Hillary Clinton's "super volunteers" aim to rebut media sexism
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at an award ceremony for the 2015 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting March 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee, Getty Images
Journalists, you have been warned: The HRC Super Volunteers know what you said about Hillary Clinton. And if they don't like it, they're going to call you out.
The group, a collection of Clinton die-hards, have launched a campaign to combat media sexism as the former Secretary of State contemplates a 2016 presidential bid.
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"Super volunteers, help us find journalists smearing Hillary. We must push back against their sexism," the group said Friday on Twitter.
The volunteers are not connected to Clinton's political operation. "We're not at all attached to the campaign, not at all," John West, one of the group's founders, told the Washington Examiner on Thursday. "All we are is a Facebook group of Democrats. We met in 2007 and stayed connected afterwards."
They're already putting some journalists covering Clinton on notice -- and the list of words they deem off-limits is extensive.
"A group called HRC Super Volunteers just warned me 'We will be watching, reading, listening and protesting coded sexism,'" tweeted Amy Chozick, a reporter for the New York Times, on Wednesday. "Sexist words, they say, include 'polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over confident'...Also sexist, according to HRC Super Volunteers: 'Secretive' and 'will do anything to win, represents the past, out of touch...'"
The email, according to Chozick, warned, "You are on notice that we will be watching, reading, listening and protesting coded sexism."
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Hillary Clinton's "super volunteers" aim to rebut media sexism