On Wednesday, the Morning Joe crew provided viewers with their daily dose of Hillary Clinton propagandizing. Over the past few weeks, Clinton crossed the finish line in her Democratic primary battle, promoted her foreign policy positions in the wake of Orlando’s terrorism, and capitalized on the recent gaffes from her Republican opponent. Thanks to MSNBC, we are reminded that through it all, Clinton has found her voice.
Host Joe Scarborough set the stage with a Clinton/Trump face-off akin to that of David and Goliath. He then praised the “massive ability” of the Clinton campaign:
And Kasie Hunt, of course it's not as if Donald Trump is going up against an amateur. The Clinton campaign, which we have criticized in the past for being too cumbersome and too big, right now size –that, that, that, the massive ability that that campaign has really helps it going into a general election where you've got to cover fifty states and you’ve got to micro target. And you know it’s just like the Obama campaign would run ads in the Midwest on, on small networks, on small regional networks throughout the summer, targeting Mitt Romney. Donald Trump says he's just going to give speeches at rallies, Hillary Clinton is already micro targeting.
In actuality, the Clinton camp has made concerted efforts on a macro-level to target Donald Trump and the Republican Party. She has relied on her arsenal of Senator Elizabeth Warren, President Obama, Vice President Biden, and, well, all of her friends at MSNBC.
Correspondent Kasie Hunt, who has been “struck by the last couple of weeks,” insisted that what was formerly viewed as Clinton’s biggest weakness has warped into a “major strength.”
…I also think that suddenly the way Trump has responded to some of these events has turned what we used to think was Hillary Clinton's biggest weakness potentially in this particular election into a major strength. And that is her reputation for being cautious combined with that big campaign apparatus that's designed to deal with these things in a methodical, almost bureaucratic way. We were thinking that was going to be a major weakness against Donald Trump but instead you're seeing this deep coordination between the White House and the Clinton campaign and you're seeing her very effectively sell that cautiousness as steadiness. And I think that's a game changer in many ways.
Some may call it methodical, others may call it having a compliant liberal media eager to cheer on the Democrat. The Clinton campaign couldn’t have dreamed of the parade of snafu’s coming from her Republican opponent. Alas, Hillary Clinton has found her voice.
SCARBOROUGH: And she's also found her voice.
HUNT: She has.
SCARBOROUGH: You can just hear it out on the campaign trail over the past week for the first time since the campaign began. She found her voice, she's comfortable in it and it’s having a huge impact. What an extraordinary contrast to Donald Trump who sounds shrill and out of control over the past several weeks.
Well, this is cause for celebration. After sixty-eight years, Hillary Clinton has finally found her voice. All it took was a country in crisis, a series of blunders from the Republican nominee, and the White House finally cozying up to her candidacy. Not to mention, the unwavering admiration of the mainstream media.
How many more times she will find it between now and November?
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06-15-16 MSNBC Morning Joe
6:20:53 AM - 6:23:03 AMJOE SCARBOROUGH: And Kasie Hunt, of course it's not as if Donald Trump is going up against an amateur. The Clinton campaign, which we have criticized in the past for being too cumbersome and too big, right now size –that, that, that, the massive ability that that campaign has really helps it going into a general election where you've got to cover fifty states and you’ve got to micro target. And you know it’s just like the Obama campaign would run ads in the Midwest on, on small networks, on small regional networks throughout the summer, targeting Mitt Romney. Donald Trump says he's just going to give speeches at rallies, Hillary Clinton is already micro targeting.
KASIE HUNT: I think that's right, Joe. And I have to tell you I've just been struck by the last couple of weeks. When I was having conversations with the Clinton campaign, when we were seeing those tight national polls, and they, of course, felt a little bit under siege at that point but they kept saying, you know what we know these numbers are going to change. And the reality is they were right about that. Donald Trump has helped them be right about that. Some of these Bernie Sanders voters have come home. But so, these events over the last couple of weeks have helped them. I also think that suddenly the way Trump has responded to some of these events has turned what we used to think was Hillary Clinton's biggest weakness potentially in this particular election into a major strength. And that is her reputation for being cautious combined with that big campaign apparatus that's designed to deal with these things in a methodical, almost bureaucratic way. We were thinking that was going to be a major weakness against Donald Trump but instead you're seeing this deep coordination between the White House and the Clinton campaign and you're seeing her very effectively sell that cautiousness as steadiness. And I think that's a game changer in many ways.
SCARBOROUGH: And she's also found her voice.
HUNT: She has.
SCARBOROUGH: You can just hear it out on the campaign trail over the past week for the first time since the campaign began. She found her voice, she's comfortable in it and it’s having a huge impact. What an extraordinary contrast to Donald Trump who sounds shrill and out of control over the past several weeks.
