The Daily Show: Ears Edition - From the Archives: Hillary Clinton - November 1, 2017

Episode Date: April 4, 2018

Hillary Clinton talks about the FBI investigation into President Trump's campaign ties to Russia, the influence money has on politics, empowering women and "What Happened." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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you get your podcast. Please welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton. Welcome to the show. Glad to be here. So wonderful to have you. I know that you hurt your foot and I got you a gift. We're going to play it right now. Oh good. What did President Clinton or President Clinton want to be? He campaigned so close, so much for President, well Hillary Clinton.

What we should be focusing on, the continued lies of the Clinton administration. How does it make you feel, knowing that in one world you won? I've noticed this seems to be a theme with them. Right. Yes. And I can only say, if thi, if they want to say, if they want, to to the president, the president, the president, their, to to their, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their, to to to to to, so, so to, so to, so to, so to, so to, so to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, toe. toe. toe. toe. to, to, to noticed this seems to be a theme with them. Right. Yes. And I can only say if they want to make that world a reality I'm still ready. I'm still ready. You know, jokes aside though, I know there are a lot of people who wish you were president, especially on a day were president, especially on a day like today, especially on a day like yesterday.

An attack happens in New York. People want a leader to come out and not just come out, but a leader who can embody what people are feeling and speak to their fears and their concerns, someone who can pronounce diversity. When you see Donald Trump speaking, when you see his rhetoric in and around what happened, how does that make you feel and what do you think you would be doing differently? Well it's so disappointing, Trevor, because I was a senator from New York on 9-11. I was with President Obama through a lot of difficult decisions as his Secretary of State.

I obviously saw my husband responding to tragedies, attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing. And what you want in a president is what I think the three men I just mentioned delivered, and that is trying to bring the country together, talk about what happened with the event that they are concerned about, but not to point fingers, not to scapegoat, not to try to set Americans against each other. And unfortunately that just is not part of the job that our current president accepts or is willing to perform. And his immediate reaction is always to blame somebody to play to our worst feelings.

And I really regret that. You know, I take no pleasure in the kinds of behavior that we're seeing out of the White House. I worried about what kind of president he would be, but I hoped he would grow into the job and be a reconciling figure. You know, of course he can have his own point of view and push his policies. That goes with the job. Right. But not to continue to divide Americans against each other. So we saw that again. What we needed, coming out here I checked. He still hasn't talked to the mayor or the governor here in New York. He hasn't reached out to talk about what more we might need here in the city. We saw total silence after the massacre in

Las Vegas. 58 people murdered, 600 people injured. Some of them are going to be quadriplegic and other terrible consequences. He just doesn't have any empathy. And you can disagree with somebody over all kinds of partisan issues, but you want to have a president who can try to put himself into the shoes, the feelings of somebody else, and he has not been able to do that. It's interesting that you point out the divide, because in America's politics right now, it feels like the latency between an event and the politicizing has been shortened, and I mean

in terms of people fighting each other over the event, Russia has latched on to this. Yes, they have. They've found that this is one of America's biggest weaknesses. We've seen in Congress people testifying about how effectively Russia used social media. How do you think the American government and Congress in particular should be reacting to the threat from foreign nations? Well, that's why, you know, I wrote a chapter about Russia in the book because I think it's one of the most serious threats we face. I think it's an ongoing threat. It didn't start and stop in 2016. In fact, we know it's continuing.

We've seen evidence that Russian trolls and bots and agents are still fomenting discord and conflict within our country. That is classic propaganda, and the Russians are really good at it. You can ask the Europeans, they've been subjected to it for a lot longer than we have. And what I wished, and if I had been fortunate enough to be president, I would have said, look, we need an independent commission that gets to the bottom of what happened. I don't care who's involved. I don't care where it leads. We need to figure this out. We need to take steps to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect protect protect protect protect to protect protect protect protect protect protect protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to protect to need to figure this out, we need to take steps to protect our country. This is cyber warfare. You know, it's not

tanks and planes and ships, but it is a form of war and we've never had an adversary who attacked us with so few consequences and I think that's in large measure because the president is so ambivalent. I mean, he has to know, we'll find out what he knew and and how involved he was, but he had to know that people were making outreach to Russians to the highest levels of the Kremlin in order to help him to hurt me, but more importantly to sow this divisiveness. And the ads that the Congress is now releasing are very well done. And when people say, well, we can't prove it affected anything,

