Clinton spokeswoman to Trump's: I'd rather lose than provide a platform for white supremacists

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NYT Politics ‏@nytpolitics 8h8 hours ago
“I would rather lose than win the way you guys did,” Clinton’s director of communications told Kellyanne Conway. http://nyti.ms/2fM3ZRF



CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Top strategists from the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton, interrupting each other and sometimes raising their voices, engaged in an angry debate on Thursday about how Mr. Trump pulled off his upset victory (held at Harvard’s Institute of Politics).

David Bossie, Mr. Trump’s deputy campaign manager, called Mr. Bannon a “brilliant strategist.”

That provoked the Clinton campaign’s director of communications, Jennifer Palmieri, to respond, “If providing a platform for white supremacists makes me a brilliant tactician, I am more proud to have lost.”

Joel Benenson, Mrs. Clinton’s pollster, accused the Trump campaign of using “dog whistles” about immigrants and minorities to appeal to white voters in battleground states. Robby Mook, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign manager, disputed the notion that Mr. Trump won primarily by appealing on economic issues, citing exit polls in Michigan and Wisconsin showing Mrs. Clinton carried more voters who ranked the economy as their top issue.

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[Gothmog]

1. Conway ran a racist campaign that was based on appeals to racists

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2. K&R

[Guilded Lilly]

3. War Games

Cold-blooded VS Conscience

The hideousness of The Cretin's people haven't reached the lowest level yet.

There is our real battle.

[ProfessorPlum]

4. I would rather lose than win the way you guys did,

So everyone is pleased in this scenario, apparently.

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5. no

...just satisfied to have run an inclusive campaign.

She was obviously speaking to what Bannon, Kellyanne and her cohorts had done. 'Brilliant' isn't a word I'd use to describe a campaign which ushered in the worst influences in the nation into senior levels of national government. Anyone enabling in that should have resigned (if they actually objected to the bigotry and the rest), rather than further Trump into office.

[sylvanus]

7. Oh, the inclusive campaign that abandoned the left, and lost traditional Demo states. ta loco!

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10. nonsense

...Hillary's was the most liberal platform in history.

She won traditional Democratic precincts. Republican ones outperformed previous elections, though. I'd argue that her outreach and promotion of the black community and the Latino community alienated wwc voters in some of those states and drew out more rural voters against her.

Besides, it's just not credible to point to the election result to determine whether she ran an inclusive campaign. I'm not going to bother to explain that to you.

[uponit7771]

11. Didn't this meme peter out when the Russians left? tia

[LanternWaste]

15. No doubt, that's the conclusion that best suits your narrative

No doubt, that's the conclusion that best suits your narrative... "apparently."

[world wide wally]

6. The media gave them the biggest platform of all

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8. Conway is a hideous human being.

She is pure ugly inside and out. I cannot wait for that cadaver with make-up plastered on it to fade away and crawl back to whatever it is she does when not shilling for asshats.

[BainsBane]

9. He went way beyond dog whistles.

It must be hard for Robby Mook to sit with someone who worked to undermine his very rights as a citizen.

[uponit7771]

12. +1, he did everything but where a white hood

[yallerdawg]

13. "Birtherism" alone should have disqualified this nut.

Too bad we have an American political party that has plenty of room for racists.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. I keep thinking she's raiding a food court server's closet.

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