Posted on 02/24/2017 4:44:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Clintons’ role in the Democratic Party has been a source of debate since the election last fall. On Friday, in a video for DNC members, the former nominee tied her campaign and 2016 party platform to the so-called resistance movement.
ATLANTA — Wading back into politics for one of the first times since the end of her campaign, Hillary Clinton promised Democrats meeting here in Atlanta that she will stay active in the party’s efforts to rebuild and to oppose President Donald Trump.
“We as Democrats must move forward with courage, confidence, and optimism, and stay focused on the elections we must win this year and next. Let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our party and our country,” Clinton said in surprise video recorded for Democrats at a party-wide meeting on Friday in Atlanta.
“Keep fighting,” she said. “I’ll be right there with you every step of the way.”
After a devastating loss last fall to Trump, Clinton’s future role in the party has been a subject of speculation and debate among Democrats and progressives — some of whom argue that the Clintons’ time as central figures in the party has passed, and that she and former president Bill Clinton should clear the way for new voices.
Democrats close to Clinton, however, have said she will remain involved in party business and helping candidates, though plans for that effort remain fluid.
Even as the Democratic National Committee’s 447 voting members convene here to elect a new chair and plot a fresh course forward, Democrats are quick to invoke lessons from 2016 election and Clinton’s tight primary against Bernie Sanders.
A rules committee meeting on Thursday was dedicated in part to a post-mortem of Clinton’s loss and to questions about whether to abolish the super-delegate system that benefited Clinton over Sanders. And the two frontrunners in the chair’s race, Tom Perez and Keith Ellison, have been cast by some Democrats as proxies in an ongoing battle between the establishment and the activist grassroots community.
Clinton’s message to Democrats, delivered direct-to-camera, was met with cheers and applause among those assembled in the Westin Peachtree Plaza ballroom.
The former first lady acknowledged divisions inside the party (“we are Democrats, after all”) and touted the DNC platform that her campaign helped write in collaboration with Sanders — tying those values to the so-called resistance movement on the left.
“Ideas we championed are now inspiring leaders and activists across our country,” Clinton said.
“Nearly 66 million votes are fueling grassroots energy and activism. And everywhere, people are marching, protesting, tweeting, speaking out, and working for an America that’s hopeful, inclusive, and big-hearted.”
Among the millions of Democrats marching in the streets, Clinton said, are “future mayors, city and state officials, governors, members of congress…”
“Even,” she added, “future presidents.”
Ever notice how she used the word FIGHT in every speech and appearance? Fight this, fight that ...geez I’m tired of hearing ANYTHING from her. She’s a has-been like McCain ... they are dust in the passed road.
It seems to me that the Democrats are doubling down on Hillary’s fabulous policy of calling American’s deplorable and irredeemable. The leading contenders for DNC chair are the Communist Perez and the Islamist Ellison.
She has to fight just to take steps along the way.
Beware, you are dealing with a very vindictive woman. She has a long memory for those who she feels wronged her or denied her of anything. In this case, the presidency, that was “stolen” from her. She has convinced “herself” that she really won. The roof caved in on her when the EC dropped it on her head. Ask yourself, did Trump have any barges with fireworks ready? Nope, only the psychopath did. She was given everything in life, but her coronation was denied. God Saved America! The wicked witch is gone. Special thanks to all those silent deplorable independents who saw the light, without them we would have had a queen and a royal dynasty.
yeah, well, maybe not every step.
just a few steps every couple of months will have to do...
Except for when it's over 80 degrees and I pass out.
Hillaryous! Toss that rancid side of beef back into the hearse.
“Wading” Appropriate description.
Hillary Clinton 2016
"Hillary Clinton calls Trump a 'threat to democracy' during NC rally"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP_jTK9cWdI
And at a different rally, she says essentially the same thing.
"That is a direct threat to our democracy. "
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