Peppered by reporters outside her NY event today, Hillary Clinton waves and gets into car. No comment given.
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN)
March 9, 2015
U.S.
Presidents
1. Bill Clinton Said He’s “Not The One To Judge”
Whether Hillary Clinton Has Been Treated Fairly Regarding Her Private Email
Accounts, According To CNN’s Dan Merica. “Bill Clinton whether HRC has been treated
fairly re: emails: ‘I’m not the one to judge that. I have an opinion but I have
a bias.” (Dan
Merica, Twitter
Feed, 3/8/15)
Bill Clinton Said He “Shouldn’t Be Making News On This”
When Asked About Hillary Clinton’s Email Controversy Was. “Question: What is your opinion on the email
controversy? Bill Clinton: ‘That I shouldn’t be making news on this’” (Dan Merica, Twitter
Feed, 2/8/15)
2. Obama, When Asked About Clinton’s Private
Email Accounts, Said He Was Glad She Was Beginning To Disclose Her Emails Just
As He’s Archived His Correspondence. “‘The policy of my administration is to
encourage transparency, which is why my emails, the BlackBerry I carry around,
all those records are available and archived,’ Mr. Obama said. ‘I’m glad that
Hillary’s instructed that those emails about official business need to be
disclosed.’” (Reena
Flores, “Obama Weighs In On Hillary Clinton’s Private Emails,” CBS
News, 3/7/15)
Obama Said He Only Learned About Hillary Clinton’s
Private Email Accounts When He Read It In News Reports. “CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante
asked Mr. Obama when he learned about her private email system after his
Saturday appearance in Selma, Alabama. ‘The same time everybody else
learned it through news reports,’ the president told Plante.” (Reena Flores, “Obama Weighs In On Hillary Clinton’s
Private Emails,” CBS
News, 3/7/15)
Obama
Administration Officials
3. White House Press Secretary Earnest Said It
Was Clinton’s Responsibility To Comply With Requirements To Preserve Documents
When Asked About Her Private Email Account. “In a briefing for reporters aboard Air
Force One as Obama flew to Columbia, S.C., Earnest said Clinton’s tweeted
request for the State Department to release the emails she wrote from her
private email account goes ‘above and beyond’ the requirements of the Federal
Records Act. But Earnest still insisted that it’s up to Cabinet secretaries and
other agency officials to make sure they’re in compliance – the line the Obama
administration has taken since the controversy erupted over Clinton’s use of a
private email address to conduct her business when she served as Secretary of
State.” (David
Nather, “White House Continues To Keep Distance From Hillary Clinton Email
Controversy,” Politico,
3/6/15)
4. Senior White House Official On Clinton Email
Scandal: “It’s Not One That We’ll Own.” “Meanwhile, the White House has worked to
distance itself from any fallout, administration officials noted. ‘If they
screwed up on the emails, if we find out they skipped over her emails…then that
will be a problem for them, it’ll be a scandal. But it’s not one that we’ll
own,’ a senior administration official said.” (Carol E. Lee and Colleen McCain Nelson,
“Hillary Clinton Emails Test Budding Campaign Ties With White House,” The
Wall Street Journal, 3/8/15)
5. Secretary Of State John Kerry Said He’d “Have
To Check” Which Private Emails The State Department Has From Clinton’s Account.
REUTERS’
ARSHAD MOHAMMAD: “But my question is why couldn’t the Department look at all
these emails and make its own judgment about which ones should go to the
archives.” KERRY: “Well, the Department has the emails. We’re…” MOHAMMAD: “Has
every one of them, or just the ones that were provided?” KERRY: “I’d have to
check on that. I believe we have all the ones that – I think we have all the
ones that are state.gov, which are appropriately the ones in the purview of the
Department. But let me check on that when I actually have time to pay attention
to such an important issue when I get home.” (Sec. John Kerry, Press Conference,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 3/5/15)
6. State Department Spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki
Said That The Department Sent A Letter “Requesting” That Former Secretaries
Submit “Any Records In Their Possession For Proper Preservation.” “‘Last year, the
Department sent a letter to representatives of former secretaries of state
requesting they submit any records in their possession for proper preservation.
