In order to attend a recent Hillary Clinton presidential campaign event in Ohio, voters were required to sign a loyalty pledge, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter.
Salena Zito, a staff writer and editorial page columnist for the Tribune-Review, posted a copy of the pledge to Twitter and said it was a requirement for those wishing to attend the event in Cleveland, Ohio over the weekend.
"I [signed] commit to vote for Hillary Clinton," the pledge begins.
Hillary Has Millennials sign loyalty pledge in order to attend #cleveland event https://t.co/NJshGnYt4p pic.twitter.com/XwqLONkz3g
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) September 7, 2015Signatories can than pledge to commit from a list of boxes "any that applies" which includes volunteering on a college campus, hosting a grassroots fundraiser, attend an organizing meeting and collecting signatures.
In a column for Real Clear Politics, Zito wrote that the former secretary of state "misses the mark with Millennials" and displayed a "fundamental inability to read her audience and adjust her speech — or perhaps laziness, or a sense of entitlement that she shouldn't have to work this hard for support."
"I am sort of a Bernie (Sanders) fan. I also had nothing else to do at 10 in the morning," Brian Miller, a chemical engineering student from Pittsburgh, told the reporter prior to the event.
"I am here for Bill. He would definitely liven things up here," David Lituchy, from West Virginia, told Zito.
Hillary flails at Millennials event in Cleveland my Sunday column https://t.co/NJshGnYt4p pic.twitter.com/tdAGrFNfjO
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) September 7, 2015That's not how this generation works. @HillaryClinton and her team should know better https://t.co/m46dWUTREJ
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) September 7, 2015Hillary totally gets the kids. Candidate of the future right there.
https://t.co/sADeMjxQyI
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 7, 2015Oh God, I just noticed the "To file by mail:" at the bottom. https://t.co/MyNB6BuoUx
— Kristen S Anderson (@KSoltisAnderson) September 7, 2015These kids were laughing at them https://t.co/iiSjwdEDA0
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) September 7, 2015Millennials can't even commit to a phone for more than 3 months https://t.co/PCV6ebIfg7
— Jester (@quaintjester) September 7, 2015Clinton has been slipping in recent polls, especially in New Hampshire where she is polling behind Sanders, her fellow Democratic opponent. Although he hasn't officially announced a presidential run, Vice President Joe Biden isn't too far behind. Another recent poll showed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump leading Clinton.
