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Hillary Clinton: White women voted against me because the men in their lives told them to
The Washington Examiner ^ | September 15, 2017 | Becket Adams

Posted on 09/15/2017 10:23:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary Clinton has expanded on her earlier claim that sexism helped torpedo her 2016 campaign, stating more specifically this week that white women were scared off by their husbands, brothers, boyfriends and male employers.

"When women are serving on behalf of someone else, as I was when I was Secretary of State, for example, they are seen favorably," the twice-failed presidential candidate said this week in an interview with NPR.

She added, "But when they step into the arena and say, 'Wait a minute, I think I could do the job, I would like to have that opportunity,' their favorabilities goes down."

Clinton continued her conversation with NPR, recalling a recent conversation she said she had with Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, who told the former secretary of state that a woman's unpopularity is directly proportional to her success.

"Sheryl ended this really sobering conversation by saying that women will have no empathy for you, because they will be under tremendous pressure – and I'm talking principally about white women – they will be under tremendous pressure from fathers and husbands and boyfriends and male employers not to vote for 'the girl,'" Clinton said.....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; State and Local
KEYWORDS: hillary; patriarchy; whites; women
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She doesn’t have much respect for women... don’t know many who can’t think for themselves...


141 posted on 09/16/2017 11:11:01 PM PDT by christie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Please post directions to this wonderful world where everyone does what I tell them to do just because I am a White man.


142 posted on 10/16/2017 11:15:35 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Architect of Avalon

It’s called “1859” but you’ll need to own a plantation.


143 posted on 10/16/2017 11:27:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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