Juan Williams: Hillary Clinton can rescue Democrats in the midterms – The Hill
Democrats needastrong voice ready tofight to restorewomens rights, now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade.
Theres only one Hillary Clinton.
Right-wingers on the Supreme Court rescinding the constitutional right to abortionis incredibly dangerous and it is not just about a womans right to choose. It is about much more than that, ClintontoldCBS News back in May, when a draft version of Fridays decision emerged.
Any American who says, Look, Im not a woman, this doesnt affect me. Im not Black, that doesnt affect me. Im not gay, that doesnt affect me once you allow this kind of extreme power to take hold, you have no idea who they will come for next, she said.
Go, Hillary.
Unlike most Democratsat a loss for a midterms message, Clintonknowshow todeal withthefar rights bullying.
The GOPs media echo chamber long ago demonized her.She still beat Donald Trump in the popular vote in 2016.
Nowitis her turn tolashthe GOPextremistsforending nationwideabortionrights,putting more guns on the streets,punishingcorporationsfor supportinggay rights anddismissinghistory lessons on raceas upsetting to white children.
Clintonisexactly the rightpersontoput steel in the Democrats spine andbring attention totherealitythatultra-MAGARepublicans,as President Biden calls them,are tearing apart the nation.
TheSupreme Court justices last weekacted as political enforcers for extremist views that are far out of line with public opinion on abortion and gun safety.
Theyopened the door towomen losing control over their liveswithout the right to have an abortion. They also gave a pass to more violent shootings on the streetsby striking down a New York safeguard that required people who want to carry a firearm in public to demonstrate a specific need.
Thesedecisionsamount toapolitical powerplayby former President Trumps three nominees.
Bidenmeasures hiswords about the far rightout offear of beingcharged with further polarizing the country.
So let Hillary roar her message to suburban white women who will be key to deciding the outcome of the midterms.
She already bragged back in AprilthatBiden and congressional Democrats havehad a lot of good accomplishmentsin the last two years, including passage ofa long-delayed infrastructure bill to strengthen Americas roads, bridges and electricity grids.
She ispumping up Democrats for passing the financial aid package that kept many families afloat through the pandemic.
Without a strong voice like Clintons,thoseDemocraticaccomplishmentsgetdrowned out by Republicanculture wars centered onhatred oftransgender children, fictions about whites being replacedandthe embrace of the liethat the 2020 election was stolen.
Clintonhas the added potential to changethe national conversation byscoldingsocial media sites, newspapersand television networksforattemptingeven-handed treatment ofboth parties, even though one party is nowan autocratic cult complicit ina violent insurrection against the U.S. government.
I dont think the media is doing its job, to be honest, sherecently toldHarry Lambert of the British publication The New Statesman.
She added, The mainstream media hasnt yet caught up to the reality we live in. They are much too reluctant to stand up for the truth in the face of massive lying to call a lie a lie to be on record as saying that we are in a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism, and it cant just be business as usual.
In a separate interview with Edward Luce of the Financial Times,Clinton even called outfellow Democrats forthe excesses of woke politics.She labeled it as adistraction that feeds right-wing medias distorted image of mainstream Democrats.
We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy, and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window, Clinton said.
Look, the most important thing is to win the next election. The alternative is so frightening that whatever does not help you win should not be a priority.
Clinton is feeding a hunger aroused in April by Michigan state Sen.Mallory McMorrow (D). The little-known politician went viral by firing back at GOP lies about Michigan Democrats wanting to groom and sexualize childrenbecause they favoredlaws allowingteachersto addresssexuality.
Calling herself a straight, white, Christian, married, suburban mom, McMorrow stoodinthe state Capitol and called out the GOP attack as absolute nonsense.
Speaking with fire in her voice, she said: I want every child in this state to feel seen, heard and supported, not marginalized and targeted because they are not straight, white and Christian.
This is the model for Clinton.
The U.S. needsleaders who endeavor to bring out the best in us, not the worst, who dont play to our fears, but help usaddress them,Clintonsaidin Britain.
