"Benghazi mom" Patricia Smith is weighing in after the Gop speechwriter who wrote her searing Rnc speech criticizing Hillary Clinton said in an op-ed that he now feels compelled to vote for the Democratic nominee. Smith, whose son Sean Smith was killed in the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, tells People of the speechwriter, Richard J. Cross III, "That's his decision, I don't agree with it. That's his idea, that's what he's going to do, that's not what I'm going to do." Smith adds, "I am still not going to vote for Hillary - she killed my son, I don't care how you twist it,...
- 8/18/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
"Benghazi mom" Patricia Smith is weighing in after the Gop speechwriter who wrote her searing Rnc speech criticizing Hillary Clinton said in an op-ed that he now feels compelled to vote for the Democratic nominee. Smith, whose son Sean Smith, was killed in the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, tells People of the speechwriter, Richard J. Cross III, "That's his decision, I don't agree with it. That's his idea, that's what he's going to do, that's not what I'm going to do." Smith adds, "I am still not going to vote for Hillary - she killed my son, I don't care how you twist it,...
- 8/18/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Former Secretary of State and current Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took to Fox News Sunday for her first post-convention interview, and host Chris Wallace made Secretary Clinton feel right at home by grilling her about claims by Patricia Smith and the father of Tyrone Woods that she blamed an internet video for the attacks in Benghazi that killed four Americans.
- 7/31/2016
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
In 1961, the year after the media milestone that was the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debates, historian Daniel Boorstin coined the term “pseudo-event,” which he defined as an event that takes place for the sole purpose of being covered by the media.
Given Trump’s penchant for showmanship, there was every reason to believe this year’s Republican National Convention would be, in Trump-speak, the greatest pseudo-event of all time. There would be the token delegate count officially certifying his nomination, with the honor of New York, his home state, casting the deciding vote. Apart from that, it would be a four-day pageant with each prime-time broadcast tailored to a theme inspired by Trump’s red-capped campaign slogan: Make America Safe Again, Work Again, One Again, etc.
Trump’s supporters carried the themes. There was Chris Christie’s relentless attack on Hillary Clinton, heightened by the audience’s prompted chants of “Guilty! Guilty!
Given Trump’s penchant for showmanship, there was every reason to believe this year’s Republican National Convention would be, in Trump-speak, the greatest pseudo-event of all time. There would be the token delegate count officially certifying his nomination, with the honor of New York, his home state, casting the deciding vote. Apart from that, it would be a four-day pageant with each prime-time broadcast tailored to a theme inspired by Trump’s red-capped campaign slogan: Make America Safe Again, Work Again, One Again, etc.
Trump’s supporters carried the themes. There was Chris Christie’s relentless attack on Hillary Clinton, heightened by the audience’s prompted chants of “Guilty! Guilty!
- 7/22/2016
- by Sam Adams
- Indiewire
CNN's much-hyped town hall event with Hillary Clinton began Tuesday with the breaking news regarding the arrest of Ahmed Abu Khattala in connection with the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Moderator Christiane Amanpour asked Clinton to respond directly to Patricia Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, who was one of four American diplomats killed in the attack.
- 6/17/2014
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
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