In response to our request, Secretary Clinton provided the Department with
emails spanning her time at the Department,’ State Department spokeswoman Jen
Psaki said in a statement.” (Josh Gerstein, “Hillary Clinton Used Private Email Account
For State Department Business,” Politico,
3/2/15)
7. State Department Deputy Spokeswoman Marie
Harf Acknowledged That At The Department’s Request, Clinton “Sent Back 55,000
Pages Of Documents.” “First,
the notion that the Department didn’t have the content of these emails until
she turned them over isn’t accurate. A vast majority of them were to or from
State.gov addresses or to addressees. So they were obviously retained and
captured in that moment. So that notion is just not accurate and I wanted to
put that out there first. A couple other points: There was no prohibition on
using a non-State.gov account for official business as long as it’s preserved.
So obviously, that’s an important piece of this. When in the process of
updating our records management – this is something that’s sort of ongoing
given technology and the changes – we reached out to all of the former
secretaries of state to ask them to provide any records they had. Secretary
Clinton sent back 55,000 pages of documents to the State Department very
shortly after we sent the letter to her.” (Marie Harf, State Department Press Briefing,
Washington, D.C., 3/3/15)
8. Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett On Whether Clinton
Emailed The White House While She Was Secretary Of State: “That I Don’t Know.” BLOOMBERG’s ERIK
SCHATZKER: “Did members of the administration receive e-mails from Hillary
Clinton while she was Secretary of State?” JARRETT: “That I
don’t know. I do know that obviously the president has a very firm policy that
e-mail should be kept on government systems. He believes in transparency. And I
know that the State Department is currently working with the National Archives
to make sure that all of Secretary Clinton’s e-mails are captured.” (Bloomberg’s “Market
Makers,” 3/6/15)
Clinton
Advisors
9. Clinton Aide Lanny Davis: It Is “A Reasonable
Idea” To Have An Independent Source Inspect Clinton’s Hard Drive. FOX NEWS’ CHRIS WALLACE:
“You’d like to have a neutral party?” DAVIS: “I said there can be…” “WALLACE:
Obviously, there can be. I understand that. I’m asking, do you think that’s a
reasonable idea?” DAVIS: “I think it is a reasonable idea if anybody has any
doubts that there’s a delete on a hard drive…” WALLACE: “To have an
independent…go inspect her private e-mail?” DAVIS: “I think there is a
reasonable idea. If the State Department asks, she will say yes. If there’s a
subpoena, she must say yes. This is a bogus notion that what might be the case
versus what is the case.” (Fox’s
“Fox News Sunday,” 3/8/15)
10. Former Clinton Advisor Neera Tanden On
Clinton’s Private Emails: “Presumptions” Of “Nefarious Activities Are Just
That, Presumptions.” TANDEN:
“I would say that she doesn’t see herself as above the law, and that’s why —
or different from everyone else. That’s why, you know, she was following
previous secretary of states and now, she’s putting forward her email, which is
going above and beyond. You know, I think it’s fascinating how there is people
who can read every view of Hillary. I was talking to Hillary back in 2009. She
didn’t say she was ever going to run for president again back then, and I think
that these presumptions of, you know, nefarious activities are just that,
presumptions.” (Fox’s
“Fox News Sunday,” 3/8/15)
11. Former Clinton Advisor Paul Begala On
Clinton Emails: “Voters Do Not Give A [Expletive].” “‘Voters do not give a
shit. They do not even give a fart,’ said longtime Clinton ally and Democratic
strategist Paul Begala, echoing the sentiments of most Clinton allies who
believe the all-but-certain nominee is enough of a defined quantity in voters’
eyes that Republican attacks on her email policies cannot sway them —
especially not over a year-and-a-half before she faces a competitive vote.” (Gabriel Debenedetti,
“Who Knows? She Could Implode Totally,” Politico,
3/5/15)
12. Former Clinton Spokeswoman Karen Finney: “I
Honestly Don’t Know” Why Clinton Would Have Set Up A Homebrew Email Server. CNN’s ERIN BURNETT: “Why
would she set up her own server if it wasn’t for privacy?” FINNEY: “I mean I
honestly don’t know. I guess Erin, my point is, if that’s what we’re
really concerned about, given the fact that the rules or the guidance was this
way even today if you’re at the state department you can do this, if that’s
