Nearly 100 Clinton campaign staffers hit back at Brazile

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MAX GREENWOOD - 11/04/17 08:08 PM EDT

Nearly 100 former Clinton campaign staffers have signed onto an open letter hitting back at former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazil's depiction of the campaign in her upcoming memoir,

In the letter, 94 former campaign members said that the campaign portrayed by Brazile is unrecognizable to them, and blasted the former DNC interim chair for once considering removing Clinton as the party's presidential nominee – a revelation made in Brazile's book.

"Donna came in to take over the DNC at a very difficult time," the letter, published on the website Medium, reads. "We were grateful to her for doing so. She is a longtime friend and colleague of many of us and has been an important leader in our party. But we do not recognize the campaign she portrays in the book."

The former staffers also accused the former DNC interim chair of buying into "false Russian-fueled propaganda, spread by both the Russians and our opponent," claiming that Clinton's health was deteriorating during the campaign.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/358801-nearly-100-clinton-campaign-staffers-hit-back-at-brazile

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OPEN LETTER FROM HILLARY FOR AMERICA 2016 TEAM

We were shocked to learn the news that Donna Brazile actively considered overturning the will of the Democratic voters by attempting to replace Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine as the Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees. It is particularly troubling and puzzling that she would seemingly buy into false Russian-fueled propaganda, spread by both the Russians and our opponent, about our candidate’s health.

Donna came in to take over the DNC at a very difficult time. We were grateful to her for doing so. She is a longtime friend and colleague of many of us and has been an important leader in our party. But we do not recognize the campaign she portrays in the book.

The 2016 presidential campaign was unlike any in our history. It was very difficult for our candidates and our staff. We are very proud that throughout the campaign and the aftermath the staff stuck together, worked as a team, and did the best we could for both Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. We did this for the simple reason that we thought Hillary Clinton would make the best President for the country we all love. We have now, as we did throughout the campaign, enormous love and pride for our candidate, Hillary Clinton. She, more than any of us, persevered through an incredibly difficult campaign and her commitment and stamina inspired us every day. We are very proud of the effort she and the campaign made in both the primary and the general election.

The general election loss was devastating for us all and something we live with every day. And while frustrating that the general election vote total did not change the outcome of the election, we remain proud that Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine received nearly 3 million more votes in the general election than their opponents.

Finally, we are pretty tired of people who were not part of our campaign telling the world what it was like to be on the inside of our campaign and how we felt about it. We loved our candidate and each other and it remains our honor to have been part of the effort to make Hillary Clinton the 45th President of the United States.

All Democrats should be doing everything they can — canvassing, phone banking, etc. — to help our candidates for Governor of Virginia and New Jersey and the other races around the country next Tuesday.

SIGNERS
Huma Abedin
Lily Adams
Emily Aden
Meg Ansara
John Anzalone
Charlie Baker
Patrick Bauer
David Binder
Michael Brasher
Emily Bromberg
Austin Brown
Matt Compton
Glen Caplin
Yahel Carmon
Tony Carrk
Crystal Carson
Rebecca Chalif
Dennis Cheng
Corey Ciorciari
Thomas Corrigan
Brynne Craig
Alex Cristóbal
Leslie Dach
Katie Dowd
Amy Dudley
Marc Elias
Sterling Elmore
Adrienne Elrod
Brian Fallon
Jesse Ferguson
Amanda Finney
Rob Flaherty
Christina Freundlich
Sophie Friedman
Sarah Galvez
Tyrone Gayle
Teddy Goff
Mandy Grunwald
Mahen Gunaratna
Stephanie Hannon
Anthony Hayes
Sarah Henning
Dylan Hewitt
Tim Hogan
Alex Hornbrook
Anne Hubert
Sarah Jacobs
Maia Johnson
Joyce Kazadi
Grady Keefe
Connolly Keigher
Jennifer Kinon
Barbara Kinney
Michelle Kleppe
Sierra Lindsey Kos
Ben Krauss
Sarah Krauss
Elan Kriegel
Amanda Kules
Doug Landry
Jean Larsen
Sara Latham
Rebecca Leal
Jesse Lehrich
Sierra Lindsey
Miryam Lipper
Lori Lodes
Jenna Lowenstein
Marlon Marshall
Jim Margolis
Zerlina Maxwell
Jess McIntosh
Ian Mellul
Anthony Mercurio
Nick Merrill
Robby Mook
Navin Nayak
Jennifer Palmieri
Matt Paul
Lauren Peterson
Zac Petkanas
Anna-Lee Pittman
John Podesta
Lorella Praelli
Jacob Priley
Elianne Ramos
Noah Reisman
Christina Reynolds
Gabe Rodriguez
Megan Rooney
Jason Rosenbaum
Sylvia Ruiz
Robert Russo
Ian Sams
Carlos Sanchez
Elizabeth Lopez Sandoval
Kristina Schake
Adam Schultz
Dan Schwerin
Josh Schwerin
Vernessa Shih
Oren Shur
Jorge Silva
Samantha Slosberg
Deepa Subramaniam
Kate Stayman-London
Michael Stennis
Heather Stone
Mike Taylor
Mini Timmaraju
Opal Vadhan
Lona Valmoro
Kate Waters
Liz Zaretsky
Julie Zuckerbrod

