Hillary has earned the right to say whatever she damn well pleases about the 2016 election, Russia

[nikibatts]

and Trump, the DNC and anything else regarding her campaign and current events.

[Me.]

1. Yep

[BigmanPigman]

2. She not only has the right, she IS right about all of it!

[flamingdem]

3. I feel very supportive of her coming back right now

and saying whadeverdafug she wants

[AgadorSparticus]

8. +1,000!!!

[still_one]

4. damn right she does, and those double standard assholes in the media who can't let go of their

Hillary hatred can shove it

[politicaljunkie41910]

20. I agree. The media is the one who gave this ignorant know nothing liar a platform to spout his

ignorance and his lies. Now they seem surprise to find out that the scarecrow doesn't have a brain. What pisses me off the most is Joe and Mika who gave this idiot all that free air time, had multiple fallings out and kiss and makeup with Trump now look so sad to see how far he has sank. Who knew? Hell we all knew what an ignorant con artist he was and the press continues to let him and his team of con artist's get away with it.

The presidency isn't an f'ing playground. Lives are at stake with his bullshit healthcare plan, as are our relationships with allies. The media created this monster because it helped their ratings. Now that we're stuck with him for the time being, they should stop aiding and abetting his bullshit.

They should not continue to tweet his bullshit. If he wants to be president and has something to say, let him say it, not tweet it. Stop giving airtime to assholes. I feel that I lose brain cells just listening to the news reports on him.

[still_one]

23. so well put, "surpised to find out the scarecrow doesn't have a brain". +++++++++

[yortsed snacilbuper]

5. Hillary is just telling the truth,

about what happened.

[Hekate]

6. We have to have her back. Every time she speaks out, in any venue, there is an outcry of "Shut Up!"

Oh sure, what the media, the GOP, and some Dems SAY is: "She shouldn't whine about the election she lost. Rehashing. Relitigating. That's just such bad optics." Rinse, repeat. What every single one of them MEANS is: "The little lady needs to sit down and shut the hell up. Shutupshutupshutupshutup."

All I have to say to that is Hell No. All of us need to bear in mind that a lot of people want her to be silenced and invisible. To hell with them all.

[BadgerMom]

11. Nobody puts Hillary in a corner!

We have your back, Hillary!

[lunamagica]

31. Yes! I love that!

[deurbano]

14. Screw all of them.

[Hekate]

7. Hillary speaks so very well, who better to say what she says?

Never sit down and shut up. Resist!

[EffieBlack]

9. It's disgusting to see so many people telling her she should be quiet

Especially regarding topics that virtually everyone else in the free world is talking about.

But she's supposed to shut up and go away?

[karynnj]

28. Can you list say 5 prominent people - politicians, pundits etc who said that?

I am seriously not hearing that. What I am seeing is many people claiming that others are saying that.

[Me.]

29. You Can Start Here

to begin with

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a55410/hillary-clinton-2016-election-comments/?src=socialflowTW

[karynnj]

30. I do not see 5 prominent people saying this there - I see ONE -- Rth Marcus and her statement is

alluded to, not linked to. What I see is a very strong pundit, who I usually agree with saying that she should speak out. here is that paragraph.

Now, Lemieux has put paid to this latter nonsense, drawing on a strong column by David Faris in The Week, in which Faris points out that no previous recent presidential runner-up—Al Gore, John Kerry, or Mitt Romney—went away entirely quietly after they lost. (To which list Lemieux adds John McCain, while I would add the name of N. Leroy Gingrich, Definer of civilization's rules and Leader—perhaps—of the civilizing forces, who still has an honored place in our national political dialogue despite having run one of the most preposterous presidential campaigns in history.) But I would push Faris' argument even further, and I was inspired to do so by something said to my man Chuck Todd by Ruth Marcus, scourge of teenaged potty-mouths everywhere. Marcus turned Faris' analysis on its head, citing Gore and Kerry as examples of how to fade into the background and as role models for HRC, whom Marcus wishes would just shut up and stop ruining the cocktail hour. Knowing nods around the table

.

[Me.]

33. I Have A Feeling

You won't be able to see what others are..so to each their own.

[karynnj]

34. No - it means that you can not come up with 5 examples

I seriously think that there are more people on her side raising this issue than there are people actively saying she should go away. I personally don't get it as portraying Clinton as a victim does not help her speak out.

