Huh? Did she really say that?
Yep, she did!
If Kamala is elected, will Hillary be the "Deprogramming and Reeducation Czar"?
The Totalitarian Heart of Hillary Clinton
The 2016 election denier calls for “formal deprogramming” of Trump supporters.
By James Freeman
Oct. 6, 2023 5:39 pm ET
Some Republicans might regret voting for Donald Trump in 2016, but Hillary Clinton continues to ensure that most of them won’t. The first of two consecutive U.S. presidential election losers to refuse to accept the results, Mrs. Clinton has found more to deplore about American voters. She’s also giving all American voters new reason to be grateful that they never entrusted her with executive authority.
Here’s what Mrs. Clinton said in response to a question from CNN’s Christiane Amanpour about the possibility of bipartisan legislation crafted by Democrats and moderate Republicans, according to the CNN transcript:
"Well, you saw the number of Republicans who voted along with Democrats to keep the government open. So there’s clearly a common sense, sane part of the Republican caucus in the House. But I think they are intimidated. They oftentimes say and do things, which they know better than to say or do. And it will require us defeating those most extreme measures and the people who promote them in order to try to get to some common ground where people can again work together. That’s the way it used to be.
I mean, we had very strong partisan [sic] in both parties in the past and we had very bitter battles over all kinds of things, gun control and climate change and the economy and taxes. But there wasn’t this little tail of extremism wagging the dog of the Republican Party as it is today.
And, sadly, so many of those extremists, those MAGA extremists, take their marching orders from Donald Trump, who has no credibility left by any measure. He’s only in it for himself. He’s now defending himself in civil actions, criminal actions. And when do they break with him? Because at some point, maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members, but something needs to happen."
As deeply disturbing as it is for an American to speak in the manner of a Soviet thug applying “deprogramming” to those who won’t accept official beliefs, the context of the recent vote on a continuing budget resolution also suggests that Mrs. Clinton has a fairly long list of people she thinks are in need of deprogramming. Would not at least tens of millions of Americans have voted against the CR if given the chance? This column wouldn’t even bet against a solid majority of Americans finding something not to like in Washington’s latest spending frenzy.
In the CNN interview Mrs. Clinton continued to deplore Trump voters, suggesting many of them were bigots with psychological issues and then said, according to the CNN transcript:
"Whatever the reason, you know, make America great again was a bid for nostalgia to return to a place where people could be in charge of their lives, feel empowered, say what they want, insult whoever came in their way. And that was really attractive to a significant portion of the Republican base. So, it is like a cult.
And somebody has to break that momentum."
Surely everyone should try not to be as insulting as Mrs. Clinton is. But if her political agenda is to break the American notion that we should be in charge of our own lives and free to say what we want, then what else can one feel but gratitude that she never got the chance to act on this totalitarian impulse?
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