but having to walk back comments twice over the course of a few days in response to such an important crisis doesn't reflect confidence and assertiveness to me. With regard to the "give them space to destroy" comment - all she had to say was "I misspoke" - but she blamed the media and claimed that she never said what she actually said. And the "thugs" comment seemed to be only walked back due to public pressure. So I question whether that she really feels that the word 'thug' was wrong or if she's caving to public pressure.




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