what we’re really concerned about, why are we only talking about Hillary
Clinton?” (CNN’s
“Out Front,” 3/7/15)
13. Former Clinton Advisor James Carville On
Clinton Emails: “This Is The Same Cockamamie Stuff We Go Through…It’s All About
Nothing.” “James
Carville to @mitchellreports on @HillaryClinton emails: ‘This is the same cockamamie
stuff we go through…It’s all about nothing.’” (Mark Halperin, Twitter Feed,
3/9/15)
Democrat Members Of
Congress
14. Senator Chuck Schumer Said Clinton’s Private
Email Accounts Wouldn’t Matter Because It Wasn’t What Americans Cared About. “During our
conversation, we asked the Senator, who served in the Senate for eight years
with Hillary Clinton, whether Clinton should be more engaged on the issue of
using a private e-mail account during her time as Secretary of State, ‘Oh, I
don’t know, I think Hillary is great’ said Schumer. ‘I think, ya know, she’s
already said she wants the emails out. What do Americans care about? Good
paying jobs, good country, good family. All that stuff isn’t gonna matter.’” (Ashley Codianni,
“Schumer on Clinton Emails: ‘All That Stuff Isn’t Gonna Matter,’” CNN,
3/6/15)
15. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) On Clinton’s
Emails: “The Silence Is Going To Hurt Her.” FEINSTEIN: “Well, actually, what I would
like is for her to come forward, and say just what the situation is, because
she is the preeminent political figure right now. She is the leading
candidate, whether it be Republican or Democrat, for the next—to be the next
president. And I think that she needs to step up, and come out, and state
exactly what the situation is. You know, some people say, well she had a
server…” NBC’s CHUCK TODD: “You think the silence is hurting her?” FEINSTEIN:
“I think at this point, from this point on—the server—that the silence is going
to hurt her.” (NBC’s
“Meet The Press,” 3/8/15)
16. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Said The Benghazi
Investigators “Knew, As Of Last Summer” That Clinton Had Been Using A Private
Email Account. SCHIFF:
“First of all, to my colleague’s points, the fact is that all prior secretaries
of state from Clinton going back have all maintained personal e-mail accounts.
She was the first, I think, to submit those personal e-mails to the State
Department. So, let’s not hold this secretary to a different standard than the
other secretaries. Colin Powell has already acknowledged that he used his
personal e-mails. Second, in terms of the Benghazi investigation, we knew, as
of last summer, that the secretary used a private e-mail account. This is not
something new. We knew also that she was cooperating. She was giving us
everything she asked for.” (CNN’s “State Of The Union,” 3/8/15)
17. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): “You Want To Ask
Me About The State Of The Economy, Unemployment, Poverty,” Not Clinton’s
Emails. “‘You’re
not going to be the sixteenth writer who asks me about Hillary, are you?”
says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. ‘I know you would not do that. You want to
ask me about the state of the economy, unemployment, poverty. You would not ask
me about my views on Hillary Clinton.’ Sanders, like the rest of his
colleagues, was getting out of town. The Senate was finishing its week’s work
early, to avoid the airline-scrambling chaos of a snowstorm, and to allow a
vote to override President Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL bill. (The override
failed, as expected.) The escape would mean an end to questions about
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s e-mails, which had been sent from a
private account, and hosted on a ‘homebrew’ server at her New York residence.” (David Weigel, “Democrats
See A Familiar Pattern In The Clinton E-mail Story,” Bloomberg,
3/5/15)
18. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) On Clinton Emails: “I
Haven’t Looked At It Yet.” “For more than a dozen senators, the easiest thing to do was
to shrug off questions about Clinton’s private e-mail or the fact she was
running them through her own server. ‘[I’ve] been busy with other things around
here, like Prime Minister Netanyahu and ISIL and things like that,’ Sen. Ben
Cardin of Maryland said on the way to a midday floor vote. ‘So I haven’t looked
at it yet.’” (Rachel
Roubein and Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
19. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) On Clinton Emails:
“That’s A Nothing Burger.” “‘That’s a nothing burger. Total,’ California’s Boxer said.