why would anybody spend money on advertising if you don't think it affects something? So companies spend money on advertising, political candidates do, and now we know the Russians did. So if we don't get to the bottom of it, we're not going to know what to believe, and that plays thrace to the to be to be the to be to be the to be to be to be the to be to be the to be the to be to be to be to be to be the to be to be the to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the So if we don't get to the bottom of it, we're not going to know what to believe, and that plays right into the hands of authoritarians. Because a democracy depends upon having some common factual basis on which to make decisions. And in the absence of that, then people will tear each other apart

because they will be living in echo chambers where what they hear is what they think is the truth and somebody else over here has their own echo chamber. It will be even more difficult to bring our country together in that kind of circumstance. When you look at the conversations in the echo chambers, one popular narrative that has been the Clinton dossier. The documents involving Donald Trump and P which has now come out as a document that the DNC and your campaign works to pay for. Now people say Hillary is there a difference between your team paying for this

opposition research and Donald Trump's people working with the Russians to influence the election. Is there a difference? Of course there is. And you know I think most serious people understand that. This was research started by a Republican donor during the Republican primary and then when trumpan nomination for the Republican, the people doing it came to my campaign lawyer and said, you know, would you like us to continue it? And he said yes, he's an experienced lawyer, he knows what the law is, he knows what opposition research is. And you know, from my perspective, it didn't come out before the election, as we all know, and what also didn't come out, which I think is an even bigger problem as I write in the book, is th, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you th, you th, you th, you th, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thr- thr-a, thro. thro. thro. thro. thro. thro. thro. thi. thi. thi. thi, th all know. And what also didn't come out, which I think is an even bigger problem, as I write in

the book, is that the American people didn't even know that the FBI was investigating the Trump campaign because of connections with Russia, starting in the summer of 2016. So I know that voters should have had that information, that's something that may have influenced some people. And it's part of what happens in a campaign where you get information that may or may not be useful and you try to make sure anything you put out in the public arena is accurate. So this thing didn't come out until after the election and it's still being evaluated, but the fact of the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia should have come

out. I'm enjoying this conversation, so we're going to have more of it. We'll be right back with more from Hillary Rodham Clinton right after this. Welcome back to the Daily Show. We're here with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Now, real quick, we just found this out in the break. I guess from your mouth you said Donald Trump was beaten up for not speaking to DiBlazio or Governor Como and it literally just broke that Trump finally came out and spoke to them so I think

you need to say more things that Donald Trump should do. It's like a magic trick. It's a good idea. It's like, I'm glad he did. That's good. Does it feel frustrating sometimes, as somebody who has always been in the service of people in this country, seeing somebody like Donald Trump working to dismantle everything? At some point, to be honest, it feels spiteful.

Everything Obama did, Donald Trump wants to do the opposite. Like at some point I'm going, he's just going to go like divorce Michelle. Like he's going to do it himself. And my White House. Yes. Right, exactly. Yeah, as they like to say. Look, I think there is a lot a a a a lot the't think it's just against President Obama, although that is his primary target.

He's going back and trying to undo or frankly ignore things that were done by prior presidents. My biggest concern right now are two-fold. Health care. You know, the health care exchanges, enrollment starts today. And so people who need health care should go the health care exchanges enrollment starts today and so people who need health care should go to uh... health dot go and sign up to get uh... insurance because they would like it

to just be denied for people so we can't let that happen the other thing is the children's health insurance program something i worked on in the nineties it was bipartisan nine million kids a year get their health care from it they haven't reauthorized it they don't don't don't don't don't don't don't don't the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the teoooooooo. toldldeo to to to their their their their their their their the 90s. It was bipartisan. Nine million kids a year get their health care from it. They haven't reauthorized it. They don't seem to understand or care that all these kids and their families are really at risk. So I think that people who follow these issues have to be much more outspoken. And yes, he's going to try to undo, I'm afraid, much of the 20th century at the rate we're going here and we can't let that happen. When you look at something like health care, the ACA, aka Obamacare, you write in the book and it really is an interesting dilemma that you faced where you were trying to start

something new. This was the promise of what Hillary Clinton would try and do in office. At the same time, you had this responsibility to preserve the legacy of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. It comes with its pros and its cons, one of them being the Affordable Care Act. Many people in the swing states were on that cusp of earning a certain amount of money.

And I believe it was your husband who even said, this is a horrible system where some people are just there, yet they're getting drilled by their premiums. If you were the president, if you had gone on to win, what would you be doing now to work on fixing the Affordable Care Act as it stands? Because it's not perfect but what would you be doing to fix it? Well you know Trevor what was so interesting is that for seven years the Republican Party said, repeal and replace. And then they get control of the White House and the Congress, and they look at each other and say, just kidding. What do we do now? Because it was a carefully constructed act.

