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Clinton thanks ‘activist bitches’ in bizarre video

Hillary Clinton loves you, bitches.
The former presidential candidate and secretary of state sent out a video message “directed to activist bitches supporting bitches,” as she put it, via Twitter Friday night.
“Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks,” Clinton said into a cellphone camera, seated at a red banquette in what appeared 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 said.

At the urging of an off-camera companion, she added with a laugh: “And let me just say, this is directed to the activist bitches supporting bitches. So let’s go.”
Clinton is known as a careful speaker in public — but numerous insiders have described her as potty-mouthed behind closed doors.
The video was posted by Huffington Post commentator Alex Mohajer, who told Mashable that Clinton was merely giving a shout-out to a group with the literal name “Activist Bitches Supporting Bitches.”
It emerged on the heels of a report about an allegation of sexual harassment within the staff of Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.


According to the report, Clinton insisted on retaining her faith outreach adviser, Burns Strider, 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 concerns were “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, according to the New York Times story — even though her campaign manager recommend he be fired — and the accuser was transferred to another office.