‘There isn’t one secretary of State that ever did that because the law didn’t
change until after she left, so they’re making a mountain out of a molehill.’
But most Senate Democrats who stopped to answer reporters’ questions outside
the Senate on Wednesday pleaded ignorance on the issue.” (Rachel Roubein and
Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
20. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): “I Literally Don’t
Know Anything About Her Home Internet System.” “As the elevator doors
closed, Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware said at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, ‘I
literally don’t know anything about her home internet system.’” (Rachel Roubein and
Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
21. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) On Clinton
Emails: “The Most Important Thing Is To Make Sure The Information Was Archived
In Some Way.” “‘The
most important thing is to make sure the information was archived in some way
and made available in some way,’ McCaskill said. When probed by a reporter as
to what happens if the e-mails are not archived somewhere, McCaskill said, ‘It
has to be now.’” (Rachel
Roubein and Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
22. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) On Clinton Emails:
“It Sounds Like Somebody Made A Mistake.” “Manchin also had heard the news. He
wants to see what other facts, if any, come out of the controversy, but ‘it
sounds like somebody made a mistake.’ But did that mean Clinton herself made a
mistake? ‘I don’t know. We’ll find out,’ he said. ‘I guess that someone must
have advised her that this is how other people have operated.’” (Rachel Roubein and
Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
23. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) On Clinton
Emails: “We Have Some Things We Are Going To Try And Figure Out.” “Even Rep. Elijah
Cummings, the ranking member on the Select Committee on Benghazi, said he was
still wading through the news and was unsure how it would affect his
committee’s probe. He said, however, that his job on the committee has never
been simply to protect his party’s potential presidential nominee. ‘We will
see, but I want to be clear, I am not trying to defend Hillary Clinton,’
Cummings said. ‘I am trying to defend the truth … we have some things we are
going to try and figure out.’” (Rachel Roubein and Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To
Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
24. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ): “The Sooner The
Participants In This Case, Hillary And The State Department, Provide Full
Disclosure, The Better Off We’re Going To Be.” “Rep. Raul Grijalva of
Arizona said Clinton needs to respond quicker to avoid revisiting the issue. ‘I
hate the idea that it would revitalize this whole Benghazi investigations when
they were dead, and they were not only conclusive, nothing was found,’ Grijalva
said. ‘So the sooner the participants in this case, Hillary and the State
Department, provide full disclosure, the better off we’re going to be.’” (Rachel Roubein and
Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
25. Former DCCC Chairman Steve Israel (D-NY): “I
Don’t Believe The Secretary Of State Should Be Responsible For Figuring Out
Whether It Was Dot Gov Vs. Dot Com.” “Some top House Democrats, such as Reps. Joe
Crowley and Steve Israel, were quick to Clinton’s defense. ‘I don’t believe
that the secretary of state should be responsible for figuring out whether it
was dot gov vs. dot com, and quite honestly I don’t think most Americans wake
up in the morning thinking about it,’ Israel, the former Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, said.” (Rachel Roubein and
Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
26. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Said In Response
To A Question About The Emails That The Repeated Scandals “Really Worked Out
For The Clintons.” “As
the Virginia Democrat headed to a meeting, he put the e-mails investigation in
the context of years of treasure hunts into the Clintons’ lives—the White House
travel office, the Whitewater land deal, Monica Lewinsky. ‘Look how that really
worked out for the Clintons,’ said Connolly. ‘Bill Clinton is the most popular
living president.’” (David
Weigel, “Democrats See A Familiar Pattern In The Clinton E-mail Story,” Bloomberg,
3/5/15)
27. Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA): Clinton Emails Is
Like “Trying To Make A Mountain Out Of A Molehill.” “‘To me, it’s trying to
make a mountain out of a molehill,’ said Brendan Boyle, a freshman from
Pennsylvania who serves on the Oversight Committee. Boyle, who defeated former
congresswoman and Clinton in-law Marjorie Margolies to win his seat,
illustrated the point by taking two iPhones out of his pockets.” (David Weigel, “Democrats
See A Familiar Pattern In The Clinton E-mail Story,” Bloomberg,
3/5/15)
28. DSCC Chairman Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) On
Clinton Emails: “I’m Really Not Up To Speed On That.” “Montana Sen. Jon Tester
was near the elevator a few minutes later, offering a similar answer: ‘I’m
really not up to speed on that,’ he said. ‘I’m really not. I’m sorry.’” (Rachel Roubein and
Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
29. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) On Clinton Emails: “I
Just Don’t Have Time For That One.” “And as Sen. Ron Wyden—a strong advocate for
government transparency—headed toward the Senate office buildings, he said he
was busy at the Supreme Court all Wednesday morning. ‘I haven’t had a chance to
go through that. … I’m going to have to go onto health,’ as other reporters
waited to ask their questions. ‘I just don’t have time for that one,’ Wyden
said, indicating the question could be revisited after he’d had more time to
read the latest Clinton news.” (Rachel Roubein and Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To
Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
30. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) On Clinton
Emails: “I Don’t Know Enough About It To Appropriately Respond.” “New Hampshire Sen.
