Jennifer Palmieri (/ˈdʒɛnᵻfər pɔːlˈmɛəri/ ;[1] born November 15, 1966) was Director of Communications for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign .
Palmieri served as White House Communications Director for U.S. President Barack Obama. Prior to her service at the White House, she served as the President of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Earlier, Palmieri was the National Press Secretary for the 2004 John Edwards presidential campaign and for the Democratic National Committee in 2002. She served as a Deputy White House Press Secretary , Special Assistant to White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance in the Clinton White House .
Palmieri was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi .[2] After attending American University , she began her career working for then Congressman Leon Panetta (D-CA).[2] [3]
Wikileaks 2016 Hillary Clinton Campaign Controversy [ edit ]
Palmieri attracted controversy for "attacking two major faith groups--evangelicals and Catholics"[4] during the Wikileaks hack of 2016 emails that lead to calls for her resignation.[5] The email chains between Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton campaign chair John Podesta and John Halpin from the left-wing Center for American Progress .[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
In one of these alleged emails, "Many of the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic (many converts) from the SC and think tanks to the media and social groups. It's an amazing bastardization of the faith. They must be attracted to the systematic thought and severely backwards gender relations and must be totally unaware of Christian democracy. I imagine they think [Catholicism] is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion. Their rich friends wouldn't understand if they became evangelicals." Palmieri was reportedly referring to Rupert Murdoch raising his children as Catholics;[6] [11] [8] [9] [10] Murdoch's former wife, Anna (née Torv), by whom he had three children, is Catholic.
Podesta did not respond in the email thread.[9] Palmieri, aboard Clinton's campaign plane, claimed to have no recollection of the email.[12] [13]
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign 2016 [ edit ]
At a Harvard University forum held on December 1, 2016 to define the Clinton Campaign for the historical record, Palmieri ascribed the loss to (1) alleged white supremacists within the Trump campaign, (2) the e-mail scandal (which she believed reporters should not have covered), and (3) "[that] many political journalists had a personal dislike for the Democratic nominee".[14]
References [ edit ]
^ The White House (February 11, 2013). Jennifer Palmieri on the State of the Union (web video). Retrieved July 16, 2016 .
^ a b Easton, Nina. "The loyal — and discreet — political operative behind Hillary Clinton" , fortune.com; retrieved October 13, 2016.
^ "Jennifer Palmieri profile" . WhiteHouse.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2014 .
^ Wallace (October 19, 2016). "WikiLeaks Dump: Top Clinton Aides Mock Catholicism, Evangelical Christianity" . FoxNews Insider. Retrieved December 2, 2016 .
^ "Catholics: Fire Clinton Aide Palmieri for WikiLeaked Email" . NewsMax. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016 .
^ a b Asher, Julie. "WikiLeaks hack exposes Clinton staff's past Catholic conversations" . national catholic reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
^ Wolfgang, Ben. "Clinton campaign mocks Catholics, Southerners, 'needy Latinos' in emails" . Washington Times. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
^ a b Merica, Dan. "Clinton campaign chief helped start Catholic organisations to create 'revolution' in the Church" . Catholic Herald. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
^ a b c Pulliam Bailey, Sarah. "WikiLeaks emails appear to show Clinton spokeswoman joking about Catholics and evangelicals" . Washington Post. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
^ a b Bash, Dana; Diaz, Daniella. "First on CNN: Religious leaders slam Clinton campaign over emails" . CNN. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
^ Wolfgang, Ben. "Clinton campaign mocks Catholics, Southerners, 'needy Latinos' in emails" . Washington Times. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
^ Merica, Dan. "Palmieri doesn't recognize controversial email about Catholics" . CNN. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
^ Staff. "13 revelations from Wikileaks' hacked Clinton emails" . BBC. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
^ Tumulty, Karen; Rucker, Phillip. "Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides" . Washington Post. Retrieved December 2, 2016 .
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