On Christmas Day, CNN’s Chris Cillizza did a segment on his “Naughty or Nice List,” where public figures were ranked as naughty or nice, and surprisingly, Hillary Clinton made the list.
“Hillary Clinton has every right to be part of the national conversation. She was the party’s presidential nominee three years ago, she was the Secretary of State, a senator from New York, and she was the First Lady. She has a resume unlike anyone else in the party or in the country. But, she’s done a couple things that don’t really make sense from a party-building perspective or even a public figure perspective,” Cilizza said.
He listed two main factors contributing to Clinton’s rank on the “Naughty List.” One was her bizarre attack on 2020 Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard by suggesting she’s a “Russian asset.” Cillizza added, “If you’re going to say that, that’s a pretty big charge. If I say ‘John Burman’s a Russian asset.’ You say, ‘what’s your evidence?’ And I say, ‘he likes the Boston Celtics,’ that doesn’t — right? If you’re going to make a big charge and you’re Hillary Clinton — you know it’s going to get attention — I just think you have to be way more cognoscenti about what your impact is.”
The second factor Cillizza added to Clinton’s “naughty” verdict was her obsession with Bernie and how “he didn’t get out soon enough, and had he gotten out, I probably would have won and he better not do it again.” He said, “I don’t see what the strategy is. Maybe she feels free, she’s not running for anything else, and she wants to say whatever she wants. That’s her right, but it’s also our right to say ‘some of these choices you are making are not good for either your public image, or — and this is more important — for your party.’ It’s hard to say getting into an argument with Bernie Sanders or Tulsi Gabbard is beneficial to helping Democrats win in 2020, which is her stated goal.”