Jeanne Shaheen repeated the same refrain later, saying ‘I don’t know enough
about it to appropriately respond.’” (Rachel Roubein and Lauren Fox, “Democrats
Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
31. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) On Clinton Emails:
“I’d Be Surprised If A Number Of Secretaries Hadn’t Done That For As Long As
We’ve Had Email.” “A
few—including Sens. Barbara Boxer, Chris Murphy and Tom Carper—came to
Clinton’s defense. It’s not unusual for a secretary of State to use a personal
email address, they said, and a law that only allows government officials to
use private email accounts if they adhere to specified stipulations went into
effect after Clinton left her cabinet post. ‘I’d be surprised if a number of
secretaries of State hadn’t done that for as long as we’ve had email,’ Carper,
of Delaware, said. ‘That’s all I’m going to say.’” (Rachel Roubein and
Lauren Fox, “Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
32. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) When Asked
About Clinton’s Emails: “Can We Talk About It Later?” “Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
of New York asked ‘can we talk about it later? I have to go to my vote,’ she
said before offering up a press staffer’s name.” (Rachel Roubein and Lauren Fox, “Democrats
Aren’t Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton,” National
Journal, 3/4/15)
33. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN): “I’m Fairly
Certain It’s Going To Be Soon” That Clinton Addresses The Email Scandal. “Senator Amy Klobuchar,
a Democrat from Minnesota, said on Monday that she expects the former secretary
of state to shed some light on the matter in the coming days. ‘I think that
you’re going to hear something from Secretary Clinton this week, I’m fairly
certain it’s going to be soon,’ Ms. Klobuchar said on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe.’
Ms. Klobuchar’s comments come as Democrats are worrying about the criticism
that their presumed presidential nominee has been facing since The New York
Times first reported on her emails.” (Alan Rappeport, “Klobuchar Hints Clinton Will
Say More On Emails,” The
New York Times’ First Draft,
3/9/15)
Other Democrats
34. Former Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) On
Clinton’s Emails: “Get It Straight” And “She Can’t Afford To Give Any
Impression That” She’s Being Secretive. “‘This is a signal, it’s a warning, that
whatever [else] there may be … get it straight, be prepared to be open with it,
above board,’ said former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder, noting that at a moment of
deep public distrust of the government, the last thing Clinton needs is to come
across as secretive. ‘She can’t afford to give any impression that, ‘This is
the way it’s going to be from the start of my campaign, or from my government.’
I think they’re aware of that.’” (Gabriel Debenedetti, “Who Knows? She Could
Implode Totally,” Politico,
3/5/15)
35. Former Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-MD) Called
Transparency “Required In The Modern Age” When Ask About Clinton’s Private
Email Account, But Refused To Comment Directly. “Mr. O’Malley made the
remarks to reporters in New Hampshire, an early presidential primary state he
has visited several times over the last year. He expressed neither support nor
criticism for Mrs. Clinton, who is in the middle of the email maelstrom, saying
he was unaware of the policies at the federal level. But, asked about what
policies he employed in Maryland, he talked about the availability of both
government and personal emails when there were record requests. ‘I think
openness and transparency are required in governing in the modern age,’ Mr.
