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USHillary Clinton calls Electoral College an 'abomination' in Netflix doc - Netflix's five-part docuseries, streaming now, also features former Vice President Mike Pence recalling how Trump asked him to overturn the 2020 Election.
Netflix's "The American Experiment" serves as both a crash course in U.S. history and a reflection on the state of American democracy as the nation nears its 250th anniversary.
The five-part docuseries, directed by Brian Knappenberger with Tom Hanks as executive producer, offers novice history buffs an extensive look into the establishment of American democracy. Similar to Ken Burns' "The American Revolution," viewers are taken on a journey through the country's early beginnings from George Washington’s adolescence and the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Bill of Rights and the Jan. 6 riots on the U.S. Capitol.
The new series teeters on a bipartisan ledge, carefully including conversations with political figures like former vice presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Republican Senator Ted Cruz. It also includes notable figures like Cherokee Nation principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and state senators Lisa Blunt Rochester, Rand Paul and Ron Wyden.
Along with the good, the docuseries explores the unanticipated cracks in America's history, such as the nation's inhumane evils like slavery and the exclusion of Indigenous nations from policy, and its lasting impact.
Here are five takeaways from Netflix's "American Experiment."
Hilary Clinton Shares Choice Words About the Electoral College
Hilary Clinton still has strong feelings about losing the 2016 presidential race, particularly about the final tally of electoral college votes. “Well, I personally think the Electoral College is an abomination,” Clinton said, with a laugh, “For obvious reasons.”
In Episode 3, she discusses Alexander Hamilton's warnings of demagogic leaders and the founding fathers' creation of the Electoral College, a contested voting body which scholars have called "a compromise on top of a compromise."
Despite winning the popular vote in 2016, Clinton lost the Electoral College vote to Trump, which ultimately secured his victory. This has only occurred in four other cases: in 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000.
“It’s a very bizarre feeling to know that nearly three million more people voted for you," Clinton said, "and a relic of compromises from the Constitutional Convention is going to prevent you from becoming president."
Mike Pence addresses the 2020 Election Results
In the final episode, Mike Pence recounts the moment President Donald Trump asked him to overturn the 2020 election results. Despite cries of a rigged election and a Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, Pence acknowledged he didn't have unilateral power in a letter to members of Congress, defied the president and certified the election.
"I'll always believe that I did my duty that day," Pence said. "To see to the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States."
Pence said he drew inspiration from former Vice President Al Gore, who similarly lost the election and ratified the vote.
"My only purpose was to keep my oath," Pence added.
What Did Kamala Harris Say?
The former vice president focused on the debates that defined the country's founding and its ramifications on the present-day United States, omitting details about her 2024 presidential race.
In Episode 3, Harris discussed the early arrogance of the founding fathers who made proposals for America's independence and questioned who was entitled to freedom.
“When we talk about power… I still also believe in the power of our people to speak up and speak out against the abuses that they see,” Harris said.
Martin Sheen Voices George Washington
Martin Sheen, who famously plays President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in "The West Wing," voices George Washington within the docuseries.
Voicing the first president of the United States is a unique casting that would pleasantly surprise fans of the nineties political drama who are eager to hear the "Grace and Frankie" actor in another presidential role.
Ted Cruz Quotes 'The Godfather,' Lisa Blunt Rochester Believes in the American Experiment
By the end of the docuseries, Ted Cruz references his favorite movie, "The Godfather," and the opening line, "I believe in America." He later alludes to his upbringing as the son of a Cuban immigrant, who was imprisoned, tortured, and upon arriving in Texas, washed dishes, making 50 cents an hour.
"When I was sworn into office in January of 2013, I stood on the floor of the Senate," Cruz said. "My hand was on my father’s Bible. In the gallery was my father looking down. He had tears running down his face and he said that day, ‘Only in America.’”
As the docuseries examines the country's 250th anniversary, it also questions whether the country can withstand growing partisanship and pressure. For Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, who fights back tears in the episodes, the experiment is incomplete.
"Are we for some of us, or are we for all of us?" Rochester asked. "I’m not going to lean back. I’m not going to quit. I’m not going to stop. Democracy is worth it. It’s worth it.”
Hilary Clinton still has strong feelings about losing the 2016 presidential race, particularly about the final tally of electoral college votes. “Well, I personally think the Electoral College is an abomination,” Clinton said, with a laugh, “For obvious reasons.”
