Hillary Clinton Calls Romney Ad Featuring Her a ‘Waste of Money’
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has called Mitt Romney’s efforts to capitalize on comments she made in 2008 against then-candidate Barack Obama “a waste of money.”
“I am out of politics, and I haven’t seen any of the ads that you’re talking about. But I have to say it’s a waste of money,” Clinton said Monday in an interview with CNN. “Everybody knows I ran against President Obama in 2008. That’s hardly news. Everybody knows we ran a hard-fought campaign and he won. And I have been honored to serve as his secretary of State.”
The Romney campaign released an ad earlier this month titled “No Evidence,” which featured then-presidential hopeful Clinton declaring, “Shame on you, Barack Obama,” on Feb. 23, 2008. Clinton, involved in a tight primary battle with Obama, was referring to mailings his campaign sent out that she claimed distorted her record.
“When the president doesn’t tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead?” the ad asks. “There was no evidence that Mitt Romney shipped jobs overseas. Candidate Obama lied about Hillary Clinton.”
The ad then inserts Clinton’s “Shame on you,” moment. Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, who was behind Clinton during the event in Cincinnati, told the Associated Press: “I think it’s a little retro at this point, the number of years ago. People have seen them working together on the same team.”
It wasn’t the first time a Romney ad has been criticized by someone appearing in it. Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’ “Face the Nation,” distanced himself from an ad that sought to use his words against the president.