Hillary Clinton suggested that voter suppression in Wisconsin contributed to her 2016 election defeat

Hillary Clinton has told a crowd in a historic black church in Selma Alabama, that the absence of the Voting Rights Act contributed to her 2016 defeat to Donald Trump.

 Hillary stated, “I was the first person who ran for president without the protection of the Voting Rights Act, “I’ll tell you, it makes a really big difference. And it doesn’t just make a difference in Alabama and Georgia. It made a difference in Wisconsin, where the best studies that have been done said somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls because of the color of their skin, because of their age, because of whatever excuse could be made up to stop a fellow American citizen from voting.”

In Hillary Clinton book, What Happened, she wrote  “In Wisconsin, where I lost by just 22,748 votes, a study from Priorities USA estimated that the new voter ID law helped reduce turnout by 200,000 votes, primarily from low-income and minority areas,”

 Priorities USA is a left-wing organization, which backed President Obama, and Clinton and says that  "the voter ID requirement undoubtedly prevented or discouraged some people from voting. But the report did not attributes all of the decrease in turnout to the ID law, when there are many other reasons that could also explain it, including a lack of enthusiasm for Clinton or Trump, or perhaps a belief that Trump couldn’t win Wisconsin."

 While Politifact cites experts who say that voter ID laws may have reduced turnout, it is far from certain how many people this affected.

 A host of establishment media outlets were declaring victory for Hillary Clinton weeks before the U.S. presidential election.

NPR stated, 
Let's make one thing clear: Three weeks out from this election, Hillary Clinton is winning — and it's not close. Yes, people still have to vote, but if Democratic groups come out — and the Trump scorched-earth campaign is more like a white flag than an actual strategy — Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United State.

 The latest NPR Battleground Map shows that while Trump's path was always been narrow, now it's nearly nonexistent. The only places where the map has really expanded amid Trump's controversies is into Republican territory.

This type of reporting is voter suppression which was done by all the national media.

Will Hillary Clinton Hijack the Democratic Convention from Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton's name to be placed in nomination at convention - Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON -- A Democratic National Convention that is supposed to showcase Barack Obama will devote a considerable amount of time to Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family, with the two campaigns announcing an agreement Thursday to formally enter her name into nomination.

The development means that during the state-by-state vote on a nominee for president, delegates will have the option of choosing Clinton rather than Obama -- giving supporters a chance to cheer her candidacy one last time.

Senator Hillary Clinton

I was shocked when I heard this. A few weeks ago it didn't look like the Clintons where going to play a large roll in the Democratic Convention. Now a lot of time has been given to Hillary Clinton and her family, President Bill Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea Clinton.
The first thought that came to my mine, was that Hillary will try to hijack the Democratic Convention from Barack Obama and take the nomination.

What is Hillary Clinton up to? On Aug. 6 2008, Asked whether or not her name would be placed into nomination at the convention, Clinton did not rule out the possibility and said, "Senator Obama and I share the goal of ensuring that the voices of everyone who participated in this historic process are respected." Did we hear Hillary say this same thing when ask why she would not just drop out and let Obama finish the primaries? Yes!

How did Hillary's name get placed into nomination? The agreement between the Obama and Clinton advisers was the culmination of
more than two months of talks between the two camps and followed intense pressure from the former First Lady's aggrieved supporters.
So this happened because of intense pressure from Hillary Clinton.

But the deal was a blow to Mr Obama's early hopes that Mrs Clinton would direct her 1,896 delegates to join his 2,230 in a unanimous acclamation of his nomination as the first black presidential candidate of a major American party.

In public Hillary shows one face. "Sen. Clinton is 100 percent committed to helping Barack Obama become the next president of the United States." But in private she hopes the development means that during the state-by-state vote on a nominee for president, delegates will have the option of choosing Clinton rather than Obama.

I think this is what the Clintons are praying for. Barack Obama might have just shoot himself in the foot.

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