You Don’t Blame Russia or Comey When You Lose to Someone Like Trump
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BY: David Rutz
July 23, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) took a veiled shot at Hillary Clinton's excuses for losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump, saying that "you blame yourself" when you "lose to somebody who has 40 percent popularity," not Russia or James Comey.
Clinton has blamed a variety of factors for her loss to Trump, including then-FBI Director Comey's decision-making during the investigation into her private email server use, Russian meddling in the election and the Democratic National Committee.
"When you lose to somebody who has 40 percent popularity, you don’t blame other things—Comey, Russia—you blame yourself," Schumer told the Washington Post. "So what did we do wrong? People didn’t know what we stood for, just that we were against Trump. And still believe that."
Schumer and Clinton formerly served together in New York's U.S. Senate delegation. Trump's polling was historically poor throughout the 2016 campaign but he managed to defeat Clinton, who also had low ratings with the public.
Schumer made the remarks as Democrats roll out an economic platform called "A Better Deal" and begin charting a path back into power in Washington. For the first time in more than a decade, the Democrats find themselves both out of the White House and in the minority in both chambers of Congress.
"Republicans talk in headlines; Democrats speak in fine print," Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) said. "That ends this week. We’re going to make sure that we’re able to reach the American people in a clear and compelling fashion.
Recent polling showed Democrats are viewed by a majority of the public as simply standing against Trump rather than "for something."
Clinton has taken other criticism from her own party for assigning blame for her defeat to outside elements.
"It takes a lot of work to lose to Donald Trump," former Barack Obama adviser David Axelrod said in May.
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"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said Sunday the biggest mistake the Democrats made in 2016 was not telling people what they stood for, a veiled shot at Hillary Clinton who was often criticized for lacking a clear message.
ABC host George Stephanopoulos asked Schumer about a recent poll showing a majority felt Democrats were simply against President Donald Trump in their agenda.
"Why don't Americans know where the Democrats stand and is that your fault?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"Well, it is in part our fault. When you lose an election with someone who has, say, 40 percent popularity, you look in the mirror and say, ‘What did we do wrong?'" Schumer said. "The No. 1 thing that we did wrong is we didn't have—we didn't tell people what we stood for."
Schumer said people liked that Democrats are standing up to Trump but wanted to know what their real message was. To that end, Schumer laid out the party's "A Better Deal" agenda, which he says aims to raise wages and create better-paying jobs.
"We're going to give them the tools they need to compete in the 21st century," Schumer said. "What do Democrats stand for? A better deal for working families. Higher wages, less costs, tools for the 21st century."
Stephanopoulos pointed out Democrats controlled the White House for eight years and held majorities in Congress for part of that time.
"What took so long, and why didn't it happen during the campaign?" he asked.
"Well, I don't know why it didn't happen in the campaign," Schumer said. "We all take blame, not any one person."
Schumer promised the party's agenda would both appeal across the spectrum and unify the Democratic Party.
Schumer also took a shot at Clinton in an interview with the Washington Post published Saturday, saying "you blame yourself" when you lose to someone as unpopular as Donald Trump, not James Comey or Russia.
Clinton has pointed to Comey, Russia and other elements outside her campaign as reasons for her surprising defeat in November. http://freebeacon.com/politics/schumer-dings-clinton-biggest-mistake-democrats-people-stood/
The Democrats outspent Trump by 2 to 1 and had the entire mainstream media colluding with the Clinton campaign, but they lost because Podesta's emails were covered by right wing news sources and ignored by the MSM.
What a joke.
They are losers and like a broken clock being right twice a day, this is one of those two minutes for Schumer.
yeah. After stating the obvious, he' ll return tomorrow to telling lies that his ignorant followers swallow whole.
Exactly. Like their new agenda and program isn't exactly the same as their old one.