Shaun King: Hillary Clinton should quit presidential race as email scandal engulfs her campaign

[Dems to Win]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-clinton-quit-presidential-race-email-scandal-article-1.2652342

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For the first two and a half minutes, Mika narrated a montage of clips in which Hillary Clinton repeatedly denies all wrongdoing, stated that everything was approved and "above board," and repeatedly declaring that she simply did what every other secretary of state had done. The report stated very clearly that none of that is true.

It was not above board.

It was not approved.

It was not, as one of her staff members told two people who reported concerns about her system, "reviewed and approved by department legal staff."

Every email was not turned over to the State Department. She was the only secretary of state who refused to be interviewed. Seven of her staff members refused to be interviewed. And the investigation, headed up by an appointee of President Obama, was not driven by "Anti-Clinton bias" as her spokesperson inferred. Even Congressman Elijah Cummings, who has been an avid supporter of Clinton, outrageously blamed this new scandal on Republicans. That might've worked in 1990s, but it rings hollow today.

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Hillary Clinton should remove herself from contention from the Democratic nomination. Had the American public known a year ago what we know now, it's possible that Clinton would have never made it this far. That she refused to be interviewed for the investigation and that she refuses to release the transcripts from her speeches to Goldman Sachs suggests that she is prepared to win by any means necessary. Even if it means denying the voters in her own party the information they truly need to make an informed decision.

More at the link

I've been reading Shaun King for over a year now, first at Daily Kos and now at the Daily News. I've become quite a fan of his work, which is normally focused on criminal justice issues and the BlackLivesMatter movement. He's a man of courage.

[Hydra]

1. The real question now is, is this what has had her team in a tizzy for months now

Or is there more coming? Not that this isn't bad enough, but the raw panic suggests a belief by the team that whatever is there could sink the campaign.

[imagine2015]

2. Sinking? Is something sinking? Oh no!. Abandon ship!

[felix_numinous]

4. After hitting a climate change iceburg

great graphic.

[pdsimdars]

8. Oops! And they now wonder "who could have seen this coming?"

[MrsKirkley]

3. I wish she would drop out because

I'm tired of free trade deals that send jobs overseas and an insurance mandate instead of single-payer health care. President Obama won with yes we can and Hillary Clinton is winning with no we can't. While it's unlikely Sanders could get single payer in the first term as president , he'd have a good chance second term by convincing his followers to vote out the Republican congress. Hillary Clinton is convinced it will NEVER happen so she won't even try. Yes Bernie Sanders is angry. He's angry because he truly cares about the American people. He sees everything citizens of other developed countries have that Americans don't and he's tired of seeing us get ripped off. If only Hillary Clinton were more like Bernie Sanders.

[highprincipleswork]

5. Look, I'm not a Hillary fan, and believe she and Bill have worked to move this Party way too far to

the Right.

But I have never thought this FBI investigation was just going to go away, and I don't believe it now. What ever you think o other investigations that didn't stop her chances, this one is not the same. First of all, to any objective person, I think that what she did seems intrinsically wrong and fatally misguided. There is no way that she is getting out of this without a kind of tarnish, at least, that will devastatingly affect her chances in November and our chances with her.

[cui bono]

6. Yes please.

[imagine2015]

7. If Democratic leaders didn't fear the Clinton machine they would force her to drop out.

"If the Dems didn’t have such a giant death wish, coupled with fear of the Clinton machine, the party leaders would force her to drop out."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512083374

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Eight more days...

Star Member Skinner (61,708 posts)
1. When the voting is over the primary is over on DU.

This has gone on long enough. Once the voting is done I have no interest in pretending everyone doesn't already know the outcome.

My opinion is that Donald Trump represents an unprecedented threat to this country, and I have no interest in providing a platform for people to act like a Trump presidency isn't such a big deal. I have permitted it during primary season because many people seem determined to pretend we live in a fantasyland where Republicans don't exist -- but once the primary is over reality sets in and we can no longer afford to ignore our Republican opponent.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125910453

[oberliner]

10. Shaun King and Rush Limbaugh coming together

Fascinating to see these two promoting the same narrative.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. ...

or

[oberliner]

12. The weird thing to me

Is that many Sanders people dislike Clinton because they think she is too right-wing.

And all the RW talk shows (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity) dislike Clinton because they think she is too left-wing.

[Demsrule86]

14. Here is a link tells you who king really is.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/16/where-did-all-the-money-shaun-king-raised-for-black-lives-go.html

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. The latter is playing the former for chumps.

[Demsrule86]

15. Not really

King is an opportunist. He has been on Fox too...you watch he will end up like Dennis Miller...a Fox groupie.

[Demsrule86]

13. Shun King is an oppportunist

Shaun King is a Bernie supporter who hates the Clintons and was kicked out of the Black lives matter organization...He is also a plagiarist quite recently. His editor was fired...and blamed but evidence shows he did it before. He also has been accused of mismanaging funds for...and has been kicked out of black lives matter... He would not be a guy I would choose to read...he used to be a pastor to one of those mega churches (pass the plate kind of place). Seriously why would anyone care what he thinks? I would not read anything he writes.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. I just googled "Shaun King Black Lives Matter". You're right.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=shaun%20king%20black%20lives%20matter

[grossproffit]

16. T minus 8 days.

[bigwillq]

17. She should of never ran in the first place

Knowing the situation she put herself in could have disastrous consequences for the party.