know that Hillary Clinton is a lousy candidate for president, but lucky for her, Bernie is right: Donald Trump would be a disaster for progressives. Trump’s hateful rhetoric cannot be rewarded by promoting him to the highest office in the land. The message a Trump victory would send to the world is that the United States is moving backwards. Our progress against racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry will not only be stalled but we will lose ground. I am not going to tell you who to vote for, but I am asking you to take a step back and imagine our country with President Donald Trump.
Here is Bernie on why he is supporting Hillary Clinton and why it is the right strategic vote for progressives.
Scott Galindez attended Syracuse University, where he first became politically active. The writings of El Salvador's slain archbishop Oscar Romero and the on-campus South Africa divestment movement converted him from a Reagan supporter to an activist for Peace and Justice. Over the years he has been influenced by the likes of Philip Berrigan, William Thomas, Mitch Snyder, Don White, Lisa Fithian, and Paul Wellstone. Scott met Marc Ash while organizing counterinaugural events after George W. Bush's first stolen election. Scott will be spending a year covering the presidential election from Iowa.
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