https://medium.com/@jesse_41795/open-letter-from-hillary-for-america-2016-team-f1c545304be1

[sandensea]

1. What a disappointment. Why'd you do it, Donna?

I first saw her in action eloquently defending Gore during the Florida recount, and was sure that a bright future lay ahead of her in Democratic Party politics.

[calimary]

3. She can do some okay speechifying.

I saw her at a state Democratic Convention one year when it held in L.A. and I was a volunteer. She gave a pretty good speech. But that was it. So did Ann Lewis, but with her, too, I wondered “so what are you actually, realistically, practically going to DO about it???

I’ve been underwhelmed by her for a long time. Keeps bringing that old feather duster to all the fun fights.

[sandensea]

6. I suspect one of two motives (and I hope I'm wrong about both):

a) She wanted to cash in to make sure her family was set when she passes on, and thought that writing an explosive tell-all would guarantee that.

or b) Uncle Vlad, through intermediaries and with promises of a big, fat Swiss bank account in tow, put her up to it.

Of course, it hope it was just 'a' and not 'b' - but either way, and while she wasn't the brightest star in Democratic skies, this is a real disappointment.

To borrow a term from Cheeto: SAD.

[GoneOffShore]

21. I'm going to go with both.

#sad

[calimary]

39. Either option seems reasonable. Both options seem so, as well.

I can't say either one makes no sense. CANNOT say that.

[pnwmom]

22. Or maybe Vlad had some kompromat on her.

[sandensea]

24. Aha!

She does seem so grandmotherly it's hard for me to believe she has any skeletons at all; but I guess you never know.

[cwydro]

42. Shes not even 60 yet.

Are you serious?

“Grandmotherly.” ?

Funny how we never hear “grandfatherly.” Smh.

No fan of her at this point in time, but she’s hardly old.

[sandensea]

43. It's her kindly, weary demeanor I suppose, and the salt-and-pepper hair.

But yes, appearances can be deceiving.

[cwydro]

41. Is she ill?

SHe’s not even 60 years old yet.

Why the talk of her demise?

[Cryptoad]

18. Im glad somebody had the chance to stir up the shit one more time today!

[sandensea]

20. Who?

Me or Donna Brazille?

[Cryptoad]

29. Mr Greeenwood

[riversedge]

2. That Donna would hit on Hillary's health the way she did is really angering me........

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/358801-nearly-100-clinton-campaign-staffers-hit-back-at-brazile

.....The former staffers also accused the former DNC interim chair of buying into "false Russian-fueled propaganda, spread by both the Russians and our opponent," claiming that Clinton's health was deteriorating during the campaign.

In her memoir, Brazile says that it was "shameful" that Clinton's campaign sought to conceal details about her health.

[Hamlette]

4. have we heard from Donna on this allegation?

[riversedge]

12. Not that I am aware of.

[brush]

5. Hillary seems ok to me since the election. trump on the other hand...

Donna, Donna, Donna...tsk, tsk, tsk.

What were you thinking? You've been in the game too long to give repugs this kind of ammo.

