10-year-old moves Clinton with question about bullying

[Starry Messenger]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/22/politics/hillary-clinton-bullying-donald-trump/index.html

Hannah Tandy didn't attend Hillary Clinton's town hall event on Tuesday expecting to talk about the bullying she faces, but her question about it stirred the audience.

"What are you going to do about bullying?" the 10-year-old Hannah asked, standing in the front row of Clinton's event.

Clinton responded, "Can you tell me a little bit more about why that's on your mind?"

"I have asthma and occasionally I hear people talking behind my back," said Hannah, a fifth-grader eliciting "awws" and applause from the audience and a long hug from the former first lady.

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"I never dreamed that this would happen," Hannah said. "I was hearing her talk about so many people she had met that were worried about certain things and I never heard her mention anything about someone asking about bullying."

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Whole thing is great! Mean people suck! Happy Holidays!

[Cha]

1. Mahalo Starry.. someone was claiming the "little girl was coached".. they can't deal with anything

that's real.

Bullies are the worst freaking thing for people of all ages to be subjected to.. and they're everywhere.. not just in school.

[Starry Messenger]

2. Oh lordie. Bullies and haters really *are* everywhere, esp. on the internet.

I have been following this event in Iowa, from its beginnings. Keota high school students created a campaign to get HRC to come and speak at their school. I am proud of the students! In a town of 1000, they filled the gym with over 700 of the townspeople to hear and speak to Clinton.

Abby was one of the students who organized this event.

https://twitter.com/HillaryforIA/status/679378697061662720

Abby, a 17-year-old student: "I am proud to be your youngest precinct captain on February 1st!" #KeotaGotHillary



It makes me teary to think of all the young women inspired and uplifted by this campaign. "Coached" my foot. No one, especially the Hannahs of the world, needs to be coached to know that mean people suck.

[Cha]

4. Thank you for the backstory on that! They'll say anything to give it the worst spin possible

on Hillary. I know because I saw where a member did that to me and I'm not even running against BS.

The activists and organizers in Iowa Got This!

Blast from recent past..

Dec 17: Wendy Davis campaigning in IOWA for Hillary today

Hillary for Iowa ‏@HillaryforIA 5h5 hours ago Des Moines, IA

"When women do better, families do better. And America is stronger." – @wendydavis in Des Moines

riversedge http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=906402

Iowa for Hillary!


[font color=blue]Hillary for Iowa!~[/font]

[SunSeeker]

3. A beautiful moment that girl will remember forever. nt

[brer cat]

5. More...

"I learned that not everybody has this opportunity, but when you get a reaction from someone as powerful and as famous as Secretary Clinton, you realize everybody has something in common, from the most powerful to the most poor people in the world," she said. "We all have something in common. We all have human ingenuity and we all have feelings."

A beautiful lesson learned.

Thanks for the post, Starry Messenger.

[Starry Messenger]

6. Thanks brer cat!