Friday 30 September 2022 11:15 PM Obama breaks down Hillary's 2016 loss in off-record remarks to press trends now

Friday 30 September 2022 11:15 PM Obama breaks down Hillary's 2016 loss in off-record remarks to press trends now
Friday 30 September 2022 11:15 PM Obama breaks down Hillary's 2016 loss in off-record remarks to press trends now

Friday 30 September 2022 11:15 PM Obama breaks down Hillary's 2016 loss in off-record remarks to press trends now

President Barack Obama reflected just days before leaving office on the many causes of Hillary Clinton's upset 2016 loss – and considered how things might have turned out had key actors including Bill and Hillary Clinton made 'different decisions.'

Obama made the comments  off the record during a meeting with progressive columnists just three days before being succeeded by Donald Trump following the bitter election, where Clinton won the popular vote but Trump prevailed in the Electoral College. 

A transcript was included in a cache of documents the Justice Department provided to Bloomberg as part of a FOIA request –  apparently by accident.  

Obama expressed his general optimism about the country and said there were 'multiple contingencies that resulted in Trump being elected and not somehow suggest that the country is invariably racist, misogynist, what have you,' he said – following a campaign where candidate Clinton and many of her surrogates accused Trump of racism.

'And the fact of the matter is, setting aside that Hillary Clinton got the substantially bigger share of the vote, I think it's fair to say that a whole series of different things happening – how the email thing unfolded, and sort of the chain from Bill Clinton getting on that plane, to Comey making an announcement,' Obama said.

Former President Barack Obama broke down Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss in off the record comments to reporters before leaving office

Former President Barack Obama broke down Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss in off the record comments to reporters before leaving office

'At a bunch of different junctures, people could have made different decisions that would have resulted in it playing differently.'

He was referencing several pivot points in the election. One was Clinton's email scandal and how it 'unfolded' – a comment that could encompass elements from Clinton's decision to maintain a private email server in her home, to her decision to have her team delete thousands of 'personal' emails, to her own public explanations that the candidate would offer. Clinton ultimately apologized and called it a 'mistake.'

He also referenced Bill Clinton's infamous June 2016 meeting with then-AG

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