So, I've altogether stayed out of the DNC Chair stuff, for a bunch of reasons, including the fact that I am busily pretending that Donna Brazile will stay forever.
But this piece by James Hohmann in the Washington Post finally pushed me to my limits: "The Daily 202: DNC chair candidates say Clinton lost because she talked too much about Trump."
I cannot let this revisionist history stand.
This is such garbage. Clinton wasn't just "talking about" Trump. She was WARNING about him, when no one else was. https://t.co/dyamM5jKtp
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
I bet I watched way more of @HillaryClinton's speeches than any of these guys did, and the resonant theme was not Donald Trump.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
It was tearing down barriers to opportunity. That was the centerpiece of her campaign and every speech, primary through general.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
And if that didn't make the soundbites on cable news & headlines in the papers, it's b/c corporate media ignored her message of equality.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
They literally ignored the 1st female major party nominee talking about equality to broadcast anything she said about Trump, their cash cow.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
But, again: When she did speak about Trump, what she said was important. Her speech about white nationalism, for instance, was critical.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
Frankly, given what we've seen of Trump so far, if all she HAD done was say, "Trump will destroy the country," that would've been warranted.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
It's incredible to me that anyone would criticize Clinton in this moment for talking about Trump, given the damage he's currently doing.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
And let's be real: If she HADN'T talked about Trump, she'd be getting even more shit for that right now. "If only she'd talked about Trump!"
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
So, seriously, just STFU with this "she talked about Trump too much" horseshit. It is embarrassing to watch y'all be so wrong.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 13, 2017
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