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Trevor Noah Criticizes Hillary Clinton For Allegedly Defending Sexual Harrasser
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During last night’s episode of The Daily Show, host Trevor Noah criticized Hillary Clinton for allegedly protecting a man accused of sexual harassment. At first, Noah defended Clinton for her Grammy Awards appearance, in which she read from Michael Wolff’s book on President Donald Trump, called Fire and Fury.
However, the conversation quickly turned to accusations that she defended her campaign advisor in 2008 after sexual harassment claims surfaced. Advisor Burns Strider was accused of inappropriately touching and sending suggestive emails to a young staff member, according to TVLine. Even though she was advised to fire Strider by her campaign manager, she docked his pay and moved his accuser to a different job on the team. Strider went on to get another job in politics, but was fired for similar behavior.
Noah said: “Look, there’s a few areas where I don’t necessarily expect Hillary Clinton to nail it. Managing emails, visiting Wisconsin. You know, weaknesses. But I won’t lie: I expected standing up for a woman on her staff to be one of her strengths. So this story is disturbing.”
He also brought up Clinton’s tweets on the matter, in which she said the matter was taken seriously.
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.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 27, 2018
He added: “I know that this incident happened 10 years ago, and maybe 10 years ago, the world was a different place. But I thought in 2018, with everything we’re learning about now, maybe Hillary might come out and say, ‘Hey, guys. I realize now that I was part of the problem in the way I handled this. When I look back, I realize I should have done better.’ It feels like Hillary’s not only trying to dodge all the blame, she wants to present herself as having always been on this woman’s side, which doesn’t fly. You could argue that if Hillary had fired him, she would have been protecting many women, instead of just herself.”
