Clinton camp laughs off questions about press conference blackout

The Hill ^ | July 27, 2016 | Jonathan Easley

[McGruff]

Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager can’t guarantee that the Democratic presidential candidate will hold a press conference between now and the election and laughed off questions about why she doesn’t gaggle with reporters.

Speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Wall Street Journal, campaign manager Robby Mook burst out laughing when asked if Clinton would hold court with reporters before Election Day.

“We’ll see,” he said.

Clinton has still not held a press conference this year.

According to an analysis by the Washington Post, it has been more than 230 days since Clinton last held one on Dec. 4, 2015.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Damaging things about the Press already HAVE been released in the email leak. They were basically sending their copy to the DNC for pre-publication approval.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[uncle fenders]

Every time Trump speaks he should have a sign board up next to him ..
At the top it should read

“Press conferences since Dec. 4, 2015.”

He should then have on the next line his name with the current number of press conferences next to it,

Below that Bernie Sander with the number next to it,

Below that Hillary Clinton with a BIG FAT ZERO next to it.

This would agitate Clinton, and Keep the Burners fired up...

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Waiting for Trump to roll out the "Low-energy Hillary" tag.

 

 

[lapsus calami]

 

 

OoOo - I like that idea. The Hag is gonna get zinged mercilessly from every direction into November.

 

 

[Political Junkie Too]

Hillary is afraid to meet with the people's press. Trump should hammer that message every day at his own press conferences.

-PJ

[mrsmith]

Just saw she’s giving her first to Fox News Sunday.
All we be forgiven!
And Fox will be gushingly softballing her so they won’t be criticized.

[SE Mom]

But is that an interview or a press conference?

A press conference -where not all the reporters are friendly, not all are fawning ...where actual substantial questions might be asked...where she’d be required to think on her feet..

[McGruff]

I can tell you Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace is no republican.

[MayflowerMadam]

Trump had me laughing today when he compared Mook to the Jon Lovitz character, “Pathological Liar”, on SNL. One of my all-time favorite SNL characters.

[mrsmith]

Good point!

(But the media will tell everyone it’s the same thing.)

[Let's Roll]

Wait til she refuses to debate. Nets won’t like seeing those ratings go down the drain.

[Colinsky]

I googled “President Kennedy press conference” and got a bunch of YouTube versions. He typically would take and answer 30-35 questions at a press conference. Of course, they were back in the days before anything was important, just things like the Bay of Pigs invasion fiasco and the Cuban Missile Crisis.