This will give Millennials yet another reason to distrust Hillary Clinton.
A die-hard fan of the Democratic presidential candidate recently penned an op-ed in USA TODAY during which she blasts Clinton for perpetuating the abuse of unpaid interns.
The article’s author, Carolyn Osorio, was allegedly offered a position as a Hillary for America fellow on Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, an opportunity Osorio rejoiced in until she discovered she would be forced to move to Nevada and work full time for free.
She writes:
Ironically, Hillary Clinton has explicitly denounced the practice of offering unpaid internships in the past, declaring during a speech at the University of California at Los Angeles last year, “Businesses have taken advantage of unpaid internships to an extent that it is blocking the opportunities for young people to move on into paid employment.”
As such, Hillary Clinton’s unpaid campaign “fellowships” are yet more evidence of the presidential candidate’s hypocrisy.
“I had hoped a trailblazer would be more willing to break the mold of indentured servitude that haunts my generation,” declares Osorio in the opinion piece. “Finding out that Hillary perpetuates the exploitation known as unpaid internships was like discovering that Santa wasn’t real.”
This will undoubtedly poke a hole in Clinton’s effort to pander to the key Millennial demographic ahead of her presidential run. Hillary was most recently seen appealing to young Americans in a speech in South Carolina during which she emphasized the need to tackle youth unemployment.
Unfortunately, Clinton’s past of defending universal healthcare coupled with her present of offering unpaid internships do clear economic disservice to American Millennials.
Still, Osorio admits that she will cast her vote for Clinton in 2016, as the former secretary of state is “the best chance we have.”
“Hillary will get my free vote even if she will never have my free help,” she declares.
Each of the 13 Republican presidential candidates likely have a convincing argument against such a decision.
