Hillary Clinton warns against Trump 2024 win: ‘Hitler was duly elected’

But he... wasn't. He lost the presidency in 1932 to Paul Von Hindenburg (53% to 37%. not even particularly close) who later appointed Hitler under pressure to the channclorship (which was an appointed role) in 1933. Hindenburg died in January of 1934 and Hitler de facto merged the presidency and chancelorship into one office (Fuhrer). The story isn't "regular people put Hitler in power", it's "broken legislative systems are vulnerable to facists".

I get it, but this take fucking worries me, dawg. The last time the Democrats played the "I don't have to try and appeal to you because the other guy is Hitler, lol" card, 'Hitler' won. It's even a little on the nose that this is coming from Hillary. I'm worried that they're falling into the same intellectually and politically bankrupt trap as in 2016, that they're aware that they don't have a meaningful platform besides "we're not republicans", and that they've somehow convinced themselves that this is enough. The republicans of 2020 and 22 also had that same absence of platform, absence of appeal, and just trying to coast on party brand, and look where that got them. Shit is on fire, we don't have time for these dumb fuck games, let alone for Trump to win again. C'mon guys, don't fuck this up.

Hillary is toxic to the brand. The Democrats would be wise to keep her at arms distance.

Maybe a politicker who brags about being mentored by Henry Kissinger, a war-criminal whose record matches that of Heinrich Himmler himself, shouldn't be referencing Hitler.

Someone couldn't find a photo of her looking less...Palpatine-y?

How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately "elevated" Donald Trump with its "pied piper" strategy

Edit: Sorry, downvoters; it is what it is.

I'd like to say Trump would be too stupid to pull off a Hitler but the more I learn about Hitler the more I learn that he was by no means a bright man.

Shut the fuck up you old hag, you and your party got him elected by running ads supporting him and fucking Bernie in the primaries. Why can't she just fucking die already

I love how most of the comments here are about how much everyone hates Hillary rather than about what she actually said. I get it that people hate her, but let's be real folks; Trump is the only relevant clear and present danger here. Bitching about Hillary seems pretty pointless at this point.

Then maybe they shouldn't run with a genocide supporting senior citizen as a candidate

All the negative anti-Hillary comments in this thread aside, please vote responsibly in 2024.

We cannot afford another 2016 situation again.

“You know, I hated losing, and I especially hated losing to him because I had seen so many warning signals during the campaign,” Clinton said.

Oh you did? Then maybe you should have fucking campaigned like you were running against a fascist instead of strolling casually to your inevitable coronation.

BACK TO THE FORESTS WITH YOU YOU FUCKING GHOUL

While I'm not her fan she is right and this exactly why the current trend on. The internet of voting 3rd party is dangerous, since the Republican are not playing in good faith and they will not split their vote.

Why are things Hilly say relevant?

She's not wrong.

With due respect, it is time for Hillary Clinton to be taken less seriously. Look at who she let win the presidency? A dynamic candidate that could connect with more voters could have flattened Trump. She came across as arrogant and entitled. She is a shrewd and intelligent person, but clearly disconnected from most normal concerns.

I predicted in the 2016 primaries that if HRC became the Dem nominee, it would be the one thing the Right Wing in America could unify itself against- they hated her then and they still do today; I wonder if she realizes yet how big a gift it is to a splintered, ungovernable mob of political grifters to give it anything they can unify against

Considering her accuracy with him, this should make everyone who cares about the nation worried.

I feel like it would be more useful if she switched sides. Like, instead of reminding us how the dnc keeps fucking us, she could remind the maga kids how close she is with Trump. Maybe they’d like him less by association.

The candidate who delivered Trump his first term, still doubling down on her "deplorables" strategy 7 years later.

As she defends neo-librealist neo-facism at home and neo-facists in Israel...

I think Godwin's Law now dictates that she has already lost the 2024 Presidential Election.

Ah yes the rampant sexism of American politics is on full display

For the love of all that is, that has been, and that will be, get out and vote. Hillary opened her fucking mouth and the last time she did this shit Trump won. Every Democrat should now be rushing to the polls. The cycle is trying to repeat.

She totally doesn't look like a Disney villain in this picture /s

I'm not sure how historically accurate that is. I mean, Hitler was appointed, not elected right? NSDAP members were elected, that is how a parliamentary system works.

Also the 1933 German elections were the result of a massive campaign of violence and intimidation against opposition parties and voters. I would hardly call that "duly elected".

Think of it as like: if we had 100x as many Proud Boys in the US, and they were posted at every polling location to decide who gets to vote or not...

Are people seriously voting for trump? There is no reason other than authoritarianism. It's kinda disturbing.

The political version of an incel tries to claw back relevance again.

She just can't keep her mouth shut.

I hate that there are so many Trump supporters on Lemmy.

She’s not wrong.

This cretin needs to shut the fuck up before she energizes the maga crowd and those fed up with corporate Dems just so they can send everyone into a tailspin. Why does she think anyone actually even cares about who she endorses? Witch.

is this thumbnail from the exorcist? damn

Please go back to whatever crevice you hide in between elections. You and your ghouls' enabling of fascists like him is what allowed him to win in the first place. Against you.

Also Hitler wasn't 'duly elected', maybe you should ask your beloved mentor Henry Kissinger for history lessons before that piece of shit croaks and makes the world a better place.

Imagine if the Germans had just elected Democrat Hitler. He would have only killed 4 million Jews!

Nobody likes Joe. He's not going to get the votes he got last time. A lot more people are pissed, stressed, depressed, and apathetic. There's also a segment of "watch it burn" voters who agree with Clinton and will choose to vote with MAGA.

Hitler lost, and was later appointed to Chancellor unilaterally. So idk wtf she’s talking about.

Weimar Germany was much more fucked than the US is (right now). The fasc would fail if he tries it, but it'd set the stage for a successful attempt by someone else.

It isn't like she hasn't been completely right before.

Utterly Hilarious, considering the current president is literally denying genocide.

We know that you obnoxious bitch. No go back into your cave, nobody wants you here. We would literally rather have the decrepit half-dead old man then Trump or you.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the wreckage from another Trump presidency would be “almost unimaginable” and likened the former president who beat her in the 2016 election to Adolf Hitler.

“Trump is telling us what he intends to do,” Clinton continued.

Clinton’s comments come just days after a poll showed President Biden falling behind Trump in five battleground states, raising concerns among Democrats nationwide about the potential of another Trump win.

The country is reeling from Trump’s policies and “deep divisions that he sowed,” host Sunny Hostin said of Clinton’s loss to Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Hostin asked Clinton what she thinks would happen if Trump were to be elected again in 2024.

The former first lady said she thinks Trump was somewhat restrained during his tenure as president, and she believes that wouldn’t be the case if he were to be reelected.

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I thought the mfer was appointed tho