Liberal Columnist Ellis Henican: Hillary’s Job Comments Were ‘Dumb’ and ‘Stupid’

Liberal Columnist: Clinton Job Comments Were ‘Dumb’ And ‘Stupid’ (Washington Free Beacon)

Newsday columnist Ellis Henican said Hillary Clinton’s claim that corporations and businesses do not create jobs was “dumb” and a “stupid thing” to say on the campaign trail.

“Well, first of all, it was dumb,” Henican told MSNBC host Betty Nguyen on Tuesday. “I don’t think she really meant that. Whether you like companies or not, they do create some jobs, as we’ve discovered. And, please, we need more of them. It was a stupid thing she said on the campaign trail.”

Henican said Clinton’s gaffe was a failed attempt to show her ‘progressive’ bona fides in light ofrumors of a possible challenge from left-wing ideologue Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.).

“She’s trying to edge against Elizabeth Warren just a little bit. There’s a lot of passion on her left among progressive Democrats,” Henican said. “It’s kind of a way to say ‘I’m a progressive Dem, too.’ Her record is really not that progressive on a lot of those issues.”