PBS News Hour anchor Amna Nawaz conducted an embarrassing gushfest with Hillary Clinton on Thursday night, right from the first question:
So this is your fifth book since the 2016 election. You opened by quoting probably one of the greatest songs ever written, "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell, tears and fears and feeling proud. What is it you wanted to convey in this book that you haven't written about yet?
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Nawaz sat back as Hillary described Donald Trump as a menace to democracy – no fears at PBS that they’re encouraging another assassination attempt. Her question was: “Is America ready to elect a woman president today in 2024 in a way that it seems they weren't back in 2016?” Or is it still a nation of cavemen?
After saying Biden-Harris had so many “accomplishments,” Hillary eventually said “we have to stop what is a very dangerous alternative.”
Then Nawaz tiptoed into the fact that Harris has softening support among “men of color.” Hillary acknowledged a gender gap and added: “I think they have got to understand that one choice will give us options for our future, and one choice literally could end our democracy. And I don't say that in any way of satisfaction, and I don't even think I'm exaggerating. Just listen to what he has said.”
Nawaz didn’t even blink at Trump could end democracy. “And you do write about that in detail in your book as well, your concerns for our country, for our democracy, for the world if Donald Trump were to win again. But what if he loses? What are your concerns there? Do you worry that there could be another event like January 6?”
Hillary said no, “because he’s not in the White House.”
Nawaz concluded as she began, with feminist cheerleading:
NAWAZ: I see you wearing that necklace now with your grandchildren's names around your neck, reflecting part of this new chapter as well. And I wanted to ask you about a moment from this summer at the Democratic National Convention when you took the stage, because there was this sense in the arena of, first of all, just a thunderous standing ovation and a real sense of gratitude from the women I spoke to there, many of whom were crying as you came out to see them there. There was a sense that, if not for you, that there would be no candidate Harris today. I just wonder how you reflected on that moment, what it meant to you, and how you look at what's next.
PS: After the Judy Collins opener, Nawaz suggested Hillary could be running again: "You write in the book very candidly and very intimately about what you call the old wounds of 2016 and the election, when you won the popular vote by nearly three million votes, ended up losing the election to Donald Trump. And I wonder, this summer especially, as Democrats were weighing what to do with their ticket, did any part of you think, 'I could get back into this, I could do this?'" Hillary laid it on thick for Kamala and her team: “I think her campaign has been flawless.”
