Hillary Clinton insists she’s not running for Barack Obama’s third term, but she never said she wouldn’t extend his Apology Tour.
In her latest campaign email, Clinton Deputy Communications Director Kristina Schake writes:
If you or anyone you know is Muslim-American, Mexican-American, a woman, an immigrant, or anyone else Trump has attacked, then I have one thing to say to you. Actually, two things:
First: I’m so sorry for what you’ve had to listen to on the news and read in the papers every single day.
And second: We’re going to fight back, and we’re going to make sure that none of his horrible ideas ever become law — that’s a promise. But Hillary is counting on you to be a critical part of that fight, and that starts today with our brand new Stop Trump Fund.
Obama apparently never thought he could raise money off of his apologies.
It’s altogether fitting Clinton would be apologizing for Trump wanting to build a wall on the southern border, among other things. After all, she was instrumental in Obama’s apologies for American values and economic policies around the world.
In 2009, the Heritage Foundation published a list of Obama’s “Top 10 Apologies.” Among them:
1. Apology to France and Europe (“America Has Shown Arrogance”)
Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France, April 3, 2009.[1]
So we must be honest with ourselves. In recent years we’ve allowed our Alliance to drift. I know that there have been honest disagreements over policy, but we also know that there’s something more that has crept into our relationship. In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.
2. Apology to the Muslim World (“We Have Not Been Perfect”)
President Obama, interview with Al Arabiya, January 27, 2009.[2]
My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect. But if you look at the track record, as you say, America was not born as a colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there’s no reason why we can’t restore that.
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4. Apology at the G-20 Summit of World Leaders (“Some Restoration of America’s Standing in the World”)
News conference by President Obama, ExCel Center, London, United Kingdom, April 2, 2009.[4]
I would like to think that with my election and the early decisions that we’ve made, that you’re starting to see some restoration of America’s standing in the world. And although, as you know, I always mistrust polls, international polls seem to indicate that you’re seeing people more hopeful about America’s leadership.
I just think in a world that is as complex as it is, that it is very important for us to be able to forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions. Just to try to crystallize the example, there’s been a lot of comparison here about Bretton Woods. “Oh, well, last time you saw the entire international architecture being remade.” Well, if there’s just Roosevelt and Churchill sitting in a room with a brandy, that’s an easier negotiation. But that’s not the world we live in, and it shouldn’t be the world that we live in.
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