Hillary to Millennials: Hold Me Accountable; But Two Weeks Ago, She Silenced Them
CLINTON: “List and ask for the help of this active committed young generation. That’s there is that great old saying, what are you to do? Well, you can comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. That is part of your role. Even though I sometimes may be on the receiving end, that’s okay because as I said in my remarks, I want you to hold me accountable and I particularly want to be held accountable by young people who know the kind of future they want to help us create.”
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KORNACKI: “All right! Let`s talk about that with our panel. Hillary first of all. What do you make of that speech last night, Susan?”
PAGE: “So, she didn`t mention her opponents who were sitting around. And I guess that`s not a surprise she hasn`t yet. But here is what struck me when I read the coverage in the Des Moines register this morning. Jennifer Jacobs who has been on your show was covering this last night. Big demonstrations outside of young people for O`Malley and for Clinton. She went after the Clinton supporters. Protesters for Clinton. And they were told they were not -- they were told they were not allowed to speak to a reporter. Now, why in the world would the campaign tell their own supporters who came out the campaign in favor of Hillary Clinton –“
KORNACKI: “These are people outside holding signs.”
PAGE: “These are the young people, college kids, I`m for Hillary. And they`ve been told they can`t talk to a reporter. Why in the world would you do that? Because this has raised some warning flags for the Hillary Clinton campaign that is trying to control their supporters.”
DOMENECH: “Narrative, narrative, narrative, narrative.”
KORNACKI: “Nothing that those supporters could possibly say to the press is worse than the story of telling them not to talk.”
CAPEHART: “Yes. I mean, you have young people -- what you would want in the Des Moines register is like, Suzy Smith, 17, can`t wait to vote for Hillary Clinton. Quote, I love her! She is fantastic!”
KORNACKI: “Yes. I used to cover elections in Jersey City. And I remember, Jersey City is where they pay you 50 bucks a day in cash to go out and hold a sign on the street somewhere. If they were instructed never to talk to the press, that`s how you knew they were paid the 50 bucks. I don`t think that`s going on out there.”
DOMENECH: “I just think it`s crazy that you know, you have an opportunity to have someone who is on the younger side of the age spectrum saying something nice about Hillary Clinton and you tell them to shut up? I mean, that`s a campaign that is just -- they`re so focused on the control of the narrative over and over and over again. They don`t want to break away from it in any sense, or if anybody breaks away -- and that`s a problem.”