"for obvious reasons" lmao stay mad retard. everyone hated her ass and The Party only made it worse by ramming her down everyone's throats, Trump wouldn't have been competitive at all if they had run even a slightly decent candidate. the reason Trump is in power is solely because The Party has blackpilled everyone on politics. these fucking idiots would flail and whine saying "How can anybody believe Trump's promises?! He's a liar!" while at the same time insisting that Trump wants to literally destroy democracy and that the only way to prevent the certain dissolution of the country is to vote for the evil hag that stands for everything loathsome about Washington. you get what you fucking deserve. and of course if the situation had been reversed (Hilary lost the popular vote but won the electoral) this article would be about how the electoral college is a divinely inspired institution that proved the wisdom of the founders by heroically denying the misguided actions of the voting public. this bitch makes me hope that the lake of burning sulfur is real.
“It’s a very bizarre feeling to know that nearly three million more people voted for you," Clinton said, "and a relic of compromises from the Constitutional Convention is going to prevent you from becoming president."
Well, Hilldawg, you spent a lot of money learning why the country is called the United STATES of America and not the United BUGHIVES of America.
Every since the inception of the country, some of us have always been leery of being ruled by urbanites and for 250 years, some of you have done your best to prove those concerns are well-founded.
When the sign is Red, the system is flawed and broken. When the sign is Blue, the system is perfectly fine, and is not in need of repair, nor can it ever be broken, ever, and if you claim it to be, then you are the loser.
In response, the Democrats decided to import millions of “asylum seekers” and bribe them to vote Democratic. But as of today, the Supreme Court says that asylum seekers can be turned away at the border.
The long-term math says that eventually the popular vote will consistently be overwhelmingly Republican. Democrats should be clinging to the Electoral College for dear life.
The long-term math says that eventually the popular vote will consistently be overwhelmingly Republican. Democrats should be clinging to the Electoral College for dear life.
I am the fastest to point out the things that nobody got spun up about during Biden's four years in office (his mental decline, the Epstein files, the Electoral College, etc.). Notice how few people were all acting like the sky was falling over anything until Trump was back in office, and then all of a sudden, Epstein was back on the menu and Our Democracy (said with a reverent tone that suggests The Other Side has no interest in what put them in the office and then back in the office four years later, without a peep of anything seriously approaching a revolution in eight years...) was at stake.
I understand that I live in a world full of crazy people. I am certain politicians are more aware of this than me. I wish I had as few scruples as it took to make the same tidy profit off this sort of thing as they do.
Hillary ran as a Dem after eight years of a Dem president who was sliding down the slope of public opinion (which normally happens over time) with plenty of personal baggage for herself, against a guy that basically bullied his way to the top of the opposing party and dethroned their selected candidate, and she's STILL thinking she was destined to win? Lady if you shoot hoops against the Harlem Globetrotters you should be overjoyed if you sink any shots at all.
For America's 250th Netflix gets together a bunch of people who hate our country to disparage the republic.
I fucking hate the faggots at Netflix, I hope Trump is just the beginning of the death of the postwar liberal order, and I hope Netflix goes down with Hollywood and the rest of the flag liberal shit
We live in the age of the LLM. Soon, a single chud will be able to deliver media far superior than any slop corporate media can churn out. Burn it all down.
That campaign was just bratty, entitled children all the way down.
I remember one woman I know who was "literally shaking and crying" and couldn't handle the idea that Clinton wasn't going to be President to the point where she suggested that Clinton voters were being "silenced". I asked her that if the election results could be magically overturned, wouldn't that just be silencing Trump voters? She told me that she didn't like that question to the point where she deleted it from the thread she wrote her thoughts on.
And then later I heard from a mutual friend that she was talking shit about me to other mutual friends.
Boo hoo. So you figured your election would be a coronation and decided not to strategize according to the rules at play rather than the rules you wanted?
I have since 2016 blamed Hillary Clinton for the rise of Donald Trump. Literally everyone I've known for over 10 years could tell you I was saying it since then.
Had she let nature take its course, let the field be open and the best man won in 2016, we would have had a serious election, not what the Democrats went so far as to call a foregone conclusion, we are still seeing the press flail wildly trying to save face. The media is so brutally out of touch with what the people of this country actually want that in 2024, they lost the popular vote and every swing state to a candidate that they couldn't convince the population instigated an insurrection.
And all because Hillary wanted "her turn". Fucking thanks, Hillary.
One thing I keep wondering is whether it's even possible for democrats to move away from their current prison. It seemed like they were working towards it last year, but then it just stopped. They can't admit that they were wrong about anything. They're going to run some California retard in 2 years, and the west coast will be an even bigger dump than it is today.
And what plans she/they had. After leaving the WH in 2001 the Clintons moved to NY so she could be voted in as a senator, paving the way to becoming POTUS next. But Obama derailed that in 2008. Her consolation prize was getting to be Secretary of State in his admin, which was another move to keep her involved and in the public eye until "her turn" came around again.
