Alex Wagner: Bill Clinton Not a ‘Political Advantage’ to Hillary in this Election Cycle

‘There is this moment on the tarmac which will, I think, keep alive a story that has been hugely detrimental’

WAGNER: "Well, first of all, this is something he’s been known to do. He’s had tarmac confabs, if you will, before. As Steve points out, we don’t know what’s in Big Bubba’s head. What I think is interesting is if you tell the story of Bill Clinton as a sort of political advantage as he was in the previous election cycle or seemed to be, this year, and this cycle, he has not been really. Hillary Clinton is still having problems with white working class voters, that was Bill Clinton’s sort of bailiwick, if you will. And he has engaged with black lives matter in a way that has not been good for her campaign. There is this moment on the tarmac which will, I think, keep alive a story that has been hugely detrimental."

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