As Hillary Clinton criticizes Donald Trump for his former reality TV show, an email released by Wikileaks on Wednesday shows her campaign staffers floated the idea of making a show out of her campaign developments.
As aides prepped Clinton’s announcement, Philippe Reines emailed Hillary’s inner circle — Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills, John Podesta and Robby Mook — and floated the idea of making her campaign all-access to the media and voters.
“We should consider making her/your/our conversations fully open to the press — or even better, it would make a helluva TV reality show,” Reines wrote on December 11, 2014.
“People could watch and Tweet their vote in real-time on whether she announces in March or April, gives paid speeches after that date, forms an exploratory or just jumps right in. Really bring people into the excitement and planning.”
Given Clinton’s penchant for secrecy, the idea likely was immediately quashed.
And what the email shows is that Clinton’s team was willing to put their collective finger in the wind to determine whether or not she should cease paid speeches after her announcement.
Do they have a principled stand on anything?
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