Hillary Clinton: ‘I Don’t Understand Why It’s So Difficult for the Press to Have a Consistent Narrative About How Dangerous Trump Is’

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Do you have an antidote for that or a way people can talk themselves out of taking that bait?
>> I think that’s really a critical question, and I think there’s a couple of things going on here. You mentioned the press, and sadly, the press is still not able to cover Trump the way that they should. They careen from one outrage to the next, what was outrageous three days ago is no longer on the front pages, even though it threatens the physical safety of so many people, particularly as you point out, immigrants that he and Vance have decided to demonize. And I don’t understand why it’s so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is. You know, the late great journalist Harry evans, you know, one time said that, you know, journalists should really try to achieve objectivity, and by that I mean they should cover the object. Well, the object in this case is Donald Trump. His demagoguery, his danger to our country and the world. And stick with it. You know, they were merciless about what they saw as President Biden’s problems in the debate and calling for him to withdraw, I believe Donald Trump has disqualified himself over and over and over again to be a presidential candidate, let alone a president. The second thing, though, is that part of what Trump is counting on is for people to get desensitized desensitized. Did you hear what he said yesterday, did you hear who he attacked? Did you hear the viciousness? It just, like with a shrug, okay, fine, we’re moving on. Well, Americans need to understand that they have to take Trump both seriously and literally. He has said what he wants to do. He and his allies with project 2025, his desire to be a dictator at least on day one. All of that is in the public record. And I believe that more Americans have to be, you know, willing to endure what frankly is discomforting and to some extent kind of painful, to take him at his word and to be outraged by what he represents. And then finally, the hopeful side of this is that I do think more and more Americans are rejecting the kind of chaos that he represents. We can’t go back. That’s what the Harris campaign says all the time. We’re not going back. We’re not going back to, you know, what he failed to do to protect American lives during Covid, we’re not going back to the, you know, romance with dictators that puts innocent lives at risk and America’s security in danger. We can’t go back and give this very dangerous man another chance to do harm to our country and the world.