I can safely say the Hillary wing of 2008 was a different beast entirely to the 2016 Hillary wing.
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was filled with racist dog whistle politics and divisiveness, which her cult would prefer we forget.
- The Drudge Report claimed the infamous photo of Obama in Somali garb was passed on by a Clinton staffer. The head of Clinton's campaign even said, “If Barack Obama’s campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed.”
- Hillary Clinton suggested that White voters were more important when she said that Obama's support among "working, hard-working Americans, White Americans" was weakening and "how Whites in both states who had not completed college" supported her.
- Clinton's criticism of Obama over Reverand Jeremiah Wright, which the right-wing quickly co-opted.
- Clinton's continuous demands that Obama "denounce" and "reject" Louis Farrakhan's endorsement.
- Clinton's doe-eyed statement that there was nothing to suggest Obama was a Muslim, "as far as I know."
- Clinton suggested to reporters that McCain was more qualified for President than Obama in March '08 because he would bring "his lifetime of experience" while Obama would "put forth a speech he made in 2002."
- The Clinton campaign pushed the story of Obama's connection to Weather Underground in February '08, before the McCain campaign tried it, and even said, "wonder what the Republicans will do with this issue."
- Clinton repeatedly cited the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to remain in the race despite falling far behind, which implied there was still time for Obama to be assassinated before the primaries ended.
- 15% of Clinton supporters switched over to vote for McCain against Obama in 2008, while 12% of Sanders supporters voted for Trump.
- Hillary promoted her husband's 1994 Crime Bill by saying of African American children, "they are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called 'super-predators.' No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel."
- Hillary ardently supported and characterized her husband's welfare reform that eliminated Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) as late as 2008 as a success, which imposed a 5-year lifetime limit on welfare assistance and barred undocumented immigrants from licensed professions, among other things.
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