Since declaring her candidacy for president more than a month ago, Hillary Clinton has spent very little time with “everyday Americans”—the people she claims she’s fighting for.
None of her campaign events have been open to the general public. That is probably for the same reason she avoids reporters: She doesn’t want to answer questions about her email scandal, about her record, or about her positions on controversial issues. (In the first month of her campaign, she only answered nine questions from the press.)
Her time has been spent in closed-door fundraisers and carefully choreographed campaign events. The “average” Americans at her “roundtable” discussions are pre-selected by her campaign, and they are often former Clinton or Obama campaign volunteers. Her trip to Florida this week is no exception.
It’s remarkable that Clinton continues to avoid the public because she desperately needs to earn the public’s trust. Polls show a majority of Americans do not believe she is honest or trustworthy. And more and more Americans see the Clintons for what they are: hopelessly out-of-touch with the middle class.
