Clinton says Trump appeals to ‘ugliest impulses of our society’

“We’re going to help our young people get that first job so they can get that second job…so they can build that middle class life so they can give their families a better future, “said Clinton”.

On immigration reform, Clinton said she hoped Democrats would pick up more seats in the House: “We lost a lot of leverage because we lost the House of Representatives”.

Hence, Clinton was able to provide a sharp, contrasting and relatively unchallenged picture of what her administration would do on a number of key concerns for Black and Latino voters.

“I was pointing out. that Director Comey had said that my answers in my Federal Bureau of Investigation interview were truthful that’s really the bottom line here and I have said during the interview and in many other occasions in the past months that what I have told the Federal Bureau of Investigation – which he said was truthful – is consistent with what I have said publicly”, Clinton said.

Clinton thanked journalists for the “important work you do every day”. “So I may have short circuited it and for that I will try to clarify”.

While Comey has said that there is “no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI” he never weighed in on her statements to the American people. With shout outs to President Obama and praise for his management of the economy, Clinton also added in a hat tip to Congressional Black Caucus dean and House Minority Assistant Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) on his proposed 10-20-30 anti-poverty plan. He’s hearkening back to the most shameful chapters of our history and appealing to the ugliest impulses of our society. “He retweets white nationalists”. She said she wanted to be the president for all Americans, including Trump supporters, and said something would need to be done to lift the economic burden. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declined an invitation to speak.

Nonetheless, when President Barack Obama held majorities in both the Senate and House during his first term, he was still unable to find widespread Republican support for his plans. Clinton said Friday that the country was “out of the ditch”.

“We will be prepared to introduce legislation as quickly as we can do so”, Clinton said.

NBC’s Welker then asked Clinton whether or not “mischaracterizing [FBI] Director Comey’s testimony … is undercutting your efforts to rebuild trust with the American people?” He says frightful things about one group of Americans after another. The last formal press conference she had was in 2015, and by CNN’s Dan Merica’s count she’s only given 11 informal press “gaggles” to groups of reporters in 2016.

Friday’s event was carefully controlled, with Clinton taking just seven questions from preselected journalists.

Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump for his treatment of reporters covering his campaign and called on the media to challenge and question his policies.

As Clinton took questions from reporters on Friday, Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe quipped: “We encourage you to do this more often”.

The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to request for comment on Clinton’s lack of press conferences.