In stark contrast to its lengthy takedown of President Trump’s failures in his first 100 days in office, NBC News published on Tuesday a puff piece on the many accomplishments of Hillary Clinton in her first 100 days as the losing candidate.
Welcome to the media’s alternate reality.
“She’s Back: Hillary Clinton’s Last 100 Days,” the headline screams. Writer Jane C. Timm described the many things Clinton had planned for her first 100 days but sadly, can’t do: “An aggressive push on a dozen policies… including raising the minimum wage, investing in infrastructure, and reforming the nation's immigration system.”
Timm says the last 100 days have been Clinton’s first taste of being “truly retired” while having to endure “a wildly different presidency than the one she had promised.” Yet, despite “laying low” after her “gracious concession speech,” Clinton isn’t sitting around doing nothing. “She’s back.”
And so, Timm says forget about Trump’s “tumultuous first 100 days” and instead, bask in the glory of Clinton’s “apolitical appearances and speaking engagements where she championed longtime causes and reinforced values she promoted on the campaign trail.” She gives a day-by-day breakdown, summarized below:
Day 1: Attending the inauguration
“She wore white, the symbolic color of women's suffrage.”
[Of course, if you’re Melania Trump and you wear white, you’re racist.]
Day 13: Plotting her next move in New York City
Day 19: Appealing to young women
“Despite all the challenges we face, I remain convinced that yes, the future is female," Clinton told a women innovator's conference in a brief video address. "Just look at the amazing energy we saw last month as women organized a march that galvanized millions of people all over our country and across the world."
Day 20: Sticking up for Sen. Elizabeth Warren
"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted...So must we all," Clinton tweeted.
Day 21 and beyond: Resisting in 140 characters or less
Clinton embraced Trump's favorite social media platform on February 9, tweeting "3-0" after three judges unanimously halted Trump's ban on the entry of residents from certain Muslim-majority nations.
Day 27: Dining with her "Saturday Night Live" impersonator
Day 42 and beyond: Speaking to students
Day 43: Reading some interesting news
A picture of Clinton eyeing a headline on Vice President Mike Pence's use of a private email account while serving as Indiana's governor went viral.
Day 47, 48, and 57: Speaking to more women's groups
[T]elling the crowd that she was "ready to come out of the woods," a nod to her low profile in recent months and famous hiking photos.
Day 55: Still fielding calls to run for NYC mayor
"I am looking at doing interesting things. I don't think that will include ever running for office again, as interesting as I find that to be, because I think you can have a big influence," she said.
Day 62: Gets her own whiskey vintage
As Trump's Supreme Court pick was undergoing a grilling in the Senate, a new women-owned Washington, D.C., distillery, Republic Restoratives, announced that it would release a limited batch of "Rodham Rye" — a blend of whiskies "that are stronger together than apart." Clinton's namesake whiskey was originally intended to toast the first woman president, and the distillery's owners decided to go ahead with it in honor of her historic bid.
Day 68: Defending the women who confront Trump
Day 78: Talking about why she lost
"As a person, I'm OK. As an American, I'm pretty worried," Clinton said in early April during what was billed as her first public interview since her electoral college defeat.
Day 81: Modeling shoes for Katy Perry
Day 83: Easing back into the political arena
When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rolled out a free tuition program in the state, Clinton was there to support him. "We set out to do this nationally, but thrilled that New York is getting it done," she tweeted.
Day 87: Boosting the DNC
Clinton's campaign handed over her email list to the Democratic National Committee as an in-kind donation to the party, adding 10 million new names to their roster as they prepare for the upcoming midterm elections. Meanwhile, Trump declared that he wanted an investigation into the protesters who exercised their First Amendment rights on Tax Day.
From Timm or anyone else reporting at NBC, no such love is piled on Trump. Even in its positive reporting on Clinton, the media still manages to heap negativity on a president they wish never was.