My point is that I see things she says covered, discussed and taken seriously. Getting coverage when she speaks is important as it means that she is one of the voices.

[Me.]

35. Like I Said

[triron]

10. yes!

[StevieM]

12. Don't forget the FBI, which outright rigged the election.

Supporting Hillary Clinton's campaign for president was the proudest experience of my life.

And for the record, I think she ran a great race.

[oasis]

13. ImWithHer.

[Lucinda]

15. Yep.

[ProudLib72]

16. She always had the right

She didn't have to earn it, and she certainly doesn't need to prove anything to the deplorables.

[Cha]

17. Hell yeah, Hillary does!

[mopinko]

18. but,but, but she's bitter!!!

yeah, i'm bitter as all hell, too. so fucking what?

[Wounded Bear]

19. Yep, and she's still a formiddable ally for candidates up and down the ticket...

Much like her husband, she can fund raise.

I'm a bit tired about "pissing off the opposition." Fuck it, give 'em hell, Hillary!

[Horse with no Name]

21. Yep. She paid a heavy price n/t

And

[WillowTree]

22. Who said she doesn't?

[nikibatts]

24. Pay attention to the news. Many on the left and the right say she should just go away and be quiet.

She is being accused of blaming everyone except herself. That is a blatant lie. She has taken full responsible for HER OWN ACTIONS AND WHAT SHE DID DURING THE CAMPAIGN. But she also is pointing out the other factors that were at play in helping to defeat her. In this, she has been totally correct but some do not want to hear it. They would rather just say that she was a "bad candidate" part of the party " elites" out of touch with the average American (when, in fact, her entire campaign was focused on what needs to be done for improving the lives of average Americans). Russian interference, Mercer money, media perpetuation of fake news and virtually shutting off her economic message in favor of covering blowhard Trump's visceral bloviating all contributed to the Democrats losing the electoral votes in three critical states. Add to that mix the overt voter suppression carried out by the GOP at every level and you get sad, sad picture of our current situation.

[karynnj]

27. What is strange is that I am hearing and seeing on twitter more from her supporters

claiming that others are saying that than I am seeing any political official or media pundit or either side arguing that she should not be covered.

I saw her interview covered on every MSNBC show and I saw her commencement speech was covered live on several channels. I am not sure why the burst of "Everyone is telling Clinton to go away" is coming from.

[niyad]

25. Madam President does indeed have that right, and I have her back.

to those who whine and rant that she needs to "sit down and shut the help up" I say FUCK YOU!!!!!!

[karynnj]

26. In the US, EVERYONE has that right - including Hillary Clinton

Of course, everyone has the right to listen or not listen, to accept or not accept, to publicly agree or not agree. Each element of the media has the right to cover or not cover what she says -- and if they opt to cover it, they very likely will critique it, which is their right.

I seriously do not get the sudden extreme defense of letting HRC speak, when from what I could see, when she chooses to speak, she is her speeches and interviews are abundantly covered. Not to mention, I am very tired with the repeated claim that past nominees who lost in both parties were all treated much much better. Seriously, how many speeches and interviews of Mitt Romney were covered by seemingly all news channels?

[EffieBlack]

37. Then you haven't been paying attention

As several people have noted in this thread, she is constantly being criticized for "blaming everyone but herself," for "playing the blame game," "she keeps bringing it up," etc. I can't imagine that you haven't heard this if you've been watching/listening to the coverage.

[karynnj]

38. Criticizing what she says is not silencing her

She has ample opportunity to not just speak, but to have what she says widely disseminated.

What YOU are asking is different. That she get her say with no one criticizing her for what she says.

[EffieBlack]

39. As I said - if you have not heard the criticism of her for speaking (not just for what she's saying)

then you haven't been paying attention.

You seem much more focused on defending the criticism of her and going after those of us who are calling it out than of seeing what she's actually being criticized for and how original and unique it is to her. Of course, that's your prerogative. But your insistence on arguing a point that is completely unrooted in fact makes it difficult for me to take you seriously.

[lunamagica]

32. WTG, Hillary! We have your back!

#Imstillwithher

[demigoddess]

36. I agree, I was so taken aback when they were saying she shouldn't talk about what

she knew or felt about the election because she lost. She lost??? way more votes. way more brains. I guess they think we should read a biography from drumpie telling us how he won the election but she should shut up?!?!?!?!?!?

Go Hillary!!!!

[Scurrilous]

40. K&R