Hillary Clinton criticized former President Trump’s influence on GOP lawmakers regarding the border deal, labeling his actions as “authoritarian.”
She expressed surprise at the Republicans’ compliance with Trump’s demands, stating that they seemed to prefer having a problem at the border rather than a solution.
“I was in the Senate for eight years, and I know some of the people that are still there. I know they don’t believe this,” Clinton said.
“And why they continue to give in to him, I don’t understand. I think that the border security would have been a very good time to stand up to Trump and say ‘You’ve been talking about it. We’re delivering for you, Mr. President,’ and go from there.”
Clinton also discussed the potential removal of Trump from the ballot, expressing a preference for his defeat in the upcoming election while acknowledging the constitutional complexities involved.
“Frankly, the Democrats gave up a lot to support the Republican request for greater security, which I favored actually. And then at the last minute to have Donald Trump tell people who are independently elected in their states and have an obligation to represent their constituents and their conscience, that they had to stop trying to solve the problem and go back to letting it fester for his own political purposes was pretty shocking to me,” Clinton said.
“There were a few profiles in courage for a little while. People standing up and say, ‘What are you talking about? We want to solve this problem. That’s why we’re sent to Washington.’ But then they capitulated and honestly, it shows a real danger that Trump poses where it doesn’t matter whether you have a bipartisan agreement to solve a problem or not,” she said. “If he wants it for political purposes, then he tries to and succeeds in blowing it up. That is what authoritarians do and that’s yet another reason why we can’t let them anywhere near the White House again.”
“I think it’d be better if he were just roundly defeated,” Clinton said. “But on the other hand, I also don’t think it’s wise to ignore the Constitution. So it’s a really difficult problem that he has created for the courts and for states.”
She emphasized Trump’s disregard for the Constitution and national security, highlighting the need to address his actions through both electoral defeat and legal processes.
“We’re in this mess because we have a man who cares nothing about our Constitution, cares nothing about our country, cares nothing about real national security. All he cares about is himself. That’s all he cares about. Cares about his own power, his own prestige, his own standing. And how do you say, ‘Wait a minute, this is not permitted within our system,'” Clinton said.
“As I said, I would be perfectly satisfied if we beat him, both in the popular vote and in the Electoral College as Joe Biden did so convincingly in 2020, but we also have laws, and that’s what courts are for. They have to interpret those laws.”
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