Hillary: Saying I’m Too Serious Is Sexist
In one of her first press conferences since last year, Hillary Clinton today accused Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus of sexism for tweeting that Clinton appeared “angry” in last night’s national security forum.
“I’m going to let all of you ponder that last question,” said the Democratic presidential candidate after being asked about Priebus’ comments. “I think there will be a lot of PhD theses and popular journalism writing on that subject for years to come.”
Clinton went on to criticize both the RNC and her opponent, Republican candidate Donald Trump. “I don’t take my advice and I don’t take anything seriously that comes from the RNC. We were talking about serious issues last night. I know the difference between what we have to do to fix the V.A., what we have to do to take the fight to ISIS, than just making political happy talk. And I had a very short window of time in that event last night to convey the seriousness with which I would approach the issues that concern our country.”
“Donald Trump chose to talk about his deep admiration and support for Vladimir Putin. Maybe he did it with a smile, and I guess the RNC would have liked that.”
Priebus Tweeted that Clinton was displeased when asked about her continuing email scandals by moderator Matt Lauer. Clinton’s campaign responded in kind shortly thereafter.
@HillaryClinton was angry + defensive the entire time – no smile and uncomfortable – upset that she was caught wrongly sending our secrets.
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) September 8, 2016
Actually, that’s just what taking the office of President seriously looks like. https://t.co/Pyn92mesom
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 8, 2016
Clinton’s verbal response to Priebus came thanks to a question from ABC News. A reporter asked if Clinton could “react to that,” and said that Clinton has “suggested that there is a double-standard. Do you think you’re treated different in this race because you’re a woman?”
Clinton surrogates and others have used the sexism card throughout the 2016 campaign, including against Lauer last night and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during his primary run against Clinton. Lauer was slammed by partisans on both sides, but especially Democrats for interrupting Clinton several times in what some said was a sign of sexism. Lauer also didn’t challenge Trump when the Republican falsely said he “was totally against the war in Iraq.”
Priebus’ Tweet was tame compared to one issued by then-Democratic National Chairwoman (DNC) Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) last year, when she accused Trump of “racism”:
The RNC chair thinks Donald Trump is a "net positive" for the GOP. More evidence that Trump's racism knows no bounds: https://t.co/vHzVMfRAbT
— D Wasserman Schultz (@DWStweets) September 18, 2015
Earlier this year, interim DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile accused Trump of “soaking up … hate and … spilling it back out.”
Partisan attacks are normal in election years, especially when the White House is at stake. Republican candidates are especially targets of vitriol by their political opponents. (For more from the author of “Hillary: Saying I’m Too Serious Is Sexist” please click HERE)
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