For months, Oprah has openly endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. But she's making it plain on an upcoming episode of the T.D. Jakes show.
Clinton's likeability has long been a subject of conversation. Oprah doesn't care.
The media mogul hasn't waded into the waters of candidate advocacy like she did for Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign, but she's firmly Pro-Hillary.
“There really is no choice, people," said Winfrey.
"I hear this all the time. You get in conversations, and there’s not a person in this room who hasn't been in the same conversation, where people say, 'I just don't know if I like her.'"
"She's not coming over your house," exclaimed Winfrey. "You don’t have to like her. Do you like this country?” She continued, telling people to go out and vote. “Do you like democracy or do you want a demagogue?"
Shonda Rhimes is with her. The wildly successful producer behind #TGIT, produced the video played at the Democratic National Convention just before Hillary Clinton accepted the Party's nomination for president.
The videos were some of the most compelling moments of the week's event.
Rhimes and her producing partner Betsy Beers created a short film about Clinton's life and work. It's meant to be both an introduction for swing voters and a refresher for longtime Democrats.
The film was narrated by Morgan Freeman, and featured a relaxed HRC sitting at a kitchen table, with sleeves rolled up, discussing her past and her committment to public service. Also featured are President Barack Obama and her husband Bill.
“It is an honor to provide America with an intimate portrait of Hillary,” said Rhimes, in a statement released by Clinton’s campaign in advance of the film. “Everyone already knows the powerhouse – now, with this piece, everyone will also get to know the person.”
Shonda Rhimes is with her. The wildly successful producer behind #TGIT, produced the video played at the Democratic National Convention just before Hillary Clinton accepted the Party's nomination for president.
The videos were some of the most compelling moments of the week's event.
Rhimes and her producing partner Betsy Beers created a short film about Clinton's life and work. It's meant to be both an introduction for swing voters and a refresher for longtime Democrats.
The film was narrated by Morgan Freeman, and featured a relaxed HRC sitting at a kitchen table, with sleeves rolled up, discussing her past and her committment to public service. Also featured are President Barack Obama and her husband Bill.
“It is an honor to provide America with an intimate portrait of Hillary,” said Rhimes, in a statement released by Clinton’s campaign in advance of the film. “Everyone already knows the powerhouse – now, with this piece, everyone will also get to know the person.”
Michelle Alexander, legal scholar, human rights activist, and author of a recent essay in the Nation titled, “Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote,” joins Chris Hayes on All In With Chris to talk about the presidential campaign, criminal justice, race, and the Democratic Party.
Back in 2014, it was clear that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would be the frontrunner for the democratic presidential nomination. Though Hillary's run has been challenged by the groundswell of support for Senator Bernie Sanders, Hillary maintains her lead, in part, by appealing to women.
At a dialogue that took place at The New School in October 2014, feminist author and professor bell hooks articulated why her feminism wasn't enough to push her to support Clinton. "At this stage of life and the stage of her politics...I can no longer be a Hillary Clinton supporter in the name of feminism," she told the audience.
hooks described Clinton's policies as "militarist, imperialist, [and] white supremacist," and she underscored that those things endanger society no matter the gender of the arbiter.
The choice not to support Hillary can be a difficult one, and hooks says managing "that constant challenge between identity politics versus who are you and what do you stand for" causes a conflict that marginalized groups will have to continue to navigate.
Not too long ago, Hillary Clinton was spotted on set of ABC's Scandal with Kerry Washington. It turns out that though she's weathered a number of scandals of her own, was there because the women of #TGIT are Hillary supporters.
Shonda Rhimes and her primetime stars, Kerry Washington, Viola Davis, and Ellen Pompeo unite for a campaign ad to support Clinton.
In the video, the women call their candidate "a bonafide, rolls up her sleeves, fights for what's right, in it for you, won't back down, champion for all of us."
Hillary took to Twitter to thank the women for their support.
The left continues to mount the case against Hillary Clinton. Michelle Alexander dismantled the Clintons' record on mass incarceration and welfare reform in an essay for The Nation and a number of Facebook posts. While activists are utilizing direct action to force Hillary to respond.
Activist Ashley Williams, 23, attended a $500 a ticket fundraiser for Clinton in South Carolina on Wednesday. While Clinton was offering remarks, Williams held up a sign that read, "We Have to Bring Them to Heel." She asked Clinton, "Will you apologize to Black people for mass incarceration?" The activist also sought answers for a speech in which Clinton referred to Black teens as "super predators" in 1994.
Hillary refused saying, "We'll talk about it later." The candidate seemed to take issue with the interruption. "Do you want to hear the facts or do you want to talk?" she asked. At this time, other attendees began to express their frustration with, "You're being rude." Within 90 seconds of the action's initiation, Williams was escorted out by Clinton's security.
Williams told The Washington Post, "She’s had 20 years to respond to my question...And so her inability to do it last night to me is just kind of representative of how she has been absent in terms of racial justice in a meaningful way, in a material way."
