As Twitchy reported, Andrea Mitchell got herself in hot water with Hillary Clinton’s supporters in mid-August, in the days before the Democrat nominee decided to open up a bit and allow the press to travel with her on her campaign plane.
Finding herself within Clinton’s hearing range following a campaign rally, Mitchell asked, “Can you tell us how your health is?” Clinton simply cackled a bit and moved on, but the question alone was enough to open up Mitchell to charges of sexism, “hate speak,” and a bias against Clinton (yeah, right).
Following a rally in North Carolina Thursday, Clinton held an actual press conference, and Mitchell again stepped in it with Clinton’s supporters by asking why her running mate, Tim Kaine, wasn’t told of her illness.
Clinton on having pneumonia: "This was an ailment that many people just power through" https://t.co/6OZtrfIwim https://t.co/sRIu7eCLyc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 15, 2016
Who's the dumb ass reporter asking about her illness and her relationship with Tim Kaine? #msnbc
— T.H.C. (@THC1) September 15, 2016
.@mitchellreports Q at presser: "Why didn't you tell Kaine abt pneumonia on Fri? What does that say abt relationship?" Women everywhere: smh
— Old Lady Dem (@oldladydem) September 15, 2016
I really don't want Andrea Mitchell anywhere near Clinton. Talk about media BS @MSNBC
— PATRICE O ᴴʸᴾᴴᴱᴺ ROURKE? (@Patrice_Brost1) September 15, 2016
I just heard andrea mitchell ask Hillary if the fact that Tim Kaine did not know about her episode in advance hurt their relationship. WTH?
— Happier than I Look (@stevgole) September 15, 2016
Andrea Mitchell true to form pushing the narrative Hillary Clinton not being forthcoming about her illness @MSNBC @mitchellreports
— mjrb (@maddyjrbrown) September 15, 2016
What is wrong with you Andrea? Do you hate her that much? Are you jealous? No one trusts you
— DaphneDoGood (@DaphneDoGood1) September 15, 2016
Really@msnbc??? Is that the best question you could ask @HillaryClinton. Whether @timkaine knew about her illness. Who cares!
— Imrich & Jennifer (@Patriotintn) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/n64k/status/776519931642937344
Hey press! If @HillaryClinton has a bout of diarrhea does she need to call @timkaine? Enough already!!!#HillarysHealth
— P Baird (@farandwee) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/kodaackan/status/776523684953686016
This has been a crazy campaign cycle, but we’re well through the looking glass when people are accusing Andrea Mitchell of being a surrogate for Donald Trump. CNN and some other media outlets are going to be in big trouble too.
Clinton refuses to say when @TimKaine knew of her pneumonia https://t.co/EEayPs6PeW | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/eswlNbXGHS
— POLITICO (@politico) September 15, 2016
Hillary refuses to say when she informed Tim Kaine she had pneumonia https://t.co/EfGku0FuSC
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) September 15, 2016
Is it so wrong to ask if Clinton let her running mate know she was ill? Not to be pedantic or blow things out of proportion, but the next vice president certainly will have a vested interest in the president’s health and well being.
Great Q at Clinton presser (not sure which reporter asked): did you tell Tim Kaine about your diagnosis on Friday? No answer from Clinton.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton won't say when her running mate, Tim Kaine, learned of her pneumonia diagnosis. Simply explained: "My senior staff knew"
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/AlexPappas/status/776518273529737216
Clinton was asked twice WHEN she told Tim Kaine about pneumonia and didn't answer
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 15, 2016
Do they actually talk? What was the point of publishing a (massive flop of a) book called “Stronger Together” with Kaine on the cover if she’s just going to “power through” on her own?
"I communicated with him, I talked with him last night” -Hillary Clinton says when asked if she told Tim Kaine when she was diagnosed on Fri
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) September 15, 2016
Clinton says she spoke to Tim Kaine last night. "I feel very comfortable and confident about our relationship," she says
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) September 15, 2016
“We’ve communicated. I’m not going to go into our personal conversations.” — Hillary Clinton on Tim Kaine.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/chemistpam/status/776519025715281920
@HillaryClinton seems to rarely communicate w her VP @timkaine He did not know she was sick last Fri. Obviously he is not trusted advisor.
— Brad Bailey (@BradBaileyTX) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/I_Hate_Hippies/status/776523036547616768
https://twitter.com/cirrusdriver/status/776521070065094656
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