Hillary Clinton floats 'formal deprogramming' of Trump supporters, suggests GOP base is made of bigots
Politics,Hillary Clinton,Donald Trump,MAGA,Republican Party,CNN
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a "formal deprogramming" for many supporters of former President Donald Trump during a new CNN interview.
Discussing the recent upheaval on Capitol Hill, Clinton contrasted what she called the "sane" part of the GOP caucus who helped prevent a government shutdown with the "cult" wing devoted to Trump.
"That's the way it used to be," Clinton told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday. "I mean, we had very strong partisans in both parties in the past, and we had very bitter battles over all kinds of things… but there wasn't this little tail of extremism, waving, you know, wagging the dog of the Republican Party as it is today. And sadly, so many of those extremists, those MAGA extremists take their marching orders from Donald Trump, who has no credibility left by any measure. He's only in it for himself. He's now defending himself in civil actions and criminal actions. And when do they break with him?"
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