It has now been 270 days since Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton held a press conference.
Clinton emerged from a series of private fundraisers in the Hamptons to make a rare public appearance today. She spoke for less than an hour to the American Legion National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio and refused to take any unscripted questions.
Clinton has avoided any public event not carefully controlled by her campaign. Her last public appearance was six days ago and #HidingHillary isn’t scheduled to appear in public again until September 7th in New York City.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a major immigration policy speech in Phoenix, Arizona this evening with his runningmate Governor Mike Pence. The Trump campaign grabbed headlines with a late announcement that Trump would travel to Mexico to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto before the speech in Phoenix. Trump has repeatedly stated that as President he would make Mexico pay for a border wall.
I have accepted the invitation of President Enrique Pena Nieto, of Mexico, and look very much forward to meeting him tomorrow.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 31, 2016
Today the Trump campaign released their “question of the day” for Hiding Hillary:
“Secretary Clinton, what were the search terms your lawyers used if emails about the attack in Benghazi were not part of the documents you turned over to the State Department?” – Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor
This series will continue to highlight your questions and comments regarding #HidingHillary. If you’d like to be included in the next #HidingHillary column Tweet to @DustinStockton and try to include the hashtag #Hiding Hillary.
To have your questions/comments included in the next #HidingHillary column for @BreitbartNews tag me and include #HidingHillary
— Dustin Stockton (@DustinStockton) August 30, 2016
Here are some of the best questions/comments we received from Breitbart readers:
@DrMartyFox juxtaposed Donald Trump’s Mexico visit with Hillary’s paltry public schedule:
#HidingHillary Day #270#Trump PRESIDENTIAL Mexico Visit
While #HillaryHiding And Nappinghttps://t.co/XD2SPUUOfp pic.twitter.com/JWJH5wEJ1a
— Dr. Marty Fox (@DrMartyFox) August 31, 2016
Poker Legend Mike “The Mouth” Matusow believes people aren’t being honest with pollsters and expects the silent majority to elect Trump in November:
@Cernovich @DustinStockton @realDonaldTrump @KellyannePolls.Good indication on nov 8th the silent majority will rise https://t.co/0QVe87B9BI
— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) August 31, 2016
@johngalt191 speculates that maybe Hillary’s hiding because people aren’t interested in seeing her:
HRC crowds are 3-800 at best. The polls are lying to you! @Cernovich @DustinStockton @realDonaldTrump #HidingHillary pic.twitter.com/M3NY03RFgB
— John Galt (@johngalt191) August 30, 2016
@lsonn55 asked the same question that the Trump campaign would later release:
@DustinStockton #HidingHillary I thought HRC's lawyers searched her emails with word searches. Did they forget to search #Benghazi?
— Letty (@lsonn55) August 31, 2016
@RdRunrF7 noticed that Hillary seems to have a problem with things that begin with the letter “b”:
@DustinStockton Hillary has problems with words starting with B, Blackberry, Bleachbit, Benghazi, Borders actually most other letters also
— R. J. (@RdRunrF7) August 31, 2016
@tjlewis226 listed a few of the reasons that Hillary might be hiding:
@DustinStockton Hillary is hiding her health, emails, donations, policies and the truth. #HidingHillary
— Deplorable Infidel ἱ (@tjlewis226) August 30, 2016
@Clear_Honesty noted that #HidingHillary is a campaign tactic:
#HidingHillary has a simple game plan. Avoid press, raise as much money as possible, & attempt to smear @realDonaldTrump. @DustinStockton
— 🇺🇸TrueTalk🇺🇸 (@Clear_Honesty) August 30, 2016
@anarchoca figures $10 Million should do the trick to get Hillary out of hiding:
https://twitter.com/anarchoca/status/770529953762775040
Dustin Stockton is a political reporter for Breitbart News, a community liaison for Gun Owners of America, and a political strategist. Follow him on Twitter @DustinStockton or Facebook.
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