And I really applauded President Obama and his team, as well as congressional leaders. And it got us to 90% of universal coverage. We had 10% to go. So you're 100% accurate in describing the dilemma I found myself in. It would be a lot easier to go out and say, oh forget what was done, let's do something brand new and start from scratch. Or on the other side, it was terrible, let's get rid of it. I'm going to do something wonderful, but I won't tell you what it is. And so I, I, I, I'll all, I'll all, I'll all, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to say, to to say, to say, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to, to to, to, the, the, the, the, to, the, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. th. th. th. the. th. the. the. the. to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thi, thi, to,'m going to do something wonderful, but I won't tell you what it is. And so I... Can I just say you're really good at that? You should have done that more after that.

You were really good. I felt like I was in the midst of the first reality TV campaign. Right, you were. And he was the first reality TV candidate, and I was the candidate of reality. And you know, that is, I is is is is is is is is is is is that is that is that is that is that is that is not as entertaining right? It was a challenge all the way through. There was a big challenge for you as well and this is something that I people want to fight and it's hard to deny but there is a big part of this that did have to deal with misogyny and now I'm not saying everyone who voted against you

because they didn't like that you were a woman, but I know from covering it even on the show, we had people who would say, Hillary cannot be president, we can't have a woman as president. I like women but not in the White House. When you look at misogyny and you write about in the book and sexism, it does feel like since the election there has been a backlash. And I'm referring obviously like to the Harvey Weinstein scandal and to what's happening people even in Congress speaking out now. Do you see a positive shift in a direction that we need to be going in? How do you see the landscape as it stands as really someone who experienced it I think a thousandfold more than anyone? I am

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There were obviously pictures, photographs of you and Harvey Weinstein, and so people went, Hillary, this person, like many other people, raised money for you, which means you supported Harvey Weinstein in everything. Now, look, I'm not going to waste your time with that because I understand it's ridiculous. What I would like to know though is, this was a question that was asked to many people is, did anyone ever raise any concerns to you about Harvey Weinstein? No. No, and it was really upsetting and shocking.

And I felt, you know, that so many people who had been in democratic politics for many years had known him in one capacity, but not in the other. And so I do think that it's very important that more women step forward and describe their experiences. But I also am in a picture with Donald Trump, and he's on tape confessing to sexual assault with the Hollywood Access tape. So this is a pervasive problem that has to be dealt with and more women have to be given the support they need that they can come forward because I've talked to some of these young women over the years

who have been facing these kinds of, you know, difficult choices. And, you know, maybe now with these revelations coming out, more people will feel emboldened, and most importantly, the spotlight will shine on people who will think twice about doing some of these terrible things that they are reported to have done. When you look at the role of money in politics, because that's what it all ties back into.. th th th th. th. the th. the their to their to their to be to be to be to be to be to their toe their toe their thi thi. thi. toe toe to be to be to be to be thes that they are reported to have done. When you look at the role of money in politics because that's what it all ties back into, there is something to be said for how politicians in America are unfortunately tied to the money. Do you ever see a future where that goes away? Is there ever a

time or a place where you can see somebody in Congress or, you know, in the Capitol building saying, guys, let's shut it all down, no more money in politics, let's go back to people choosing what laws should govern them. You know, I thought we were on the right track. When I was in the Senate, I voted for something called the McCain-Fingold bill, which was an attempt to rein in money. But the Republicans took it to the Supreme the Supreme, the Supreme, the Supreme, the Supreme, the Supreme, to, to, the, the, toe, the, toe, their, the toe, their, their, their, their, their, their, tooke, tooke, their, tooke, their, tooke, tooke, their, tooke, tooke, tooke, tooke, tooke, tooke, tooke, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the, the, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, their, toe, their, their, their, tho, their, too, too, toge, too, too, tooomorrow, tooomorrow, toe, tooomorrow, toe, toe, their, their,, but the Republicans took it to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court, in a series of decisions, ending with a horrible decision called Citizens United, basically said money is speech and we're not going to regulate it.