In her Financial Times interview, Clinton specifically warned Democrats not to fall victim to Republicanclaims that Democrats wantto defund the police.
It doesnt even pass the common-sense politics test not to believe that[police are necessary,andshouldbe accountable], sheexplained, adding politics should be the art of addition not subtraction.
Keep talking and talklouder,Hillary!
Juan Williams is anauthor,and a political analyst for Fox News Channel.
Go here to see the original:
Juan Williams: Hillary Clinton can rescue Democrats in the midterms - The Hill
- GOP turns to Trump as Democrats expand their target map in midterm sprint - CNN - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Veterans and Democrats intensify fight against Trumps planned arch - The Washington Post - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Opinion | Democrats have lost Silicon Valley. Here's what it will take to win it back - calmatters.org - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Democrats on track to outperform 2026 House forecasts - Brookings - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- How Republicans and Democrats see their own ideology and their partys - Pew Research Center - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Exclusive: Obscure Committee Set To Be at Center of Trump Fight if Democrats Win House - Time Magazine - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Here's a look at 'reach' election races where Democrats hope to pull off House upsets - pbs.org - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Road to the Capitol - Democrats on the Trail - C-SPAN - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- WHAT THEYRE SAYING: GOP In Real Trouble and Facing Challenges in Retaining Control as Senate Democrats Compete Even In Red Territory - dscc.org - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Democrats need to win. Heres the message our research says works - The Guardian - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Democrats promise a big agenda if they win control of Congress, but their unity is being tested - pbs.org - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Pritzker, Eyeing 2028, to Help Midterm Democrats With a $20 Million Group - The New York Times - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Gavin Newsom on how to beat the GOP: 'Democrats need to grow a backbone' - pbs.org - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Smith County Democrats hold grocery drive during RNC convention week - cbs19.tv - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- The Case for Why Democrats Will Win the Midterms. And the Case for Republicans, Too. - The New York Times - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- How to Tell if Democrats Are Poised for a Huge Midterm Win - Politico - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Democrats try a novel path to defeat a battleground Republican: Moving to the left - The Washington Post - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Democrats look to turn data center backlash into votes in the midterm elections - CNN - September 8th, 2026 [September 8th, 2026]
- Are Democrats having a Tea Party moment? I'm not buying it. | Opinion - USA Today - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Democrats Are Blaming Each Other Over Minnesotas Welfare Fraud Scandal - wsj.com - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Can Democrats still win if socialists take over their party? - The Hill - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Moderate Democrats Scramble to Block a Socialist From Winning in Wisconsin - Time Magazine - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- As Democrats elsewhere squabble among themselves, Kansas voters just want to win - Kansas Reflector - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Trump tries new line of attack on Democrats, calling them jihadists - CNN - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Crypto Democrats Are Ghosting the Industry - The American Prospect - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Democrats have a working-class voter problem that progressives like Abdul El-Sayed are still struggling to solve - The Conversation - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Opinion | Democrats need to face their real liability - The Washington Post - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Centrist Democrats dismiss Abdul El-Sayed as a freak radical. Do they want to win in 2028 or not? | Nesrine Malik - The Guardian - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Can NC Democrats gain legislative power in November elections? Races to watch. - WRAL - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- House Democrats Demand Answers From Trumps VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental Healthcare - ProPublica - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Can Gluesenkamp Perez win over the Democrats who voted against her in Washingtons primary? - opb.org - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Ocasio-Cortez says Democrats are 'unifying,' focused on 'working people' in midterms - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Democrats face their next big fight between moderates and the left - The Seattle Times - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Democrats Vow to Unite Behind Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, but Tensions Remain - The New York Times - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- Hostage activist Zangauker says Golan broke pledge to put her on Democrats slate - The Times of Israel - August 11th, 2026 [August 11th, 2026]
