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RandySF

(69,347 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:21 PM 1 hr ago

Hillary Clinton Set to Join the Campaign Trail

Hillary Clinton will host at least one event on the campaign trail for Kamala Harris in the final week of the election, a campaign official told NBC News. No event has been announced yet, and it’s unclear if Clinton will appear alongside the vice president. Since endorsing Harris’ candidacy in July, Clinton has headlined several fundraisers on her behalf and spoken at the DNC, but she hasn’t done a campaign event. A Harris campaign official told NBC News that there is a “wariness” within the campaign to remind voters of Clinton’s 2016 loss, though Clinton is still seen as an overall asset on the trail. Harris officials said they also wanted to shy away from the identity politics that partially defined Clinton’s failed presidential campaign. “Hillary Clinton said, ‘I’m With Her,’ and they were not,” one aide said of voters. “‘I’m With Her’ means you’re talking more about the candidate than the voter. Now, we are focused on freedom for the voter rather than the candidate.”




https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-clinton-set-to-join-the-campaign-trail/

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Hillary Clinton Set to Join the Campaign Trail (Original Post) RandySF 1 hr ago OP
VP Harris has not focused on gender at all in this election. Quiet Em 1 hr ago #1
I don't agree. Sogo 1 hr ago #2
I'm willing to bet Kamala Harris wants her there. Quiet Em 1 hr ago #3
Sorry, but I want to keep HRC out of this for many reasons lindysalsagal 1 hr ago #4

Quiet Em

(610 posts)
1. VP Harris has not focused on gender at all in this election.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:27 PM
1 hr ago

And that's a good thing because, although it's strange, some people get turned off on it. Anyway, it's obvious she's a woman so,

Trump however, has been making her gender an issue. Sexism works well with his cult.

Hillary Clinton is an asset and there is no doubt about it. Still one of the most respected and admired women in the world.

Gender is going to play a role in this election no matter what. We can't pretend it isn't there.

Sogo

(5,672 posts)
2. I don't agree.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:33 PM
1 hr ago

Hillary, as powerful as her address at the DNC was, should not appear with VP Harris....

Opens an old wound that is better left alone, and will create associations we don't need.

JMHO.

Quiet Em

(610 posts)
3. I'm willing to bet Kamala Harris wants her there.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:39 PM
1 hr ago

I get what you are saying but it will be fine. None of this is a secret. It's been right there and talked about the entire time.

lindysalsagal

(22,265 posts)
4. Sorry, but I want to keep HRC out of this for many reasons
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:45 PM
1 hr ago

Not the least of which is her approval numbers are far below Harris'. Plus, it kicks up the gqp hate.

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