Don’t we all laugh when we’re on the cusp of joining the unemployment line?
When Robby Mook was asked today about a rumored campaign shakeup after Hillary Clinton’s coin-flip victory in the Iowa caucuses, he deflected and ultimately laughed off such questions in true Hillary fashion.
Appearing on MSNBC from New Hampshire, campaign manager Mook answered by not answering Andrea Mitchell’s question.
“There’s a lot of criticism, there’s a lot of incoming — you’re the campaign manager — what about the muddled message, she’s not sounding like herself, she’s shouting too much. A campaign shakeup?” Mitchell quizzed.
Mook, naturally, played the gender card.
“Well, first and foremost,” Mook responded, “as Hillary has said herself, sometimes people say women are shouting and, and they’re, uh, really, uh, not, so, I, I don’t think that’s, I don’t think that’s a very fair criticism. I’m going to put that one aside.
“Our message is very clear and that is that voters need a president who can do all parts of this job. That’s manage the economy, be commander-in-chief…”
Mitchell interjected, “Coming out of Iowa, are Bill and Hillary Clinton not happy with the campaign team?”
“Uh, they, uh, President Clinton sent me a wonderful text, uh, after, uh, Iowa, congratulating us on a win and this was a state she lost last time, uh, and she was so proud to win it and, uh, they’re both in great spirits.”
“No big changes? No crisis meeting today?” Mitchell asked.
“No, no,” Mook said with an overzealous laugh. “Not one that I was in!”
After laughing awkwardly for some time more, Mitchell responded, “You would know.”
“I would know,” he said continuing to chortle.
According to the latest polls, it could be Bernie Sanders having the last laugh.
A survey by UMass/7News released Wednesday finds Sanders leading Clinton by 29 points among New Hampshire likely voters, 61% to 32%.
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