The Clinton campaign claimed the small crowds were intentional. Reporters actually bought this. “We’ve gone into the less populous areas for a reason,” said Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri, insisting they were targeting key voters who just happened to live in sparsely populated regions. In the rare cases when mainstream American news outlets even mentioned the seeming lack of enthusiasm for the Democratic campaign, they dismissed it with bizarre tautologies. “Trump is trying to get massive crowds,” explained Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. “So no one should be
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