I think the whole “allowed” thing goes back to the “teams of people” thing. The “teams of people” are the ones who got her where she is. Not her staff, not people working for her, but the people she works for; the Republican political machine that is really responsible for her position.
She didn’t organize a “team” of underlings to do her will and gain her seat in the House. This is not a person with the capability to navigate the political process on her own. This is not a person with the wherewithal to navigate the real world. She’s a character chosen to appeal to a very limited range of voters; the equivalent of a corporate spokesperson chosen for a part by a focus group in an audition.
Now she’s upset that they “allowed” her to say the things she said. What she was doing in that moment of her speech was dropping the curtain and letting us see how the process got her where she is, instead of keeping up the lie that she is some sort of political power herself. I think her whole political career is the worst kind of viral marketing scheme.
