Nothing like a little political dirt on Hillary Clinton and the book “Shattered” by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes contains a few tidbits. It is interesting in two aspects. One is the fact that President Obama wanted nothing to do with a dragged out challenge to election results. The other is that Hillary Clinton had to be coerced into conceding her loss. No hints about a drunken rampage by the defeated Democrat candidate.
As Written By Derek Hunter for the Daily Caller:
The presidential election of 2016 shocked the world, but no one was more shocked than Hillary Clinton. A new book on the Clinton campaign contains the revelation that Clinton had to be pressured into conceding her loss on election night by then-President Barack Obama.
“POTUS doesn’t think it’s wise to drag this out,” White House political director David Simas is reported as saying to Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager.
The campaign did not concede at that point.
Later, President Obama himself called and told Clinton, “You need to concede.” The president then repeated the demand to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta shortly thereafter.
While she didn’t …….
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Obama Had To Pressure Hillary Multiple Times To Concede | The Daily Caller
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