Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday at the CNN town hall in New Hampshire that she wanted young people to know that she didn’t need their support to advocate for them.
CNN moderator Anderson Cooper asked Clinton why more women under 30 voted for rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the Iowa caucus.
She told Cooper that she “didn’t really know.”
“Here’s what I want young people to know,” Clinton said, “They don’t have to be there for me, I’m going to be for them. It doesn’t really matter. If they are not supporting me, I will be their President. I will do everything I can to give them the opportunities they deserve.”
She continued on, noting that student debt, job opportunities, and income inequality are among the topics of conversation among the young people she’s spoken to on the campaign trail.
Yes, let’s discuss all the things you did to reduce income inequality while on Wal-Mart’s board.
I don’t think Sanders really has any chance to win the general – so I would encourage young people to consider their vote carefully, and not just go with Sanders because they think its the hip think to do. The future for them and all of us living under the reign of President Cruz, Trump or Rubio – or any of the GOP jokers will be pretty damned bad. Need proof? Look at the 2000 election. Lots of promises from progressives about that one – and they miscalculated. They are doing it again.
You are absolutely right, because you should withdraw from the world, pretend Walmart and the entire financial system doesn’t exist, and just shake your first in purity and anger. THAT will fix the problem.
Actually being on the board of a major corporation and advocating for change is just plain dumb. Its much better to stand outside on the street outside of one Walmart and bask in you own smugness…
Does it count what she did for kids? They were too young to vote but they could learn about it now. And the work she did right out of law school on behalf of kids.
epirali wins the thread.