Twice-failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has sparked fire from the left after telling voters dissatisfied with the rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden to “get back on their feet.”
Clinton’s comments came during an appearance on the show. tonight show Monday with host Jimmy Fallon.
When asked about American voters being upset about choosing between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton replied:
“Get over yourself. Those two things.”
I’m really glad she learned her lesson from her 2016 loss.pic.twitter.com/odJl8XJ8Ei
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) April 2, 2024
“Get over yourself. Those are the two choices… And you know, some people are old and capable and compassionate and have a heart and really care about people. It’s like a person is elderly and charged with 91 felonies,” the former first lady said.
“I don’t understand why this is a difficult choice,” she added.
However, Clinton’s sharp remarks have drawn criticism from the left.
Democratic strategist Mark Longabaugh Said of hill The moment highlighted Clinton’s tendency to be “out of tune,” she said. It is noteworthy that in September 2016, two months before that year’s election, then-Democratic presidential candidate Clinton said, “To put it in very general terms, I would say half of Trump’s supporters are… You can put it in the basket of deplorable people,” he said. She kept losing elections.
Longborg continued: hill:
“I don’t know if that’s the most effective way to win disaffected Democrats and young voters back to Joe Biden. It really isn’t,” Longabaugh said.
“Young people want inspiration, but they don’t want to be preached to,” he added. “The way to win them back is not to wag the finger at them, but to talk about Biden’s great work on climate change and his work to protect women’s right to choose.”
Zeeshan Aleem, a columnist for the far-left MSNBC, said on Tuesday: emphasized Clinton has a “responsibility to address the questions of her constituents in a way that is relevant to them,” she said, similar to the role that Biden’s surrogates must play.
“Not only did she not do it, she didn’t seem interested,” he added, opining that the comment lacked “empathy” and “bordered on contempt.”
he wrote:
The core problem with Clinton’s communication style is a lack of empathy. Polls show Biden is struggling with the same problems as in 2016. He has a high likability rating and is in almost the same position as Trump. Not only has Clinton failed to address the reasons why some segments of the public may find both candidates outrageously offensive, she seems unwilling to understand them. “Stop it” and “I don’t understand” are not messages of persuasion. Also, you are not qualified to ignite the base. They are borderline disrespectful.
The former first lady’s comments come as Democrats and Biden have problems with young voters for a variety of reasons. A Gallup poll released Monday found the Biden economy is the top issue for 47% of voters ages 18 to 29. In 2020, just 11% of this cohort rated the economy as their biggest issue.
Furthermore, divisions on the left over Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war are widespread, jeopardizing the president’s re-election.This disparity is most evident among young Americans, many of whom have A Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday found people have more sympathy for Gazans than for Israelis.
Democrats under 30 are primarily driving this trend, with 47% saying they have sympathy for Palestinians, compared to just 7% who say they sympathize with Israelis. . Additionally, 23% have equal empathy for both Israelis and Palestinians. Among young Republicans, 28% identify more with Israel, 12% identify more with Palestinians, and 24% identify equally with both.
This trend reverses for all respondents over 65, with 47 percent of the demographic sympathetic to Israel and 9 percent sympathetic to Palestinians, highlighting a generational shift in outlooks on Israel.Democratic President Harry Truman “was the first world leader to formally recognize Israel as a legitimate Jewish state, on May 14, 1948, just 11 minutes after its founding,” the Truman Library said. Note.
The poll was conducted between February 13th and 15th among 12,693 American adults.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators confronted Clinton in New York City on Wednesday night, the Post Millennial newspaper reported. report Friday.
In a video the outlet reshared from X user @taliaotg, a man can be heard saying, “Hillary Clinton, hi!” Has someone ever told you, “You’re a super predator”? ”
“You call yourself a feminist? Women are dying in Gaza, you cowards!”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confronted anti-genocide protesters on Wednesday night after hosting another fundraiser for Biden in New York.
“Has anyone ever told you that you’re a superpredator?” pic.twitter.com/TdcV1Z2cg0
— Talia Jane ❤️🔥 (@taliaotg) April 4, 2024
A woman is heard saying, “Hillary Clinton, you are responsible for genocide. You are responsible for genocide.” You are responsible for the atrocities! You are literally helping to facilitate the genocide of Palestinians. What on earth do you want to say to yourself? ”
In the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, Biden declared, “We stand with Israel.” Since then, pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protests have taken place at the White House, Democratic National Committee headquarters and last week in New York City, where Mr. Biden’s flamboyant elitist It was also rolled out at fundraisers and along the planned motorcade route to the State of the Union address. March.
The president is currently walking a tightrope as he tries to hold together a coalition of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian Democrats who are watching his every policy move. And Aleem says Clinton’s comments don’t do him any favors on this point.
“Expressing bewilderment to those who believe Biden is complicit in genocide will only fuel further backlash from those who believe protest voting and intentional abstention is the right thing to do,” he wrote.
And after Mr. Clinton failed to allay voters’ concerns, Mr. Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Hamas-Israel war. , this action could hurt its standing with pro-Israel Democrats.
