In the new batch of WikiLeaks emails is one sent to John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair, in which a liberal columnist writes he is “petrified” Clinton can only win if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee.
The email was sent by Brent Budowsky, formerly a Capitol Hill staffer and Huffington Post columnist who now contributes to The Hill.
“Right now I am petrified that Hillary is almost totally dependent on Republicans nominating Trump,” Budowsky sent to Podesta on March 13, 2016. “She has huge endemic political weaknesses that she would be wise to rectify … even a clown like Ted Cruz would be an even money bet to beat and this scares the hell of out me.”
A few days prior, Budowsky had written in The Hill that Bernie Sanders was more electable than Clinton.
Although he doesn’t openly state a preference for Sanders in the email, Budowsky said he’d be able to convince Sanders supporters to vote for Clinton if she were nominated. “I am one of the people with credibility to suggest Bernie people support her in November,” Budowsky wrote.
Trump, of course, did become the GOP nominee, despite many opponents saying any of the other GOP candidates could beat Clinton easily.
Budowsky’s email was also sent to Roy Spence, who co-founded the GSD&M advertising agency.
Jason Russell is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner.
