Hillary Clinton's staffers are keeping up the fight

CNN Politics ^ | February 18, 2017 | Eric Bradner

[2ndDivisionVet]

Zac Petkanas thought he was done with politics after the 2016 election. He was ready to move into the private sector -- or maybe chase a dream job in the art world.

Then his boss, Hillary Clinton, lost.

Within 48 hours -- infuriated by the Cabinet prospects being floated by Donald Trump's transition team, like Wisconsin sheriff David Clarke for homeland security secretary -- Petkanas had decided he couldn't change careers yet.

"Tuesday was the election. Wednesday I was sleepless and tired and very sad," he said. "And Thursday I got extremely angry."

Petkanas quickly transitioned from Clinton's director of rapid response -- a role that made him the campaign's chief Trump hit man -- to director of the Democratic National Committee's war room, where he'd lead the party's resistance to Trump's actions.

"The signals that were coming out of the White House lit a fire under a lot of people," Petkanas said. "He re-engaged a whole slew of people, talented people, driven people, to stay in the fight."

In the three months since her defeat, Clinton has mostly faded from the political stage. She has tweeted support for the Women's March last month and criticized Trump's moves to limit immigration.

But many of her former staffers -- especially mid-level Brooklyn veterans -- are now on the front lines of the left's anti-Trump resistance.

Many say they're apoplectic over revelations that top Trump advisers were in constant contact with Russians known to US intelligence during the campaign.

Some ex-Clinton staffers have moved into Democratic organizations that are shifting their focus to opposing Trump -- such as Clinton press secretary Brian Fallon, now a senior adviser to Priorities USA....

[Dr.Deth]

More fake news to push the Russian Election Hacking (whatever that is) myth.

VFN is barely even trying at this point.

[blackdog]

Nice. Keeping up the fight against the voters who elected him. Hillary Clinton is just trying to stay controversial as a player to avoid getting prosecuted.

[FES0844]

She should be in jail. Lock her up!

[ImNotLying]

He must be working for free. Shillary didn’t pay half her staffers during the election. You know she’s not going to pay this stupid idiot now.

[a fool in paradise]

I am sick and tired of the shadow government Democrats trying to take control of this nation. YOU LOST, move on. LET IT GO.

YOU GOT DEFEATED NATIONALLY. You’ve lost governors’ mansions, state legislatures, and the federal legislature.

This isn’t about “Trump” or “Russia” or “Fake News”, it is a rejection of the ENTIRE DNC.

Lousy Commie bastards (just like Obama).

[Liz]

.......ex-Clinton staffers have moved into Democratic organizations shifting their focus to opposing Trump -- leading the party's resistance to Trump's actions:<><> Brian Fallon is now a senior adviser to Priorities USA.<><> Zac Petkanas transitioned from Clinton's director of rapid response to director of the DNC's war room.......

Oh, please let this be true .... and not fake news. The Democrats are reeling from Hillary's loss and their massive losses down ticket. So to have the same losers in key Democrat positions is a dream come true for Republicans.

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BEST IS YET TO COME--Obama is stupidly wading in .......via his cockeyed non-profit OFA.

REFERENCE: Leaked Emails: Dems Think Obama’s Nonprofit OFA Army Destroyed The Democratic Party
Daily Caller | 2/17/17 | Rachel Stolzfuss / FR Posted by markomalley

Some Democrat leaders blame Obama’s grassroots nonprofit OFA for helping destroy the Democrat party, leaked emails show.

The leaders and activists didn’t take kindly to the recent news that Obama is relaunching Organizing For Action to supposedly "protect Obamacare."

Democrat leaders believe Obama's shadow OFA army drained valuable resources and energy from the official Democrat grassroots effort. Obama said he launched OFA to mobilize Democrats in support of his — and the Democrat Party’s — agenda.--SNIP--

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Demoralized Dems out of power, are pointing to Obama’s Nonprofit Army (OFA) as the thing that Destroyed The Democratic Party

The thought among leaders of the decimated party is that Obama’s non-profit organization---OFA--- diluted the strength of the official state party apparatus, and contributed to the party’s devastating loss of power. Grassroots organizers and state party leaders have long criticized OFA both publicly and privately.

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“This is some GRADE A Bull**** right here,” a leader of the Louisiana Democratic Party, Stephen Handwerk, wrote in an email leaked to The Daily Beast. “It also to me seems TONE DEAF–we have lost over 1,000 seats in the past 8 years… all because of this crap.”

“Yes, it sure is,” Katie Mae Simpson, Maine Democrat leader. “OFA showed up in Maine, organized a press conference on saving [Obamacare], with one of our Dem legislative leaders, all without ever mentioning that they were in the state and organizing.”

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Striving to remedy the situation, this poster is being distributed to all Democrat offices across the nation.

Poster soon to be hanging in Democrat offices nationwide.

[mazda77]

When driving off a cliff, why just barely let it teeter over the edge? Just hammer down the throttle with a running start and miss the edge altogether!

This has to be the yankee version of “Hey Bubba, watch this!”

[chuckee]

To borrow a line from Star Trek “She’s dead, Jim”

[BobL]

Silly article - they need to interview the other 98% of Hillary’s people, and Democrat operatives in general, and ask them how they like their new jobs at McDonald’s.

[odawg]

“Many say they’re apoplectic over revelations that top Trump advisers were in constant contact with Russians known to US intelligence during the campaign.”

Notice how often that lie is repeated as if it refers to a verified fact. Sheppard Smith even claims to know the time of the day the calls occurred.

[Lizavetta]

Many say they're apoplectic over revelations that top Trump advisers were in constant contact with Russians known to US intelligence during the campaign

But they weren't apoplectic that their candidate used her State Dept. position to sell national assets to the Russians for millions.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well, you can put that same poster in the Pentagon.
The White House situation room.
The Budget Office.
The Trump headquarters.

But it would not be proper in McCain’s bedroom, Graham’s campaign building, nor the Communist Party’s headquarters in Moscow.

Not the RNC headquarters.

[Oratam]

The comtinuing narrative of Trump’s illegitimacy. When it was tried on Obama, it was deemed beyond the pale.

[Uncle Miltie]

Where are the breathless pro-Trump staffer pieces from CNN?

[Liz]

Oh yeah......poster’s uses are vast.

[Liz]

Dems aren't apoplectic that their candidate Hillary used her State Dept. position to sell national assets to the Russians for millions.

Nails it.

[Liz]

This has to be the yankee version of “Hey Bubba, watch this!” Democrats driving off a cliff, just barely teetering over the edge then hammering down the throttle with a running start, barely missing the edge altogether!

LOL.

Dumpocrats were so blind-sided by Hillary's loss, their vision is still terribly unfocused.

Long may it remain so.

[GOPJ]

...ex-Clinton staffers have moved into Democratic organizations shifting their focus to opposing Trump -- leading the party's resistance to Trump's actions:<><> Brian Fallon is now a senior adviser to Priorities USA.<><> Zac Petkanas transitioned from Clinton's director of rapid response to director of the DNC's war room...

The Clintons are notoriously cheap - and the DNC hoards cash... where the hell is the money coming from?

[VideoPaul]

Liberals,

This election is over. Your side lost. Best to focus on 2020, and this time, change two things:

1) Come up with a candidate without two DECADES of dirty laundry.
2) Focus on middle class Americans.

That’s really freaking simple. And if you run another far to the left, better than you candidate who cares more for people who don’t legally belong here than for actual citizens, 2020 will be yet another crushing defeat.

Don’t say we haven’t warned you.