July 3rd - Week 5

      This Sunday, I viewed the show Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, although this week, Shannon Bream filled in for Chris. The week, guests included California Senator Xavier Becerra and California Representative Devin Nunes. The pundits were Brit Hume, Senior political analyst for FOX, Heidi Przybyla, for USA Today, Charles Lane, journalist for The Washington Post, and Scott Brown, former Senator for Massachusetts. Topics discussed on the show included the meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch, new Benghazi information, and terrorism attacks in different parts of the world. I will be focusing on the first two topics, since I feel they have clear opinions from both parties, and the topics somewhat are related.
      I will first discuss the impromptu meeting between former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch. They both happened to be at a Phoenix airport, so Bill asked Lynch to talk with her, and they had a private meeting for 30 minutes. Their meeting is raising questions, because the FBI is currently running an investigation on Hillary for her exchange of emails, which Loretta will make the final decision of Hillary's indictment. Democrats believe Lynch and Bill's meeting will not affect how Lynch will look at the investigation from the FBI. It now looks like Hillary will not receive any punishment for the email scandal, which is why Democrats are saying the meeting was "impromptu" and only to have a social conversation. On the Republican side, people say the meeting has tainted the investigation and Lynch's final decision. Scott Brown stated that Lynch agreeing to the meeting was a "rookie mistake." This mistake could drastically affect the race and where Hillary stands. The Republican party also thinks that Bill pulling Lynch aside to have a private meeting was a mistake and could possibly ruin this political race for Hillary, if she is indited. I personally believe the meeting was not a coincidence and will result in an unfair handling of the investigation on Lynch's part.
       Tying into the above topic, Fox News Sunday also discussed a new Benghazi report and Hillary Clinton's exchange of federal emails over a private email server. Starting with the Republican perspective, people are seriously doubting how trustworthy Clinton is to be president. When she sent classified information over email, she put her personal agenda and convenience before the federal laws. She put our nation's security in danger, which is a crime and should be investigated as one. Moving to the Democratic side, Hillary has claimed that the emails she sent were retroactively determined as classified or "secret," but not until after the emails were sent. Democrats believe she should not be held accountable for breaking any federal security laws. But, it has been proven that 110 emails in 52 emails chains were determined classified at the time Clinton sent them, debunking her original statement. Onto the Benghazi issue, the ninth investigation of the Benghazi attacks recently sent out reports of what they found. Senator Xavier Becerra, who is a Democrat, says that no new information has been found in this ninth investigation. He constantly told Bream that her information was not new, and he said people were trying to put blame on soldiers who were sent out to the attack sites hours after. Republicans respond by saying the new investigation proves Hillary lied about aspects of the Benghazi issue. This means Republicans believe Hillary knew about the security breaches in the emails and failed to do anything about it when she had the opportunity to do so.
      In conclusion, much of recent politics has been revolving around Clinton and the FBI investigations. Personally, due to the several investigations surrounding Hillary and her scandals, I think she has had too many allegations against her for me to trust her. Most Republicans and I do not feel comfortable with her as president because all the "drama" she would bring to the White House. As for the Democrats, it seems most members of the party seem to believe the cases against her are unjust and should not be trialed or investigated. I predict the next few days of investigation will be rocky, but I am anxious to hear the final decision and how it will affect the race.