Hillary Clinton says she misspoke about how Reagans dealt with Aids crisis

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Hillary Clinton says she misspoke about how Reagans dealt with Aids crisis

After swift backlash from LGBT activists, the Democratic frontrunner apologizes
for saying Ronald and Nancy Reagan ‘started a national conversation’

Sam Levin in San Francisco
Friday 11 March 2016 21.42 GMT

Hillary Clinton outraged LGBT activists on Friday with her comments at Nancy Reagan’s funeral praising the former first lady for helping start a “national conversation” about HIV – remarks that critics say ignore the Reagans’ deeply troubling legacy on the 1980s Aids crisis.

“It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/Aids back in the 1980s,” the Democratic frontrunner told MSNBC in an interview at the funeral, which was held at the Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California.

Clinton continued: “Because of both president and Mrs Reagan, in particular Mrs Reagan, we started a national conversation when before nobody would talk about it, nobody wanted to do anything about it, and that, too, is something that I really appreciate. With her very effective, low-key advocacy … it penetrated the public conscience and people began to say: ‘Hey, we have to do something about this too.’”

As controversy began to swirl over her comments, the Democratic frontrunner issued a swift apology:

While the Reagans were strong advocates for stem cell research and finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease, I misspoke about their record on HIV and AIDS. For that, I'm sorry.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/11/hillary-clinton-comments-reagan-aids-crisis-backlash

[Press Virginia]

1. Noooo, her position evolved

[dana_b]

10. within a few hours...

funny how 1000s of angry people will do that to a person!

[PeoViejo]

2. ..along with the rest of her BS.

How can you tell if Hillary is lying?

[arcane1]

3. She talks about Alzheimer's for 3 minutes, then "mistakenly" refers to it as HIV/AIDS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017337965

Yeah right.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. If Bernie Sanders had made the Clinton campaign would be attacking nonstop over it

[Fairgo]

5. I think we should give her a little latitude

She's new to this whole icon of the LGBT community role she's affected...she's not familiar with the history or the language yet. I'm guessing she still has the moral bends from evolving out of her deeply held beliefs that "marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman", mists of time and all that, to the pinnacle of marriage equality. The occasional relapse into her republican patois is to be expected.

[bigwillq]

6. Mrs. Clinton is a national disgrace (nt)

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Now, now, I would not go that far, or even far

[bigwillq]

8. Ok, maybe she is not that bad.

Just venting.
But it seems like she makes a lot of "mistakes".

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. That she does

but in the larger scheme of things, sadly, and I partially blame the media... most Americans would not even know who HRC, or for that matter Bernie Sanders, or the three viable republicans are.

They simply do not care (and that is a problem).

[tabasco]

11. "I misspoke" = "I got caught lying"

Clinton is acting like she believes people are stupid and not paying attention.

It's bad to see her pandering to republicans, but awful to see her LIE and distort history to do so.

[Feeling the Bern]

12. doma supporting reagan democrat. loves kissinger, goldwater girl, former wal-mart board member

voted for iraq war, supported and fought for nafta.

you HRC shills really do support a good republican there.

[ghostsinthemachine]

13. Fuck her

Seriously. Misspoke? Fuck her. She is going to lose this thing slicker than shit.