"As I've said before, Hillary Clinton is one of the least self-aware people on this planet, and she proved it once again in remarks she made Tuesday in a speech given on the second day of the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in New York City.
"Clinton portrayed herself as a staunch defender of journalists and the First Amendment and talked about how she saw the dangers the press sometimes faced firsthand during her time as Secretary of State under then-President Barack Obama.
"She could not of course resist ranting about how journalists here in America faced attacks on a daily basis from people who she said wanted to create "alternative facts to support false narratives."
" 'We have a very real war on truth, facts, and reason," she also declared, while calling on people to do their "duty" in defending "free and honest journalism, to help keep all of us informed, to hold institutions to account."
"She went on to say, "You can't have a democracy if you don't have people reporting on what leaders are doing."
"Watch a short clip below (or the full speech here starting at around the 1:04 hour mark):" . . .
"The first thing I thought when I watched that clip was that this woman had absolutely no shame considering everything she's done to undermine the institution of journalism over her decades as a power player in national politics, not just as First Lady in the 1990s but also as Senator in the early 2000s, as Sec. of State, and most notoriously of course during her two failed runs for president in 2008 and 2016.
"I wasn't the only one with that thought:
Hillary Clinton warns the U.S. is fighting a "war on truth". @CharlesHurt: "The Clintons, both of them, were blessed with an extraordinary degree of not having any shame whatsoever." pic.twitter.com/dV3vnhj7iq
— The Bottom Line (@BottomLineFBN) September 19, 2023
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