Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told reporters at a press conference in Westchester County, New York she does not expect any “special treatment.”
Clinton said this after quoting a Time Magazine piece written by the former Obama National Counterterrorism Center chief and Clinton administration Justice Department Civil Rights trial attorney, Matt Olsen, who claimed that ISIS supports Donald Trump.
“Matt Olsen pointed out they hope Allah delivers America to Trump. They said they hope he is the president because it would give even more motivation to every jihadi. Someone who has insulted muslims, has insulted a gold star family of an incredibly heroic Captain Kahn. Someone who has said he doesn’t want to let muslims around the world come to our country. That’s a gift for ISIS, and that is what Matt Olsen, who knows more about this than the Republicans somehow trying to muddy the waters, very clearly stated. That’s what I mean,” Clinton said.
She went on, “Look, I’m not asking for any special treatment. I know the road that I’m on. I have been on it for 25 years. I just get up every day and keep moving forward. I love this country. I will serve it with my entire heart, mind and soul. I will do everything to protect America and I will do everything I can to make sure Donald Trump is not president for many reasons, but this latest information coming from a distinguished counter terrorism expert should put every American’s mind in motion to try to figure out what everyone can do to prevent Trump from being the president.”
Clinton was previously asked if she thought if she was being treated fairly as woman on the campaign trail, which she deflected and responded that she would leave that to the press to analyze. Additionally, Clinton is routinely criticized for using the facets of her high positions in her life to move around various scandals that and investigations that she and her husband Bill Clinton have come under.