Hillary Clinton, Criticized For Praising The Reagans’ Role in Early AIDS Advocacy

As if presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, doesn’t have enough to contend with – the former first lady is desperately trying to backtrack on comments she made about former president, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan who recently passed away at the age of 94.

While attending Reagan’s funeral in Simi Valley, California, and discussing the former first lady’s legacy, Clinton carelessly allotted praise to The Reagans for their early contribution to the AIDS crisis that descended on the country in the early 80’s.

“It may be hard for viewers to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/AIDS back in the 1980’s and because of both President and Mrs. Reagan – in particular Mrs. Reagan – we started a national conversation, when before nobody would talk about it”.

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Clinton continued to bestow unearned stripes to Nancy Reagan with more damaging insight that rubbed a slew of conscious citizens the wrong way – particularly because it was documented that Nancy Reagan callously refused to assist close friend and actor Rock Hudson who turned to the white house for help while he battled the deadly disease – before dying in 1985, “And you know, that too is something that I really appreciate was her very effective but low-key advocacy, but it penetrated the public conscience, and people began to say ‘hey we have to do something about this too’.

Once the taped evidence made its rounds, an outrage was sparked particularly among celebs like Andy Cohen and Susan Sarandon, who tweeted their despair and disbelief at the notion that Hillary Clinton who has spent a considerable amount of her years in the political landscape, could issue a statement, riddled with glaring inaccuracies.

Even more disturbing is the fact that Clinton is seeking to secure the highest office in the land and so far the journey to the top hasn’t been a seamless one. This latest fiasco isn’t going to make her future any brighter.

As expected, Clinton issued an apology and set the record straight about the Reagans and their areas of interest, “While the Reagans were strong advocates for stem cell research and finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, I misspoke about their record on HIV and AIDS. For that I am sorry”.

It may be time for Hillary to brush up on her history lessons.