- The GOPs free cash for education puts Democrats on the hot seat - Politico - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Democrats see an chance to flip a US House seat as abuse claims mount against Ohio Rep. Max Miller - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Opinion: Georgia Democrats state convention will double down on a losing agenda - AJC.com - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy and its less than 100 days away - The Guardian - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Democrats factional battle hits a swing district in Michigan - NBC News - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Two looming primaries will test pro-Israel Democrats role in the party - Politico - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them? - npr.org - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Democrats big Virginia plans were foiled, but its still at the center of the battle for the House - NBC News - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November? - The New Yorker - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- 100 days until midterms and Democrats are winning because they actually have a message - Fox News - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Opinion | Fauci and the Democrats Have a Lot to Answer For - The New York Times - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- To win over working-class voters, Democrats need to stop talking about democracy - npr.org - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Two Democrats advance to a runoff in the Georgia special election to succeed late Rep. David Scott - NBC News - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Essay | Michigans Millennial Primary Is a Fight for the Future of the Democrats - wsj.com - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Mandela Barnes is asking Democrats for another chance in governors race - WPR - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Trump claims attacks on Minnesota's water systems were due to Democrats, not Iran - Scripps News - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Americans give Republicans and Democrats brutal ratings on #1 issue: New poll - NJ.com - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- A better branding could help the Democrats refocus and unite [letter] - LancasterOnline - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Young House Democrats Push to Expand Their Growing Influence (1) - news.bgov.com - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- More Democrats will brave the stage at this year's Fancy Farm picnic - WUKY - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- First Thing: Top Democrats accuse Republicans of becoming gelatinous blobs on Iran war - The Guardian - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- WATCH: Democrats admit when they'd eliminate the filibuster as SAVE Act fight heats up - Fox News - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Democrats in Congress demand training, vetting information on ICE agent who killed immigrant in Maine - CBS News - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Democrats have nominee for interim Rockford mayor, but no clear majority - Rock River Current - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Democrats Mobilize Over Fears Trump Will Deploy Troops to Polls - News of the United States - NOTUS - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- How the Democrats Screwed Bernie Review: Party Crushers - wsj.com - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Maher slams Democrats, says hes open to voting for Vance in 2028 - The Hill - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- The Democrats suddenly have a 39-year-old Senate warrior tearing into Trump and 'Prince Don and Prince Eric': Jon Ossoff - Fortune - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- In Arizonas Primaries, Democrats Fight Over a House Seat They Need Badly - The New York Times - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Maine Democrats select delegates as the party begins the abnormal process of replacing Platner - Maine Morning Star - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Fetterman threatens to abandon Democrats - Axios - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Sen. John Fettermans small-dollar donor base dries up in another sign of his struggles with Democrats - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Democrats call for investigation into ICE officer shooting in Maine after new reports emerge - The Guardian - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- These AIPAC-Backed Democrats Voted to Nix Israel Aid. AIPAC Punished Them. - The New York Times - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- NEWS: Casar, Oversight Democrats Demand Investigation of ICE Murdering Lorenzo Salgado Araujo - House.gov - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Inside the fight over Israel tearing Democrats on the Hill apart - CNN - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Sen. Fetterman on Democrats' position on Israel: It's getting "more incredibly hostile towards Israel." - CNN - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- More than half of House Democrats vote to cut Israel aid in growing split - AP News - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- AIPAC stops taking donations for House Democrats who voted to cut military aid to Israel - The Times of Israel - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Will progressive or moderate candidates help Democrats win in November? - CNN - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law - ProPublica - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Over 100 House Democrats vote to block billions of dollars in military aid to Israel, reflecting growing schism in party - CNN - July 16th, 2026 [July 16th, 2026]
- How Democrats datacenter push in swing states is risking their midterm hopes - The Guardian - July 16th, 2026 [July 16th, 2026]
- Trumps intelligence nominee Jay Clayton clashes with Democrats over 2020 election - AP News - July 16th, 2026 [July 16th, 2026]
- Nearly half of House Democrats vote to cut off aid to Israel as public opinion shifts - NBC News - July 16th, 2026 [July 16th, 2026]