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    Hillary Clinton speaks to the audience at the annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers ( Jeff Swensen/Getty Images )

    Hillary Clinton has launched a fresh attack on President Donald Trump, claiming American democracy is in crisis under his presidency – though not because of it.

    In a recently released afterward to What Happened – Ms Clinton’s memoir chronicling her 2016 loss to Mr Trump – the former Democratic candidate claims the president has “sunk far below the already-low bar he set for himself in his ugly campaign”.

    “The administration’s malevolence may be constrained on some fronts – for now – by its incompetence,” she writes in the afterward, published on Monday in the Atlantic. “But our democratic institutions and traditions are under siege. We need to do everything we can to fight back.”

    Among other things, Ms Clinton claims the president has assailed American democracy by attacking the rule of law, waging a “war on truth and reason”, and undermining national unity with his racially charged statements.

    But Ms Clinton blames this “assault on our democracy” not on Mr Trump, but on members of his party. Right-wing billionaires, she writes, have spread misinformation and paranoia, while Republican politicians have demonised Democrats and demeaned the government.

    “Whether it was abusing the filibuster and stealing a Supreme Court seat, gerrymandering congressional districts to disenfranchise African Americans, or muzzling government climate scientists, Republicans were undermining American democracy long before Trump made it to the Oval Office,” she writes.

    Mr Trump has launched his own share of criticism at his former campaign rival since the election, referring to her frequently as “Crooked Hillary” and urging his Justice Department to investigate her for colluding with Russia, among other alleged crimes.

    The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Ms Clinton’s editorial.
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8542186.html

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    and she's correct stupid

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    *authoritarian / fascist/ vast RW conspiracy , yada yada*

    for a "fascist" he sure can't get Congress to do anything!

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    *authoritarian / fascist/ vast RW conspiracy , yada yada*

    for a "fascist" he sure can't get Congress to do anything!
    she's absolutely correct stupid

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    Would have been so much better had she won...
    Keep changing the names. It doesn't change the meaning.



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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    *authoritarian / fascist/ vast RW conspiracy , yada yada*

    for a "fascist" he sure can't get Congress to do anything!
    Feckless little toads, aren't they? Not even enough gonads to stand up to the pathological Liar-in -Chief.

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    The post-truth era isn't good for anyone.

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    can we just go ahead and get started on the next civil war/revolution? i'm looking to kill some statist morons.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    *authoritarian / fascist/ vast RW conspiracy , yada yada*

    for a "fascist" he sure can't get Congress to do anything!
    Which only proves Congressmen on average are smarter than Trump. Says nothing about fascism you stupid fruit loop.
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    Hello anatta,

    " the president has assailed American democracy by attacking the rule of law, waging a “war on truth and reason”, and undermining national unity with his racially charged statements."
    Absolutely true.

    And EPIC.

    The misinformation campaign has been sadly effective on a significant portion of the populace.

    We now have people who don't believe the news, think it's actually fake.

    It is dangerous to our democracy to have the ruler be the one person who can control the narrative; but for many of his followers, they are perfectly content to swallow everything he tells them, including believing that the news media is the 'enemy of the people.'

    NO!

    PROPAGANDA is the enemy of the people.

    Especially if they believe it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    *authoritarian / fascist/ vast RW conspiracy , yada yada*

    for a "fascist" he sure can't get Congress to do anything!
    What? Congress is sucking up to him horribly. the Republican party is gone. Daffy owns them all. Pushing Kavanaugh like this is a Trumpian plan.Brett believes in the imperial presidency, now that Daffy is in office. He was the opposite when he was on Starr's commission. Clinton had no rights back then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Which only proves Congressmen on average are smarter than Trump. Says nothing about fascism you stupid fruit loop.
    Iam quoting Clinton on "authoritarian" and Albright on "fascism"
    I have no idea what you mean about "Congressmen"

    It's laughable coming from the statists left, and warmongering Albright and Clinton (R2P)

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