Failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday praised the legislative accomplishments of President Biden while appearing to claim that everyday Americans didn’t understand or “appreciate” them.
During an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Clinton complained about the successful “exploiting” of social media misinformation by Republicans, blaming the lack of “gatekeepers” and “people with a historic perspective” to help Americans understand what they were seeing.
“You know, democracy is messy. You know, a lot of people got, oh I think, kind of frustrated looking at the messy process of legislation. And they didn’t really appreciate that, within a year, the Biden administration has passed two major pieces of legislation through both the House and the Senate,” Clinton said, referencing the coronavirus relief bill and the infrastructure bill that were both signed into law this year.
She also mentioned the massive Democrat-backed social spending bill that passed the House last week but has almost no chance of passing in its current form in the Senate.
“By any measure those are extraordinary accomplishments … But because of the way we are getting our information today, and because of the lack of gatekeepers and people who have a historic perspective who can help us understand what we are seeing, there is a real vulnerability in the electorate to the kind of demagoguery and disinformation that, unfortunately, the other side is really good at exploiting,” she added.
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Clinton’s comments drew some backlash, including conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
“If you are Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or someone who actually wants to see America go a completely different direction, this regime is doing a good job,” he fired back in a recent interview with Fox News’ Judge Jeanine.
“If you want to the government to be more powerful, if you want the ruling class to remain untouched, then this regime is hitting it out of the ballpark. But if you care about normal things — Is it easier to have kids? Is it easier to build a family? Can you afford Thanksgiving? Can you buy Christmas gifts? — then of course this administration is failing miserably.”
“But Hillary Clinton has always been focused on the fundamental transformation agenda. And if it’s actually what you’re concerned about, then I guess you can say Biden is succeeding but only if you want what’s worse for America,” he continued.
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This is an excerpt from Fox News.
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