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Clinton Answers Questions from “The Skimm”

Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 5.51.20 PMHillary Rodham Clinton answered a number of questions for the website The Skimm. She was asked to answer questions about her background, greatest strength, greatest weakness, and positions on a number of topics. For her strengths, Clinton said, “My greatest strength is my passionate commitment to helping people — and I feel so strongly that I had a lot of opportunities and that there are people, particularly women, who are just as talented and hardworking, but who haven’t had the same chances that I had. And one of the reasons why in all of my economic policies that I am talking about in this campaign I really put women at the center — and it’s not just because I am one — it’s because when women succeed, families do better, America does better… I think that a lot of my commitment and my strength is because I don’t quit, I stay focused, and I work hard to try to contribute to making life better for all of us.”

To read all of Clinton’s answers, CLICK HERE.

Source: The Skimm

Clinton Hosts New Hampshire Town Hall

Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to New Hampshire on Tuesday for a town hall event in Nashua. The event comes one day after Clinton unveiled her climate plans. During the town hall event, she was asked a number of questions, but the one question that she continues to refuse to answer is regarding the Keystone Pipeline. She has been pressed to give a yes or no answer, but she said, “This is President Obama’s decision and I’m not going to second-guess him. If it’s undecided when I become president, I will answer your question.” A full video from today’s town hall is below.

Tomorrow, Clinton is scheduled to attend fundraisers in New York and Pennsylvania. Be sure to follow along on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for all the latest updates.

News Source: The New York Times

Clinton Previews her Climate Policy in Iowa

BN-JO257_CLINTO_P_20150726171839Yesterday, Clinton kicked off a three-day visit to Iowa by attending a campaign event in Winterset, Iowa where she spoke with supporters then answered questions from reporters. A number of questions were about allegations that Clinton sent and received classified information on her private email server as Secretary of State and a possible investigation by the Department of Justice. She denies the claims saying, “I am confident I never sent nor received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received. What I think you’re seeing is a very typical kind of discussion to some extent, disagreement among various parts of the government over what should or what should not be publicly released.”

On Saturday, Clinton also gave a speech and answered questions at an event at Beaverdale. A video from this event is posted above.

Today, Clinton gave a speech in Ames at an organizing event where she previewed her plans to combat climate change and her commitment to clean energy. Tomorrow, Clinton will provide full details of her plan in a speech in Des Moines. In her preview, Clinton took the opportunity to criticize the Republican presidential candidates who deny climate change is a reality saying, “Those people on the other side, they will answer any question about climate change by saying I’m not a scientist. I’m not a scientist either—I’m just a grandmother with two eyes and a brain…I know that if we start addressing it, we’re going to actually be creating jobs and new businesses.”

A video from today’s speech will be posted when/if it becomes available. Until then, watch the video released by the Clinton campaign about climate change.

Tomorrow, Clinton concluded her three-day trip to Iowa in Des Moines. Follow along on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for all the latest updates.

Updated (8/5/2015): Added video from the event in Beaverdale.

News Source: Politico, The Wall Street Journal

Clinton Hosts Facebook Q&A

Screen Shot 2015-07-20 at 4.46.25 PMThis afternoon, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted a Q&A session on her Facebook page. She answered several questions from followers. You can read the full Q&A thread by CLICKING HERE.

New Source: Facebook

Clinton Hosts First Town Hall of Campaign

HilllaryToday, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted the first Town Hall conversation of her presidential campaign. The even took place in Dover, New Hampshire, where she outlined her key points of her platform in a brief speech, then took questions from the audience. Clinton answered questions on a number of topics including the recent nuclear agreement with Iran, banning use of fossil fuels and fracking, telemarketers, and her plan to offer tax incentives to businesses that share their profits with employees. The event lasted about an hour and a half and can be watched in full on C-SPAN.

Clinton’s campaign is still in the beginning stages with major speeches outlining her platform continuing to take place. She is expected to begin hosting larger town hall events like the one held today in the coming months.

Tomorrow, Clinton is scheduled to make her fourth trip to Iowa. Until then, follow Clinton on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for all the latest updates.

News Source: The Los Angeles Times

Video Source: C-SPAN

Clinton Returns to Iowa – Day 2

Hillary Rodham Clinton concluded her second trip to Iowa today in Cedar Falls. Clinton’s primary focus today was small businesses, and she took part in a discussion with small business owners and local residents. As with her first trip to Iowa a few weeks ago, Clinton listened as small business owners talked about their struggles. She made it clear that she was in favor of making small business ownership easier saying, “I want to be the small-business president.” She outlined four areas she intends to turn her focus in assisting small business owners: reducing bureaucratic processes, simplifying the tax code, new tax credits, and access to financing.

After the roundtable discussion, Clinton took questions from reporters. She has been criticized for not talking to the press lately. Media outlets reported that it had been 28 days since Clinton last took a question from a reporter. Following the event, she answered questions from the media, which can be seen in the video below.

After leaving Cedar Rapids, Clinton made an unannounced stop in Independence, Iowa where she visited a number of small businesses.

Clinton is scheduled to appear in Chicago tomorrow. Keep up to date with all the latest campaign stops by following Clinton on Twitter and Facebook. And don’t forget to donate to the campaign.

News Source: The Des Moines Register (Article 1) (Article 2), The Gazette

Video Source: YouTube

University of Buffalo

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke on the campus of the University of Buffalo about the need for Washington to find common ground and to stop bringing the country to a halt when Republicans and Democrats disagree. “I’m hoping we will … move away from the slash and burn politics, the name calling, the excessive partisanship that we’ve seen too much of lately,” she said.

During the speech, Clinton is heckled, but she turned the tables on the heckler to make her point that political leaders need to find common ground. She spoke for about half an hour then spent the rest of the session answering questions from audience members.

Video Source: YouTube

News Source: The Wall Street Journal