The former presidential candidate and secretary of state appears in a brand new video message “directed to activist bitches supporting bitches.”
“Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks,” Clinton stated into a cellphone camera, seated at a crimson banquette in what seemed to be a restaurant.
“Thanks for your feminism, for your activism, and all I can hope is you keep up the really important, good work,” she stated.
At the urging of an off-camera companion, she added with a cackle: “And let me just say, this is directed to the activist bitches supporting bitches. So let’s go.”
The video was posted on Twitter Friday evening by Huffington Post commentator Alex Mohajer.
It emerged on the heels of a report about an allegation of sexual harassment inside the staff of Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.
According to the report, Clinton insisted on retaining her religious outreach adviser, Burns Strider, on staff after a female staffer accused him of touching her inappropriately and sending sexually suggestive emails.
Later on Friday, Clinton responded to the story with a tweet claiming the victim’s issues had been “taken seriously and addressed” at the time.
“I was dismayed when it occurred, but was heartened the young woman came forward,” Clinton posted on Twitter.
“I called her today to tell her how proud I am of her and to make sure she knows what all women should: we deserve to be heard.”
But Strider kept his job at Clinton’s direction, based on the New York Times story — although her campaign manager advocated that he be fired — and the accuser was transferred to a different workplace.