And we're going to let people not only give large amounts of money, but we're not even going to require that they disclose it if they do it in a certain way. It was one of the worst decisions in American history and I was the first recipient of what that meant because that decision was in 2013 so the campaign in 2016 was the first where money had no limits and very right-wing billionaire types were out there raising money, putting money into data operations, putting money into ads, doing things that really did influence voters, and it was the first time combined with that, the Voting Rights Act wasn't protecting the fundamental sacred right to vote so voter suppression was at work and I detail that in the book because look I'm not running for

anything what I'm trying to do is to get people to pay attention to what happened in twenty sixteen because it will happen again more and more people particularly young people and african Americans will be squeezed out of voting because of onerous ID requirements. More and more money will be flooding into all these races, not just at the national level, but state and local races because there is a group of people who know exactly what they want. They want to pursue their partisan, commercial, ideological, and religious objectives. And they know the way to do that is just to flood the zone with they want. They want to pursue their partisan, commercial, ideological, and

religious objectives. And they know the way to do that is just to flood the zone with money. So I sit in the campaign and I believe this and I'm certainly going to see if there's a way to do this. We have to amend our Constitution because I don't think this court will overturn Citizens United and these other cases. And if people really care, as we should, about money and politics, we need to get an amendment which says, yes, you can regulate money and you can put limits on it. And you can't just give a blank check to these powerful interests. And I don't know anybody in politics except, you know, the most right-oriented,

free speech equals money people who wouldn't say thank goodness let's get it out let's get it regulated because what we're doing now is selling our elections far far too often to people who just are going to pour the money in and distort reality make up stuff engage in false attacks before I let you go one question I was asked repeatedly was, please ask Hillary what her message would be to every woman out there, especially every young woman, going, I see you and I saw a dream. I saw that dream rise and I saw it shatter.

Do I still dream for the same? And how do you continue to dream after what happened to you? I could ask this a lot. You know, as I've been going around, I've been signing books. I've probably shaken hands with and talked to 10,000 people in lines at book signings. I've talked to thousands more in events, th, th, th, th, thin, thin, and thin, and thin, and thin, and I, and thans about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about the events, the events, their their thi-anets, thia' thanks, the books about about thanks, to 10,000 people in lines at book signings. I've talked to thousands more in events about the book. And I say what I said in my concession speech. Never ever doubt that fighting for what is right is worth it.

Is it hard? Do you sometimes feel that nobody is listening? Are there setback? Yes, that goes with the territory. But don't give up on your dreams and do everything you can not only to chase your dreams but to help others realize theirs as well. And when it comes to little girls I really tried to make a point in the concession speech of telling them, you know, use your voice. Don't be shut down. Don't be told that you have nothing to say. I think it's important that we start really early in childhood with our little girls and boys because I believe in equality, I believe in

opportunity for everybody. I believe in hard work and responsibility. And we have a culture that too often sends very damaging messages so that by the time girls are six, they think, well, boys are smarter than they are. They've just started school. There's no basis on which to believe that. By the time they're in their early teens, they're being told, they're not tall enough. They're not not thoes thoes thoes, tho, tho, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tho, tho, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thea, the. So, the. So, the. So, the. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, theeeeea. So, thea. thea. So, by by by theea. thea. thi. So, by by thi. So, by thi.they're not tall enough, they're not thin enough, they aren't good enough, their social media life isn't interesting enough, and maybe they're even being bullied.

So we need a concerted effort in our society to stand up for young women who are just starting out, trying to decide what they want to do. And we need laws, some of which we have, others of which we could use, to make sure that they're not th th th th th th th th th their th, th, th, their th, th, th, their, th, th, th, th, th, th, and th, and th, and th, th, and th, and th. And, thi, thi, thi, and thi, tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and, and, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi. And, thi, th.... And, th.... And, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, and, the, and, and, the, and, the, and, and, theeeeeei. And, and, theiiiii. And, thei. use, to make sure that they're not discriminated against, and that they do get equal pay for equal work and all the other ideas that I believe in. But ultimately, Trevor, this has to come down to mothers and fathers and grandparents and aunts and uncles and teachers, all making clear we won't let anybody bully you. We are not going to tolerate bullying, we're not going to tolerate insults and the kind of personal attacks. We are not going to let you have your self-image decided by what you see

on social media which we know is manipulated and oftentimes out of whack with what is really going on in somebody's life and we're going to give you the best chance to be confident and resilient. And we're going to give you the best chance to be confident and resilient. And then, you know, get out there and follow those dreams and do the best you can to make your life one of purpose and meaning and have some fun with it along the way. Have some fun with it along the way.

Thank you so much for being on the tril. What happened is available now. Can we run attention everybody? We'll be right back. One of the most fascinating parts of the book for me was when you talked about the future of the Democratic Party. It's no secret that the Democratic Party has hemorrhaged in many different states in many different ways. How do you begin rebuilding?

