Hillary speaks! And kind of looks weird.
From the look of things, Hillary Clinton was none too thrilled to be facing the media today. The former Secretary of State stopped letting her husband do all the talking, and answered five — FIVE! — questions at a campaign stop in Iowa.
First, just take a look at her face at the beginning of the press avail (starts around :38):
Kind of crazy, right? That’s the look of someone who’s got something to hide. Via National Journal, here’s what Mrs. Clinton had to say:
On the release of her emails by the State Department: Clinton said she hopes the State Department—which said this week that it will not have completed its review of her emails until January 2016—can “expedite the process” however possible. “I want them out as soon as they can get out,” Clinton said, adding that she has asked the department to “please move as quickly as they possibly can.”
Yeah, right. I always trust a person talking through clenched teeth.
On her relationship with Sidney Blumenthal: Clinton also answered a question about her relationship with Blumenthal, whom The New York Times reported sent her numerous memos about the security situation in Libya before the Benghazi attacks occurred. She defended her relationship with Blumenthal, saying, “I have many old friends. … I’m going to keep talking to my old friends no matter who they are.”
Maybe you should, you know, start listening to them? Especially when American lives are at stake? Just a thought. (Side note on her use of the word “old”: did you know the average age of the GOP presidential hopefuls is 54, versus Hillary’s 67?)
On the Clinton Foundation and questions about its donors: “I am so proud of the Foundation. I’m proud of the work that it has done and that it is doing,” she said, adding that she would “let the American people make their own judgments about that.”
Being Hillary means never having to say you’re sorry.
On whether the invasion of Iraq was a mistake: Clinton has previously said her 2002 vote to authorize the Iraq war was a mistake, and she reiterated that Tuesday as the issue has come back into the headlines in recent days. “I’ve made it very clear that I made a mistake, plain and simple, and I have written about it in my book, talked about it in the past, and you know, what we now see is a different and very dangerous situation.”
What difference does it make?
On her personal wealth and whether regular Americans can “relate” to her: Clinton, asked about her wealth after personal financial-disclosure forms revealed that she and her husband made $25 million in speaking fees since 2014, said both of them remember their roots. “Obviously, Bill and I have been blessed and we’re very grateful for the opportunities that we had, but we’ve never forgotten where we came from and never forgotten the kind of country we want to see for our granddaughter,” she said. “And that means that we’re going to fight to make sure that everybody has the same chances to live up to his or her own God-given potential.”
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