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In reply to the discussion: In 2016, we KNEW that Hillary was going to win [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(156,275 posts)32. Comey concedes he may have been responsible for Trump's election
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https://www.axios.com/2019/04/02/comey-concedes-responsible-trump-election-hillary-clinton
In a Tuesday interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, former FBI Director James Comey conceded that his decision to announce in October 2016 that the FBI was reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server may have helped Trump win the election, but defended it as "the least terrible option."
Amanpour: "Do you ever think that you might be responsible for the election of President Trump? Does that keep you up at night?"
Comey: "Sure. And I hope someday somebody proves that we were irrelevant. ... I hope we had no impact. I hope it's proven that it was irrelevant. But all it does is increase the pain. It doesn't change how I think about the decision. My view and the view of my team was: I cannot conceal from the American people that the investigation we told them, and fought to tell them, is done, is done, is done is not done, and the result could change."
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Xavier Breath
Sep 2024
#13
And there were a few of us Beside ourselves with disbelief when we heard people say
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2024
#5
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Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2024
#62
And believe it or not in 2022 AFTER Roe was overturned, I repeat AFTER Roe overturned
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2024
#88
While the 2022 youth vote was down slightly from 2018, it's actually been trending upward for the last decade or two.
progressoid
Sep 2024
#94
I remember DU scorching Michael Moore in July 2016 when he dared to say Clinton would lose in MI, OH, PA, & WI.
CrispyQ
Sep 2024
#122
Exactly. Exclude Comey, trump's lies, etc., and we still would have won except for Democrats protesting
Silent Type
Sep 2024
#39
I think a lot of voters were just sick and tired of hearing about Hillary's email BS.
Ligyron
Sep 2024
#114
Hillary was so sure that she would win that she didn't bother to make a single campaign appearance here in Wisconsin.
elocs
Sep 2024
#12
She spent more money in advertising and had a larger GTOV ground game in Michigan than Obama did in 2012.
StevieM
Sep 2024
#84
Hillary had a lot of negatives (undeserved) both among the public, from the hatchet jobs all over, and among some dems.
usonian
Sep 2024
#17
That's right. By 2016 Hillary had been vilified by right wing media for 25 years
Buckeyeblue
Sep 2024
#118
It took a lot of work to convince people that she was unpopular, unlikeable and couldn't connect with people.
betsuni
Sep 2024
#119
The day I read that Hillary, whom I respect deeply and knew would excell, had won the primary, I thought "oh shit,
mahina
Sep 2024
#24
After the October surprise? Oh hell no. After that, we did not KNOW Hillary was going to win.
paleotn
Sep 2024
#27
I think Kamala has a better chance than Hillary. She's overall a better candidate.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#40
She completely ignored Wisconsin. I wasn't the least bit surprised to see him win.
yourout
Sep 2024
#55
Maybe some of us did, but I wasn't one of them, even though I played positivity as much as I could
ms liberty
Sep 2024
#53
Do people think Trump won by a landslide or something? 40,000 more votes for Hillary in Michigan, Wisconsin
betsuni
Sep 2024
#75
No we didn't. It was Comey and the media lying about the email investigation being reopened that caused
JohnSJ
Sep 2024
#76
Only once in my lifetime has the same party won three presidential elections in a row.
MichMan
Sep 2024
#86
Yup, I knew it. Found out the truth on NPR while I was driving to work. Felt sick to my stomach, and depressed for a
Martin68
Sep 2024
#92
no. i mainly observed 2016 from a distance. i saw how the media was pimping trump + hitting hillary all the time.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2024
#95
No, Obama's pick for VP was Kaine or Biden, chose Biden. What's the problem with Kaine?
betsuni
Sep 2024
#106
the convention mess. she wasn't a good campaigner + she was running against a huckster. she needed a big name.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2024
#133
No. When close friends and family, lifelong Dems, were saying they refused to vote for anyone but Sanders, it was over.
Runningdawg
Sep 2024
#96
There is a historian that correctly predicted the past 10 presidential elections.
Kablooie
Sep 2024
#102
I don't remember that "we" were sure of that. The Electoral College has always been the problem.
pnwmom
Sep 2024
#108
And in 2000, we knew that Al Gore would win and defeat the "all hat, no cattle" man in the election.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2024
#115