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.
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