Asking someone for an opinion and then ignoring them when they try to express their opinion is generally a social faux pas.
However, Hillary Clinton seems to have missed this particular lesson about social etiquette.
While trying to drum up support for President Joe Biden's weak and uninspiring campaign, Clinton took to the social media platform X with a lengthy caption on a photo of herself with Joe Biden.
When you're fortunate enough to live into your 70s or 80s, a few years' difference doesn't matter much. Joe Biden and Donald Trump are effectively the same age. Let's use that as a baseline.
So, it became clear this week that the choice for November is between… pic.twitter.com/el65gxRT1M
-Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 6, 2024
“When you're lucky enough to live into your 70s or 80s, a few years apart doesn't matter much,” she said in the caption. “Joe Biden and Donald Trump are effectively the same age. Let's use that as a baseline.”
Most would say that when one candidate is still mentally clear and the other can barely remember his name, but he keeps going.
She continued: “So, it became clear this week that the choice next November is between one of the most effective presidents in our lifetime, which is Joe Biden… or someone who tried to overthrow our democracy, who has been indicted 91 times, and who says he… “He wants to become a dictator from day one if he is elected again.”
Finally, she ended her endorsement by asking: “I'm choosing Biden. What about you?”
There's just one small problem with her question.
As other users on X were quick to point out, as soon as Clinton asked the question, she turned off the replies to her tweet.
As journalist Glenn Greenwald put it: “It's very funny how Hillary pretends to seek a two-way populist conversation—tell me what you guys think? Your opinion is valid, too!—while preventing everyone from responding.”
Hillary Clinton finally found a politician with lower approval ratings than her counterpart.
It's so funny how Hillary pretends to seek a two-way populist conversation – tell me what you guys think? Your opinion is correct too! – While preventing everyone from responding. https://t.co/Y1zVi0nERA
– Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 6, 2024
Other users agreed.
Of course you disable replies.
– Tesla Gang (@TSLAgang) March 6, 2024
Hillary asks, “What about you?” Then he stops the responses.
She doesn't care what we think. Nobody from the institutional class cares.
If they wanted us, the people, to have a say in our government, they would not have imposed a memory loss patient on us as president.
We get zero…
– Mike Suarez (@swarizo) March 6, 2024
This disingenuous move is undoubtedly typical of Clinton's modus operandi: feign interest, then ignore or dismiss dissenting opinions if someone dares to raise them.
After all, this was a woman who failed to beat Donald Trump in 2016, when many people considered him a joke, despite his massive public support, and thought a Clinton victory was inevitable.
Clinton has been largely unpopular since her time as First Lady, treating ordinary Americans with thinly veiled contempt (remember when she referred to middle-class Americans as “deplorables”?).
She clearly doesn't care what we think, and her obstructive responses to her trick question certainly only serve to reinforce that perception among voters.
What Clinton failed to understand from her first presidential campaigns is that if you want to succeed in winning over a large segment of ordinary Americans, you need to at least pretend to care, or at least appear to listen to people's concerns.
Even her husband understood that very much.
Moreover, in today's political climate, actions speak louder than words.
Unfortunately for Clinton, her actions say much more than her words.
This article originally appeared in The Western Journal.
