Clinton apologizes for calling Nancy Reagan a 'very effective, low-key' AIDS advocate

CNN ^ | 3/11/16 | Dan Merica

[SoFloFreeper]

Hillary Clinton apologized on Friday for calling the late Nancy Reagan a "very effective, low-key" advocate on AIDS/HIV, saying she "misspoke" in an interview with MSNBC.

... Many in the gay community have criticized Reagan for not doing more to respond to the AIDS outbreak during his presidency.

Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign and a former Clinton White House aide, knocked the Clinton....

....Clinton soon after tweeted an apology....

[Arm_Bears]

AIDS is contracted/transmitted as the result of perverted behavior.

What the Hell was Reagan supposed to do?

[NetAddicted]

Well, apparently, HIV causes a lot of problems, even with the antiretrovirals. They age 13 years, they lose bone, they cause weight gain. Interesting how people have spent billions on this disease, but it’s not going away, and the ill effects just keep getting worse.

[Jimmy Valentine]

During Reagans time in office nobody knew anything about AIDs and its cause like we do today. Blaming Reagan is nothing but shuck and jive.

[NativeSon]

The administration knew enough to close down the bath houses in SF but the Left "leaders" and the troops opened back up and shouted that the administration was prejudice, etc.

those people were completely responsible for the outbreak and spread