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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton’s Appeal to African-American Voters: I Won’t Make Promises I Can’t Keep
Anyone who missed Thursdays Democratic debate in Milwaukee could have tuned in to Hillary Clintons event in South Carolina for the highlights.
In fact, it might have been clearer what she was trying to accomplish.
Lines met with gentle nods in Wisconsin were greeted with vigorous applause Friday by the residents of Denmark, South Carolina, a rural town with a population of less than 4,000. At the heart of her message was a phrase that Clinton repeated multiple times during her remarks.
I want you to understand, I will not promise you something I cannot deliver, Clinton said. I will not make promises I know I cannot keep.
The pragmatic vow was a subtle dig at her opponent Bernie Sanders, who has campaigned on platforms of free college and universal healthcare. But it also functioned as a reminder to communities like this one rural, poor, and overwhelmingly African American that voters here have been burned before. In 1993, Denmarks local school district was one of 39 to file a lawsuit against the state for underfunding rural areas. It took more than 20 years for the case to be resolved; in the meantime the area became known as the Corridor of Shame....
Shes being real, and thats what we need, said Annie Rowe, a Denmark resident who is studying to be a medical assistant. Everybody makes promises, youve got to live up to them.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clintons-appeal-african-american-voters-wont-make/story?id=36910700
Iliyah
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(49,400 posts)Hillary's campaign is grounded in reality. So called Democrats had better wake up.