A pro-Hillary Clinton group called Correct The Record is chastising media outlets for detracting from Clinton’s “deep connection with the middle class.”
According to The Daily Beast, Correct The Record plans to issue a memo penned by Executive Director Isaac Wright to news outlets that scolds them for “Karl Rove style” attacks on what the organization dubs Hillary’s “deep connection with the middle class.”
Specifically, the letter zeroes in on Clinton’s speech fees for appearances at various universities for which she has been ripped apart in the media. For instance, Clinton charged the University of Buffalo $275,000 for a one-hour speech last year, and she collected $225,000 from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas for her remarks at their Foundation dinner this fall.
However, the memo labels the critique of Clinton’s speech fees “lame duck period attacks [that] lack the substance to connect with Americans in a serious way.”
In the letter, Wright champions “Clinton’s extensive record of fighting for mobility and to advance the middle class,” emphasizing her backing of a minimum wage hike and “progressive tax policies that required millionaires to pay their fair share.”
He also underlines the “tougher stance on big business” and “populist themes” that Clinton revealed when delivering remarks at fundraisers for Democratic candidates ahead of the midterm election.
Undoubtedly, Wright is referring to Clinton’s assertion at a Massachusetts fundraiser that businesses and corporations don’t create jobs.
“One of Clinton’s biggest strengths [is] her passion for advancing the middle class and renewing American upward mobility,” concludes the memo.
Correct The Record’s effort will come with an uphill battle, considering Clinton was heavily criticized for being out of touch with regular Americans after she described 2001 herself as “dead broke” during a Diane Sawyer interview this past summer.
