Hillary Clinton addressed a gathering of black and Hispanic journalists in Washington, D.C. on Friday, and received warm rounds of applause for her policy proposals.
Speaking to black and Hispanic journalist associations, Clinton is drawing applause for her policy proposals.
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 5, 2016
Big applause and cheers for Clinton as she ends her speech and begins her so-called “press conference” Q&A. #NABJNAHJ2016
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) August 5, 2016
Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post pointed out that it was somewhat unusual for a crowd of journalists to applaud a candidate for president.
Seriously, reporters should not be applauding @HillaryClinton's answers. This is supposed to be a news conference, of sorts.
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 5, 2016
Hillary doesn’t talk to reporters very often, which is probably why CNN found it necessary to present the occasion as “Breaking News.”
Sadly, I guess it is a Breaking News story when Hillary Clinton takes questions from reporters. pic.twitter.com/VgllGD22gW
— Justin D. Martin (@Justin_D_Martin) August 5, 2016
The Democratic nominee has not held a genuine press conference in more than 240 days, dating all the way back to December of last year.
Hillary Clinton has claimed to be “the most transparent public official in modern times.” (She’s not.)
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