Recently WikiLeaks revealed that Hillary Clinton’s staff discussed how to “use” the death Eric Garner, who died after he resisted arrest, to promote their agenda. Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, complain about this action on her Twitter account.
Wouldnt yall like to know why the #Hillary campaign thought that I my objecting to them exploiting my dads death was a "problem" @mtaibbi https://t.co/i5cahlS6VZ
— officialERICA GARNER (@es_snipes) October 27, 2016
Furthermore, the internal communication among Clinton’s staffs shows that they planted to promote stories in the media about gun violence. Erica Garber posted a link to these emails including a Twitter post mentioning than
https://t.co/jzfUl0FbXF In this #PodestaEmails leak @CoreyCiorciari n @NickMerrill plot to use police violence victims to push gun control
— officialERICA GARNER (@es_snipes) October 27, 2016
The staff working for Clinton’s camping even wondered if mentioning Erick Garners was necessary for an editorial about gun violence, but were concerned if they did not mention him, Erica Garber would complain about the piece. But at the end, Maya Harris, Clinton’s aide, argue that Eric Garner was not killed by gun violence, so using him was not important.
“I’m glad you had Maya on your team to explain why you won’t be USING my dad in you f—–g gun violence piece… Black woman saved your a–,” Garner posted.
It is unfortunate, that Clinton’s campaign can discuss an event such as death so coldly and consider using it to promote stricter gun controls policies.
American should consider this type of tactics used to limit the rights stated in the Second Amendment when they vote next month.
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