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Just two days before the 2016 election, Democrat frontrunner Hillary Clinton abruptly canceled the two-minute fireworks display that was supposed to accompany her “coronation,” as Millennial mom magazine Romper put it at the time.
Clinton’ssenseofpresumption—rightupuntilNYPDrevealedtheHudsonRiverpermithadbeenpulled—waspalpable.
“Whyaren’tI50pointsahead?”sheaskedduringaSept.2016videoconferencewiththeLasVegasoftheLaborers’InternationalUnionofNorthAmerica,withobviousfrustration.Tomanypeople,Clintonappearedentitled.Inhermind,I’dwager,shefeltshe’dalreadyearnedtheOvalOffice—votersbedamned.
Clintonhaddone40yearsof“standbyyourman”withherphilanderinghusband.She’dledtheClintoncareinitiative,evenifthoseingratesinCongressrejectedit.She’dknockedasideoneright-wingconspiracyafteranother.SheservedhertimeonacarpetbaggerseatintheSenate.Shebidedherturntimeafterthatslickupstart,BarackObama,hadusurpedherfirstchanceatthenomination.She’devenhadthegoo
