Most of you probably know Abramson from the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times. I would also call upon Jill Abramson’s piece in the Guardian. My research indicates that the reality - the facts (I realize facts are immaterial when talking to many Trump supporters) - are that Hillary Clinton is one of the most honest politicians tracked by the Pulitzer Prize winning fact-checking project Politifact. Clinton? How dare you have a mind of your own? How dare you be bright and powerful? How dare you ask for what you want and need? Don’t you know these rights are still exclusively for white, Christian, cisgender, able-bodied, heterosexual men? This narrative is a 30-year-old vilification of a woman who is bright, independent, wealthy, and powerful - a woman who asks for what she wants and needs. Over the course of the past month, I have had to do a great deal of reflecting and ask myself where does this seemingly irrational antipathy for Hillary Clinton come from? Why have I participated in it? After doing some research and looking hard at systemic misogyny, I have had to confront myself with the truth that I bought into a narrative about Hillary Clinton that has been produced, packaged, and perpetuated by mostly the GOP with the help of many democrats and independents. Let me be as candid and transparent as possible: I was a very strong supporter of Bernie Sanders, and until the past four weeks, held out great hope that he would become our next President.
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