FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TELLS “CBS SUNDAY MORNING” PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A “THREAT” TO THE COUNTRY’S STANDING IN THE WORLD AND CALLS HIM A “CORRUPT HUMAN TORNADO”
Clinton Tells Jane Pauley: “My View is That, Given the Latest Revelation, which is such a Blatant Effort to use His Presidential Position to Advance His Personal and Political Interests, There Should be an Impeachment Inquiry Opened”
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Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton calls President Trump a “threat” to the country’s standing in the world and a “corrupt human tornado,” in an interview with Jane Pauley for CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 29 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
In a wide-ranging interview with Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, about their new book, Clinton weighs in on talk of impeaching President Trump, the potential of the reelection of President Trump, her loss in the 2016 election, and her life today.
Speaking to Pauley, hours before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week announced her call for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Clinton also suggested there should be an inquiry into the president’s actions.
“My view is that, given the latest revelation, which is such a blatant effort to use his presidential position to advance his personal and political interests, there should be an impeachment inquiry opened,” Clinton says. “And I think, sadly, there are a number of grounds. But this one is incredibly troubling. The most outrageously false things were said about me. And unfortunately, enough people believed them. So this is an effort to sow these falsehoods against [Vice President Joe] Biden. And I don’t care if you’re for the [Democrats] or you’re a Republican, when the president of the United States, who has taken an oath to protect and defend the constitution, uses his position to in effect extort a foreign government for his political purposes, I think that is very much what the founders worried about in high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Will it be harder for a woman to be elected president now? Pauley asks Clinton.
“Well, I hope not, and I don’t think so - because the objective is to field whoever is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump,” Clinton says. “Because Donald Trump right now poses a direct threat, a clear and present danger to the institutions of our government, to the rule of law, to our standing in the world.”
Clinton tells Pauley she also doesn’t believe that Trump will be re-elected for a second term.
“I believe that, look there were many funny things that happened in my election that will not happen again. And I’m hoping that both the public and press understand the way Trump plays the game,” she says.
Asked whether she gets angry that none of the current candidates for president mention her name on the campaign trail and that President Trump continues to say she should be “locked up,” Clinton says no.
“No, it doesn’t kill me because he knows he’s an illegitimate president. I believe he understands that the many varying tactics they used from voter suppression and voter purging to hacking to the false stories – he knows that – there were just a bunch of different reasons why the election turned out like it did,” she says.
“You know, Jane it was like applying for a job and getting 66 million letters of recommendation and losing to a corrupt human tornado,” Clinton adds. “And so I know that he knows, that this wasn’t on the level. I don’t know that we’ll ever know what happened.”
Clinton and her daughter have written a new book called The Book of Gutsy Women, published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS. The book highlights the lives of women in history who have made a difference ranging from swimmer Diana Nyad to Harriet Tubman. Clinton and her daughter talk about the book, the women they chose, and the former presidential candidate’s life today.
“I answer that question by saying, personally, I’m doing well, and having my grandchildren and especially my new 2-month-old grandson has been – just a gift beyond measure – personally, I feel blessed. I feel good,” Clinton says. “But I can’t deny that a big part of me cares deeply about what’s happening in the country and what I fear is the damage that’s being done. The damage being done to our future, the damage being done to our values, our institutions. So I think about it a lot and try to think of ways that I can help those who are on the front lines of the fight.”
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