Hillary Clinton: Democrats 'Cannot be Civil' with Republicans, Must Get 'Tougher'
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Hillary Clinton said America can only become civil again if Democrats win back the House and Senate this November.
"You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about," Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour. "That's why I believe, if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and or the Senate, that's when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing that the Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength."
Clinton accused the Republican Party of being power hungry, spreading lies, and playing dirty.
"I remember what they did to me for 25 years - the falsehoods, the lies, which unfortunately people believe because the Republicans have put a lot of time, money, and effort in promoting them," Clinton said. "So when you're dealing with an ideological party that is driven by the lust for power, that is funded by corporate interests who want a government that does its bidding, it's -- you can be civil, but you can't overcome what they intend to do unless you win elections."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted the former Secretary of State after her interview and accused radical Democrats of harassing people with whom they disagree.
"She told CNN exactly how she views millions of Americans who hold different political views than her own," McConnell said during a Senate floor speech. "No peace until they get their way? More of these unhinged tactics? Apparently, these are the left's rallying cry."
McConnell criticized protesters who swarmed the Capitol and harassed Senators during the confirmation process of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Protestors also chased Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his wife out of a nearby restaurant for his support of Kavanaugh. Meanwhile, a former Democratic staffer is accused of leaking the personal information of several senators a few weeks ago.
"Far left activists decided that the United States Senate and their members should be harassed and intimidated wherever they might be. In a restaurant, with family, getting out of their own car or in their own home," McConnell said. "Protesters disregarded the men and women of the Capitol Police and the Supreme Court, climbed on states and tried to literally shout down senators right in the middle of a roll call vote."
Jason Yates, the CEO of My Faith Votes, tells CBN News that it's time for Americans to respect the dignity of those they disagree with politically.
"This confirmation hearing has both revealed and magnified the political divide in our nation, and it's affecting every area of our lives, including the church. We just need to really step back and recognize that we can't allow the political environment to affect how we live out our faith, how we network and involve...in relationship with our neighbors, our communities," he said.
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I think it is possible for Democrats and Republicans to be civil to one another, but not while Trump is around. The Republicans, in their boot licking fealty to Trump, have debased their brand and their behavior to the point where it will take a total purge of trumpism to get them back to the point they can be even slightly respected.
trump is not the reason we think like we do.
our ideology was carved in stone decades before trump ran for office.
if you think trump is the key? you are so very wrong here.
the truth is simple john.
ya'll had your fun but now, progressive / anarchists are done running this country.
the more the left lashes out, the faster they lose what's left of the left.
do us a favor.... stay "with her bs till the very very end OK?
So you have been an asshole for a long time then?
She is right, that is the most frustrating thing about the Democrats, they try to play by one set of rules while no one else is. I say let them be just a dirty as the GOP, fuck it. Our politics and government in general is a joke anyhow. Money rules all, nothing else actually matters in this country.
Hillary is the gift that keeps on giving. Whatever extra votes the GOP gets because of the liberal mobs, the Kavanaugh debacle and zero fresh ideas from the left, Hillary will just add to the pile.
That I can agree with.
They aren't smart though.
Face it guys, the reality is that many of us out here don't think this is going to end well for either side....
They are going to spread the hate until the great unwashed middle of america take up arms to settle both sides bullshit.
Unfortunately the truth is always that the big people (in their own minds) start it and it's the little people (those that MTOB) that have to stand up to finish it.
The one historical fact that both sides are loosing cognizance of?
It's not the whiners and complainers that make this country great, it's those that take it and take it until they have had enough....
Then they finish it for both sides.......
Haven't heard the shot heard round the world yet, and Fort Sumter hasn't been fired on yet, but it is coming....
Just a matter of time