Hillary Clinton Moves Friday Event From Georgia State To A Smaller And More Tightly Controlled Venue

[Purveyor]

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is moving her Friday event in Atlanta from Georgia State University to a smaller and more tightly controlled venue at City Hall.

Multiple people, in and out of the campaign, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the 12:45 p.m. event was being moved several blocks south to the old city council chambers in the iconic center of city government. The event is still open to the public.

The reason why it’s moving is less clear. Could it be because of what happened earlier Thursday in South Carolina? At a fund-raiser in Charleston, a protester called on Clinton to explain, why she once “called black youth ‘superpredators,'” just two days before Saturday’s Palmetto State primary and less than a week before Georgia’s March 1 primary.

It was a reference to a speech Clinton, then first lady, gave in 1996, of a crime bill passed two years earlier. At the time, Clinton said, according to The Washington Post:

“They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called ‘superpredators.’ No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel.”

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[SheilaT]

1. Maybe so that the room will then be full,

instead of lots of empty space as at so many of her events.

[MADem]

2. They BURIED THE LEDE, as they say in the newspaper biz. The answer is in the article.

A person with knowledge of the move said it was switched to accommodate the schedule of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, a Clinton supporter.

So many theories, so little time.

[seaotter]

3. They want to avoid adding to this:

Hillary gave them the boot....Bernie gave them the microphone.

Sad.

[Buzz Clik]

4. Here's a breath of reality about Georgia:

Breathe deeply to draw it in quickly. It won't hurt so much.