Hillary Clinton Snaps at NPR Host over DOMA, Same-Sex
Marriage
by Charlie Spiering 12 Jun 2014,
12:24 PM PDT
Hillary Clinton
snapped at radio host Terry Gross of NPR
during a Thursday interview on the air about same-sex marriage.
Gross persistently prodded the
former First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State on the issue,
repeatedly asking her to clarify her position about when and why she decided to
support same-sex marriage.
“I’m pretty sure you didn’t answer
my question about whether you evolved or it was the American public that
changed,” Gross said finally.
“You know I really, I have to say,
I think you being very persistent, but you are playing with my words and
playing with what is such an important issue,” Clinton answered testily.
“I’m just trying to clarify so I
can understand,” began Gross.
“No, I don’t think you are trying
to clarify,” snapped Clinton.
“I think you are trying to say that I used to be opposed and now I am in favor
and I did it for political reasons. And that’s just flat wrong.”
Clinton insisted that she did not change her mind for political
reasons and highlighted her record on the issue.
“I did not grow up even imagining
gay marriage and I don’t think you did either,” she said. “This was an
incredible new and important idea that people on the front lines of the gay
right movement began to talk about and slowly, but surely, convinced others
about the rightness of that position. When I was ready to say what I said, I
said it.”
Listen to the full audio below:
Clifford S.
Asness supported same-sex marriage
in New York,
a leadership council member at the Robin
Hood Foundation, and is a director at the International Rescue Committee.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the International
Rescue Committee, and the NPR.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the NPR, is a co-chair, national finance council at Ready for Hillary, and the founder
& chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Rodham
Clinton is a principal for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a potential candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential
campaign, and was the secretary at the U.S.
Department of State for the Barack
Obama administration.
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