O’Malley said, adding later, ‘Openness and transparency [are] the wave of the
future.’” (Maggie
Haberman, “Martin O’Malley Steers Clear Of Hillary Clinton Email Issue,” The
New York Times’ First Draft,
3/7/15)
36. A Spokesman For Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Said Voters Would “Rather All Be Talking About Jobs And The Economy.” “And former Virginia
Sen. James Webb formed an exploratory committee in November, but he has been
largely quiet since then, despite scheduling one Iowa appearance for late
March. Craig Crawford, Webb’s spokesman, said he doesn’t think voters care
about Clinton’s emails. ‘They’d rather all be talking about jobs and the
economy and how working people can get a leg up when wages are falling and
income at the top is growing,’ he said.” (Gabriel Debenedetti, “Who Knows? She Could
Implode Totally,” Politico,
3/5/15)
37. State Sen. Jack Hatch (D-IA): “There Is Some
Concern” Over Clinton’s Emails. “Clinton’s recent stumbles, however, have served
as a reminder of her struggles during her summer 2014 book tour, despite the
carefully designed sprint through March. ‘There is some concern. Some people
are saying, ‘Is this going to blow up in her face?,’ said Jack Hatch, the
unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Iowa governor in 2014. Others see the
ongoing questions as an indication that Clinton has to better manage her public
image in the weeks before she officially announces her candidacy, if Democrats
are going to win the White House.” (Gabriel Debenedetti, “Who Knows? She Could
Implode Totally,” Politico,
3/5/15)
38. Boyd Brown, A Democratic National Committee
Member And Former State Legislator From South Carolina Said That Clinton’s New
Email Scandal Raises “Real Leadership And Transparency Concerns, Concerns That Can
Be Addressed In Caucuses And Primaries, But Would Go Ignored In A Coronation
Process.” “The closer we get to 2016, the more the electorate pays
attention, which we’re now seeing with foreign contributions to the Clinton
Foundation and in Hillary’s undisclosed emails,’ said Boyd Brown, a Democratic
National Committee member and former state legislator from South Carolina.
‘These are problems that raise real leadership and transparency concerns,
concerns that can be addressed in caucuses and primaries, but would go ignored
in a coronation process.’” (Peter Hamby, “Hillary Clinton’s Stumbles Fuel Democratic
Critics,” CNN,
3/5/15)
39. Dick Harpootlian, A Former Democratic Party
Chairman In South Carolina, Said That The Fact That Clinton “Already Turned
E-Mails To The Benghazi Committee Because She Was Doing Official Business On It
Means She’s Going To Die By 1,000 Cuts On This One.” “Dick Harpootlian, a
former South Carolina party chairman and supporter of Vice President Joe Biden,
said the e-mail story is yet another Clinton scandal to throw on the pile.
‘There’s always another shoe to drop with Hillary,’ Harpootlian told the
Washington Post. ‘Do we nominate her not knowing what’s in those e-mails? If
the e-mails were just her and her family and friends canoodling about fashion
and what they’re going to do next week, that’s one thing. But the fact that
she’s already turned e-mails to the Benghazi committee because she was doing
official business on it means she’s going to die by 1,000 cuts on this one.’” (Peter Hamby, “Hillary
Clinton’s Stumbles Fuel Democratic Critics,” CNN,
3/5/15)
40. Zephyr Teachout, Who Ran For Governor Of New
York Against Andrew Cuomo In Last Year’s Democratic Primary, Said That Clinton
“Shouldn’t Have Done It,” In Regard To The E-Mail Scandal And Said That Clinton
“Should Come Forward And Give A Press Availability On It.” “In New York, Zephyr
Teachout, who challenged New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from the left in last
year’s Democratic Primary, chided Clinton in the New York Daily News over the
e-mail flap. ‘She shouldn’t have done it,’ Teachout said. ‘She should come
forward and give a press availability on it. Just as a matter of leadership,
she should address it directly … This is why we need a primary, to force
debate both about policy and leadership style.’” (Peter Hamby, “Hillary Clinton’s Stumbles
Fuel Democratic Critics,” CNN,
3/5/15)
41. Former Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) Said “I Don’t
Understand What The Issue Is” With Clinton Emails. RENDELL: “I don’t
understand what the issue is here. Can anybody cite a case, an individual case
where something happened because Secretary Clinton didn’t use her government
email?” (MSNBC’s
“Now With Alex Wagner,” 3/3/15)