[riversedge]

13. Yes, Hillary if fine. She has been giving lectures and traveling with her book tour and Yes....

what was donna thinking to give the repugs and Trump so much ammo!!

[StevieM]

8. It is shameful that Donna would repeat that dishonest talking point about HRC supposedly concealing

details about her health. Candidates have never been expected to report every illness or sick day.

Hillary provided the same details of her health history that every other candidate in history has provided. Donald Trump did not, unless you count some bizarre, fake report he released, which babbled something about him being the healthiest candidate in history.

[left-of-center2012]

7. Does this really qualify as "Latest Breaking News" ?

Important news of national interest only.

It's just more of the 'intra-party fight',
just another of the many 'attack threads' tearing us apart.

We need to stop squabbling among ourselves and focus on defeating the GOP in 2018 and 2020.

Continuing the 'circular firing squad' only helps the Republicans.

[pnwmom]

23. Donna's story was late breaking news. So this response should be, too. n/t

[Wwcd]

26. Hardly an intra party squabble when Trump fires back.

Trump's immediate weigh in brought that party fight to the front lines.
Brazile just did as much damage with her lies as Guccifer the Russian troll did with his doctored info whipped out just in time to damage the Dem Party.

It became LBN the moment Trump's tweet went out.
It became LBN with the sudden oopsie backtrack Brazile today sent out.

It became LBN right now with the 100 HFA staffers calling Brazile's comments bull shit.

This is not petty infighting.

We see what's taking place. We see you Donna Brazile.

[RKP5637]

9. Donna, right or wrong, is helping to gravely weaken the democratic party by enabling those

that want to take it down. Follow the money trail, big profits in some books. Sad and pathetic. This will further divide the democratic party.

[Ukapau]

10. Maybe -- but I want to know if her statements were accurate. And how we can improve the future.

[RKP5637]

11. Yes, definitely!!! n/t

[trueblue2007]

14. IT IS CLEAR .... SHE IS LYING

[njhoneybadger]

15. Donna Brazile can never be trusted again

[NurseJackie]

16. I'm surprised to see how many "defenders" she has online...

... well, maybe "surprised" is not the word. I guess what I mean is "disappointed". Looking at the names and ID's of her most ardent defenders, it makes a lot of sense. Mostly JPR types and Sarandon-loving types. Sad.

[videohead5]

19. Brazile must be

Desperate for cash.

[nwduke]

25. How can you look in the mirror

And still see any respect for yourself. You’ve sold your soul for a f**king book deal? Shame on you!

[Wwcd]

27. A book deal & a tell all face-to-face with Tucker on FOX

Maybe she can appear with Nomiki for support.

[Scurrilous]

28. K&R

[SDOPINION]

30. Hillary so tough

I think she is trying to get in with Sanders and Warren but it's a mistake because many Clinton voters, myself included, will never vote for Sanders or Warren or Biden for that matter. They all used Hillary as their punching bag for their political careers. Hillary is such a strong woman, they all try to push her down but she keeps getting back up. That is what I admire so much about her. I hope she runs again. She will always get my vote.

[lunamagica]

31. +1

[Sunlei]

32. I pre-ordered her new book because she IS an insider to history.

Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316478512/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Donna Brazile is the former Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and a contributor to ABC News. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Brazile worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she served as Al Gore's campaign manager. In 2014, Brazile was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on to the board of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She is founder and managing director of Brazile & Associates LLC, a general consulting, grassroots advocacy, and training firm based in Washington, DC.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

40. The problem with insiders is that they are biased ...

Better to wait for an actual researcher - journalist or historian - to write the history.

[Beacool]

33. Brazile's next job should be at FOX.

As far as I'm concerned, she can go to hell!!!

[MFM008]

34. I won't own it

Or read it.
Might as well been written by a republican.
We should be focused on
ONE thing.
Defeating the gop.

[Bengus81]

35. Sell your book to someone else Donna,I'm NOT buying it...........

[Bengus81]

36. The DNC WENT with who they thought could BEAT Trumps ASS--and Clinton DID.

If others running can't deal with it then go run for City dog catcher not President.

[Bayard]

37. I'm thinking she was paid by Rethugs

[Madam45for2923]

38. Lovely letter! I like all of them co-signing it!