Hillary Clinton Told F.B.I. Colin Powell Advised Her to Use Private Email

I wasn't defending the Republican party, they clearly have a double standard, but I was referring to American politics as a whole. To how these people were actually treated. There is no difference whatsoever. In Powell's case, nothing happened despite the best efforts of his party's opponents in Congress and only the left care, in Clinton's case, nothing happened despite the best effort of her party's opponents in Congress and only the right care. In 2005-2006 the Democrats were demanding an investigation, that's actually part of the reason the emails were deleted to begin with. Do you know why that didn't happen? It's because the Democrats didn't gain power until 2007, and by then they only had a limited amount of time and political capital to get Obamacare out the door, whereas the Republicans can use their majorities to do whatever they want because they can be confident that when Demcoratic base starts to lose enthusiasm again, their old, white Christian base with always reliable turnout will put them back into power. If you want Donald Trump investigated, show up to vote in November.

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