The 13-city multinational tour featuring Bill and Hillary Clinton continued to struggle this week, with scores of empty seats plaguing the speaking engagements and tickets selling for as little as $6 moments before the event.
According to the Daily Wire, the tickets are plummeting from their initial price of $75-100 after the announcement of the Clinton’s “World Tour,” with Democrats and supporters deciding to pass on the hour-long interview.
“There are a few likely reasons for the Clinton downturn: for starters, they’re overexposed. The Clintons have been a fixture of the political landscape for the last decade, and there are few new stories they can tell audiences. Also, unlike Michelle Obama, who has been getting very raw and personal in her speeches, the Clintons don’t take even calculated risks. Their stage shows — like their campaigns and their paid speeches — are heavily edited and focus-grouped, designed to reveal only what the Clintons want audiences to see,” writes the Daily Wire.
Earlier this week Hillary raised eyebrows among political insiders when she joked about “standing for Parliament” during the Clinton’s joint stop in Toronto, Canada.
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A THIRD TIME? Top Clinton Aide Says Hillary May Run in 2020
A former Hillary Clinton campaign staffer raised eyebrows throughout the Democratic Party this week; suggesting the former Secretary of State may be mulling a potential rematch against President Trump in the 2020 race for the White House.
According to The Week, Philippe Reines -a senior aide dating back to 2002 and top advisor at the State Department- refused to rule out Hillary’s potential third run for the Oval Office; claiming no other Democrat has “anywhere near a base of 32 million people.”
“The party, he feels, shouldn’t dismiss her as a failed candidate because she’s ‘smarter’ and ‘tougher’ than most, and she ‘could raise money easier than most,’” adds the author.
“Publicly, Clinton has said she will not run again, but Reines doesn’t sound so sure she’ll keep her word on that. Politico explored Clinton’s careful re-entry into the political arena, noting that she’s going on tour with former President Bill Clinton this fall and has reportedly even called up journalists who cover the White House to put out ‘the occasional feeler,’” writes The Week.
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MEET THE CLINTONS: Bill and Hillary Play to Half Empty Arena, Tickets for as Low as $6.55
Bill and Hillary Clinton kicked-off their multi-city world tour in Toronto Wednesday night, speaking to a “half empty” arena and discussing a wide range of issues including climate change, America’s “compromised” leadership under President Trump, and more.
According to the Daily Mail, tickets were going for just $6.55 moments before the duo took the stage.
“Bill and Hillary Clinton launched their 13-city paid speaking tour in a Canadian hockey arena Tuesday evening, where there were banks of empty seats and the power couple accused President Trump of joining a Saudi ‘cover-up,’” writes the Daily Mail.
The former Secretary of State suffered a ‘major coughing fit’ at one point of the interview, prompting the top Obama official to put down her microphone and reach for water.
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