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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,155 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 01:06 PM Apr 2020

Looks like Hillary will be speaking with Joe this afternoon!

As per Hillary's most recent Tweet:






Hillary Clinton‏Verified account @HillaryClinton · 6m6 minutes ago

A little hint about who the surprise guest will be for @JoeBiden's 3pm ET town hall today:

(She's excited.)

1:00 PM - 28 Apr 2020
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Looks like Hillary will be speaking with Joe this afternoon! (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2020 OP
Go, Hillary! Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #1
Is this a good idea though? SledDriver Apr 2020 #2
It's not like she'll be on the ticket. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2020 #3
Trump was always going to find a way to tell those people to look at the race that way. StevieM Apr 2020 #4
NO FEAR! Hillary Got 66 Million Votes. Cha Apr 2020 #5
+1000 triron Apr 2020 #6

SledDriver

(2,057 posts)
2. Is this a good idea though?
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 02:03 PM
Apr 2020

Not to disparage Hillary or Joe, but she is kind of a lightning rod for reich wing hatred. Couldn’t this encourage the MAGAts as another chance to vote against her?

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,155 posts)
3. It's not like she'll be on the ticket.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 02:20 PM
Apr 2020

She's just one of many in the parade of high profile Democrats who will pop up occasionally and will hopefully help rally the base around Joe.

I don't think she wants a high profile role. But I don't think she wants to be shoved in the corner, either, nor should she.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
4. Trump was always going to find a way to tell those people to look at the race that way.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 02:29 PM
Apr 2020

And if they want to buy it, then they will buy it. Besides, I don't think they need much motivation to turn out and support the fascist movement that they believe so strongly in.

For the record, Hillary was not the great enemy of the right that she is today until she ran for president in 2016 and they cultivated the fake email scandal, and switched the Benghazi conspiracy theories from Obama to her. She was unbelievably popular back in 2012 when she finished up as Secretary of State. And the right pretty much forgot about her.

She became a lightening rod because she was the 2016 nominee and the GOP had a lot of extra years to plan out their swift boating due to her early status as the overwhelming front runner in the polls. The fake email scandal was their swift boating master piece.

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