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Clinton Lacks the Common Touch, Says Campaign Team

  • U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a fundraiser in Seattle, Washington, U.S., Oct. 14, 2016.

    U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a fundraiser in Seattle, Washington, U.S., Oct. 14, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

Published 19 October 2016
Opinion

WikiLeaks has announced that it will release the 50,000 emails between now and the presidential election November 8.

The new batch of emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chair released Wednesday by WikiLeaks reveals that members of her campaign routinely cast doubts about the Democratic nominee's authenticity and connection to ordinary people.

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The Russian news agency RT found that after a 2015 rally in Ohio in which the candidate described herself as “a moderate Democrat” adviser Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, wrote an email to Clinton’s campaign chief John Podesta questioning her use of that term.

“I pushed her on this on Sunday night. She claims she didn't remember saying it. Not sure I believe her,” Podesta replies. Tanden insists that the comment has made her job more difficult after “telling every reporter I know she's actually progressive.”

“It worries me more that she doesn't seem to know what planet we are all living in at the moment,” she adds.

In this latest cache of emails, Clinton's authenticity and connection to voters has been a recurring theme. She told anti-fracking activists to "get a life," raising questions about her understanding of the gravity of the climate crisis.

WikiLeaks is widely viewed as an enemy by the Clinton campaign since the organization hacked 20,000 emails from Democratic National Convention staff. The Clinton campaign has accused the whistleblowing organization of being in league with Russia.

WikiLeaks has announced that it will release another 50,000 emails between now and the presidential election day on November 8.

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