Obama, no matter what you think of him as a politician, was a generational candidate. His campaign was pristine. He barely set a foot wrong. He looked like a responsible adult as opposed to crooked, shady Hillary.
She didn't stand a chance against Obama in 2008. He was a good orator. He was young, and charismatic. No obvious, deal breaker baggage. He symbolized different things to different voters. He was kinda a reverse Ronald Reagan- independents and moderate Republicans liked him. His was also the first campaign to be conducted online and they handled that masterfully. Everywhere you went on social media there was some homespun plug for Obama, the Rorschach Candidate. Whatever you thought he was, he was. Post racial. New Era. Hope & Change! Blah, blah.
The GOP blew it with tacking bat shit crazy (and way too rough around the edges) Sarah Palin onto McCain's ticket in 2008. And then they did it again by nominating that enticing as a dead fish (dog abuser and misogynist!) Mitt Romney in 2012.
But by the end of his second term the "Hope & Change" glamour had worn off Obama. He turned out to be just more of the same when it came to working class America. Their lots had not improved during his run, and many lost their jobs and houses. They were tired and fed up. All Trump had to do was be himself and talk about the endless wars, their losing their jobs from immigration and outsourcing, and flip the bird at the DC Insiders and he was their man. Hillary didn't stand a chance against him either.
All Trump had to do was be himself and talk about the endless wars, their losing their jobs from immigration and outsourcing, and flip the bird at the DC Insiders and he was their man. Hillary didn't stand a chance against him either.
Hillary was and is an abomination. If she had won in the Electoral College she would be trumpeting it to the skies. And there isn't jack shit she can do about it.
As soon as Democrats win an election, they stop saying stupid ass shit like this. The popular vote never mattered to them... until Trump won in 2016. He made absolute fools of them, twice now. Even their spergout over Bush/Gore was subdued by comparison. You're not going to be the President, you sagging geriatric cunt. Ever. You never should have been allowed to run in the first place.
Gruesome Newsome. He's a relatively young white man, is photogenic (especially towards the hybristophile demographic that makes up much of the Democratic Party), can play the dyslexia card for sympathy points, and perhaps most importantly is Pelosi's nephew through marriage.
White women everywhere are going to be gushing fluids from their mouths, their eyes, their whatevers for President Patrick Bateman.
I will remind all of you that virtually the entirety of the establishment media united in pushing a 100% fabricated lie about Trump working for the Russians. And this lie was the entire animating forcebehind every second of the 24-hour "news" cycle for well over 3 years.
Where did that lie come from? The Clinton campaign. It's been completely proven.
And have you ever once heard a leftie upset about Russiagate? Have you talked to a single one of them who demands accountability for that gargantuan fucking lie, easily the biggest political scandal in American history, that was sold to them? Are any of them so indignant that they were played for fools by the Clinton-controlled DNC that they want politicians like Chuck Schumer, who claimed to have seen himself the hard evidence damning Trump, to face the music for being a nakedly partisan bullshit artist?
No. Not a single one. (Which respect to Glen Greenwald, one of the only journalists of any stripe with any backbone.)
No self reflection. No accountability. No principles. They—all of them—literally just pretended it was true anyway or just stopped talking about it and moved on to some other bullshit emotional justification for the TDS retardation that their proudly biased media outlets intentionally created in their weak, malleable brains.
That's who is mad that the electoral college exists: actual psychopathic liars and the gullible morons who uncritically worship them. Not one of them has any belief in anything higher than rigging the next game. But they know you do, sucker.
Never ever forget who you're dealing with when it comes to shitlibs. Like the Chinese cartoon wisely said, words are just a way they can manipulate real human beings.
Go away. Will you please just go away? No one likes you. Even those who once supported you are tired of seeing that catcher's mitt you call a face. Just leave. Stop doing interviews. Stop covering for your creep husband. Go home. Make some cookies and chug some xanax.
Leave us alone. You have never at any time contributed anything positive to the country. Fucking hag. Leave.
A parliamentary system is far worse as far as not allowing direct democracy to determine the executive, but you will never hear her go to England and start ranting about how their government is an abomination. She's exactly the sort of party hack that would have been named PM under their system and you would never hear her complain about not being voted in by the people. It's 100% pure, "I lost under the rules I knew were in effect but disregarded to spend time in California instead of swing states, but under different rules I would have won so the rules are bad."
And while she even now remains the woman who came closest to becoming the first, female president of the United States, the only reason she had enjoyed any presence in politics at all, ー and I'm going to put this as accurately and bluntly as possible here ー is because many decades ago, she quite literally sucked the right dick.
