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A leaked audio recording of Hillary Clinton at a February fundraiser shows the Democratic presidential candidate had once painted a wide swath of Bernie Sanders supporters as idealists new to politics completely who are living in their parents basement -- though she stressed at the time the need to understand their frustrations with the economy.
Theyre children of the Great Recession. And they are living in their parents basement, Clinton says in the audio clip, first published by the Washington Free Beacon earlier this week. They feel that they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves. And they dont see much of a future.
That is a mindset that is really affecting their politics, she noted, speaking to donors at a private event in McLean, Virginia. If youre feeling like youre consigned to, you know, being a barista, or you know, some other job that doesnt pay a lot, and doesnt have much of a ladder of opportunity attached to it, then the idea that maybe -- just maybe -- you could be part of a political revolution is pretty appealing.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-comments-on-bernie-sanders-supporters-in-leaked-recording/
Theyre children of the Great Recession. And they are living in their parents basement, Clinton says in the audio clip, first published by the Washington Free Beacon earlier this week. They feel that they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves. And they dont see much of a future.
That is a mindset that is really affecting their politics, she noted, speaking to donors at a private event in McLean, Virginia. If youre feeling like youre consigned to, you know, being a barista, or you know, some other job that doesnt pay a lot, and doesnt have much of a ladder of opportunity attached to it, then the idea that maybe -- just maybe -- you could be part of a political revolution is pretty appealing.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-comments-on-bernie-sanders-supporters-in-leaked-recording/
Who exactly is leaking this stuff and what else are they sitting on?
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Hillary Clinton comments on Bernie Sanders supporters in leaked recording [View all]
oberliner
Oct 2016
OP
Look, she's very empathetic and genuine in the recording. Please stop spinning this negatively
emulatorloo
Oct 2016
#5
You didn't answer the question, because not one poster on this site complained about it.
JRLeft
Oct 2016
#92
It was leaked, but it was a secret recording just as bad. I still don't give a fuck it's one of the
JRLeft
Oct 2016
#99
Do you have evidence that there are Russian hackers? I'm still waiting on evidence.
JRLeft
Oct 2016
#103
Russian Hackers Targeted Nearly Half of States' Voter Registration Systems, Successfully Infiltrated
oberliner
Oct 2016
#104
She made some good points. My millenial daughter is living in our basement...
unitedwethrive
Oct 2016
#7
When I first got married we lived in our in-laws' basement. Partially finished, it was ok. :-)
RBInMaine
Oct 2016
#65
Most basement these days are quite nice...if they are not built into man-caves like
Mamajami
Oct 2016
#41
So she said young college graduates have to move back in with their parents and aren't doing as well
NoGoodNamesLeft
Oct 2016
#10
The tragic part is that emails and private conversations can be so easily hacked
oberliner
Oct 2016
#19
Someone records it, for distribution to supporters who can't make the meeting
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2016
#120
Source for last week's "hacked Clinton audio" story was Russian influence op DCLeaks
oberliner
Oct 2016
#134
It is all over twitter--the Trump folks are trying to set a wedge between Hillary supporters and
riversedge
Oct 2016
#16
Exactly. Trump crowd lying like they always do. Stir the pot, divide and conquer
emulatorloo
Oct 2016
#22
#basementdwellers — The actual words and spin on Hillary Clinton’s remarks about Bernie Sanders supp
tirebiter
Oct 2016
#24
I'm a Bernie voter and I think she sounds like she's understanding why instead of condemning or
blm
Oct 2016
#31
There's nothing in this one to alter. It's mainly a statement of empathy. Good grief.
RBInMaine
Oct 2016
#62
BULLSHIT!! Why are you saying this? Trolling are you? This was not at all "disparaging." Give us a
RBInMaine
Oct 2016
#73
You have a difficult time accepting that someone could be critical of HRC and still vote for her
aikoaiko
Oct 2016
#75
What she said was not disparaging. Did you see the whole quote? What is "disparaging"?
RBInMaine
Oct 2016
#78
From what I can gather only Trump supporters and JPR types are pushing the out of context
stevenleser
Oct 2016
#85
If people are going to talk about this it should be about how the Intercept
stevenleser
Oct 2016
#93
The idea of Russian hackers attempting to influence the US Presidential election
oberliner
Oct 2016
#95
No "except". Trump has support of 40% of the country. That's more than enough to
stevenleser
Oct 2016
#90
Clinton camp statement on leaked audio of Clinton discussing young Sanders supporters.
riversedge
Oct 2016
#89
Well unless I'm misunderstanding the story, this was someone recording a private speech, a la Romney
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#125
It's a strange world when the despot who runs Russia is doing it to influence the election.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#129