{"id":51904,"date":"2016-10-11T14:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T18:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51904"},"modified":"2016-10-11T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T18:49:24","slug":"dnc-msm-collaboration-against-trump-shows-their-corrupt-to-the-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=51904","title":{"rendered":"DNC & MSM Collaboration Against Trump Shows Their Corrupt To The Core"},"content":{"rendered":"

REVEALED: Donna Brazile Shared CNN Town Hall Questions With Clinton Camp<\/h1>\n

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Chuck Ross
\nThe Daily Caller<\/p>\n

Donna Brazile, the current head of the Democratic National Committee, appears to have tipped the Clinton campaign off to a question about the death penalty that was going to be asked during a CNN town hall in March, newly released emails show.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom time to time I get the questions in advance,\u201d Brazile wrote in an email<\/a> to Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri on March 12.<\/p>\n

Brazile, who was a CNN contributor at the time of the email, went on to ask Palmieri about Clinton\u2019s stance on the death penalty.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s one that worries me about HRC,\u201d wrote Brazile in the email, which was released on Tuesday by Wikileaks. The emails come from the Gmail account of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYes, it is one she gets asked about,\u201d Palmieri responded. \u201cNot everyone likes her answer but can share it. Betsaida \u2013 can you send her answer on death penalty?\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinton was indeed asked about her stance on the death penalty during a CNN-hosted town hall the next day in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n

Ricky Jackson, a former death row inmate who was exonerated after serving 39 years in an Ohio prison, asked Clinton the question.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would breathe a sigh of relief if either the courts or the states themselves began to eliminate the death penalty,\u201d Clinton told Jackson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened to you is a travesty and I can\u2019t even imagine what you went through and how terrible those days and nights must have been for all those years,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

The revelation of Brazile\u2019s help for Clinton is ironic given the circumstances by which she came to be interim head of the DNC. She took the position in July after DNC emails released by Wikileaks that month showed that then-chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was highly critical of Clinton\u2019s primary opponent, Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n

The email also undercuts Brazile\u2019s claim throughout the primaries that she was\u00a0a neutral commentator regarding Clinton and Sanders.<\/p>\n

Brazile did not issue an endorsement until June 7, when Clinton routed Sanders in California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve maintained my neutrality, and that\u2019s very important to me as an officer, but I want to say how incredibly important his campaign, I think, has been this entire political season,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post was convinced that Brazile was neutral. After Brazile took over as interim head of the DNC, The Post\u2019s Callum Borchers wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While Wasserman Schultz was constantly accused by the Sanders campaign of harboring a pro-Clinton bias, Brazile, a regular presence on CNN during coverage of debates and state primaries, consistently\u00a0provided impartial analysis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf Democrats were looking for a leader with a proven ability to speak glowingly about their presumptive nominee without disparaging their runner-up, Brazile \u2014 a superdelegate who kept her preference to herself \u2014 was a logical pick,\u201d Borchers added.<\/p>\n

Brazile, a longtime party consultant, responded to The Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a stretch,\u201d she wrote, adding that she was forwarding the request to the DNC.<\/p>\n

Barbara Levin, CNN\u2019s vice president of communications, denied sharing the town hall questions with Brazile.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be perfectly clear, we\u00a0have never, ever given a town hall question to anyone beforehand,\u201d she told TheDC.<\/p>\n

This post has been updated with comments from Brazile and CNN. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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