Where do you start? Well, I think you have to do three things all at once. You do have to recruit people to actually run for office at all levels. Part of the reason we hemorrhaged is that we didn't have enough people who actually put themselves out there. And they didn't run run local offices, which are off in the pipeline to higher offices. And that's why I'm thrilled to see so many people saying they're interested, and I'm going to do everything I can to help them. I think secondly, we have to not only stand for our beliefs and our values,

but don't walk away from what makes us Democrats. And here's what I mean by that. We believe in a fair economy that is inclusive and provides opportunity for everybody. And we have some pretty good ideas about how to do that. Contrary to the Republicans and particularly this administration, who want to slash taxes disastrously on the very wealthiest instead of building up public education and job training and skills training and infrastructure and affordable housing and things that will actually give more people a better chance. So while the economic agenda is

key and something I talked about all the time we're also not going to walk away from human rights and civil rights and women's rights and gay rights and stand up for People's inherent dignity, right so I think you have to have that together There are some who say well, you know forget the economy or oh forget all the human rights and other fundamental values. No goes hand in hand. So so so so to that then looking at the races that are coming up in 2018, right. There is a big discussion in what the Democratic Party should stand for. As Hillary Clinton, you do have a voice,

as much as some people would like you not to, you do. You have a powerful voice that means. Looking at some of these races, looking at the arguments on people have, they go, well, maybe we should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should their their the arguments some people have they go well maybe we should loosen what being a Democrat means. Would you as Hillary Clinton support a democratic candidate who says that they are pro-life and they're not pro-choice? We have democratic office holders who say that and I think that there has to be a a big tent. I write about that in the book. Where I would draw the line is yes I believe that this most thi. thi th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th I thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the their their thi. their their their their their their their their their their their. their their. their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their treeeateateateateat. truea. truea. truea. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. I their their their their their the big tent. I write about that in the book. Where I would draw the line is, yes, I believe that this most intimate of decisions should be rooted in your personal faith, your personal views, your understanding of your life, your health, and all that goes with it.

Abortion is at the lowest rate it's been since 1973 when Roe v. Wade was decided. So we are doing something right by helping people, and long comes the Trump administration and they say, we're going to cut back on family planning and birth control. How cruel is that? So I think we were on the right track, and I think that I'm for people,

we have Democrats who are much more pro-n than I am I think we should be you know trying to ban bump stocks and prevent what happened in Las Vegas with the murder of 58 people and wounding of 600 people right so you can have differences of opinion and yet at the same time not want to legislate or litigate changes that would deprive people of their life and livelihood. Final question with regards to that. Looking at the Democratic Party now, looking at Hillary Clinton, one thing far too many people say, and I have my own opinions on this, is why won't you just go away?

Right? This is... I don't know. This is what people say. I honestly have my own views and, you know, I related to my mom and things people have said to her, but I, when you hear that, like I say, I have my idea on where it comes from.

How do you feel and what does it make you want to do? Write a book explaining what happened and come on your the show, the show, the show, the show, the show, to, the show, and to, and the show, and to the show, and to the show, and to the show, and their to their to their tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I say, I say, I say, I say, I say, I say, I say, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I tho, I tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and their tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tha, tha, tha, tha, thaugh, tha, tha, tho, tho, thoes, tho, their their does it make you want to do? Write a book explaining what happened and come on your show and other places. You know, some of it is just rank sexism. Let's just be honest about it. I never heard anybody say that to Al Gore or John Kerry or John McCain or Mitt Romney, all the men who lost elections in the last 17, 18 years. So some of it is just that. Some of it I will say is, I, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and th, and th, and come, and th, and th, and th, and come, and come, and come, and th, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and come, and th, and th th th, and come on th, and come on th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and the men who lost elections in the last 17-18 years. So some of it is just that. Some of it, I will say, is media guilt.

You know, when they now have to face the way they covered this campaign, and the fact that they didn't pay any attention to policies, which, you know, I thought would be important and spend a lot of time saying okay here's what we're gonna do on an infrastructure plan is what I do to improve the Affordable Care Act and everything I worked on. They were so totally entranced by the reality TV element of it and the entertainment value of it that I'm told and some members of the press have privately said to me look they missed it they th it. They thought I was going to win so they could beat up on me without consequence. And they didn't really stand up against a lot of the ridiculous lies and accusations against me. So I think there's that. And then thirdly, I think

there are people who are genuinely worried that, you know, we've got to make room for new voices. That's why I'm supporting candidates and causes I believe in and yet a lot of these people who are Primarily young people just getting started. They've got tremendous energy. They're not going to get on your show. I am and so I'm going to say We need to stand up for our fundamental values. We need to be promoting and electing people who care about the American public, who are not in it for self-enrichment, who are not in it to have a spite match with former President Obama, who did a great job and is now being mistreated by his successor. So, okay, I can get that voice out there, and I'm going to keep talking.

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