Republicans tore into two-time failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for her desire to formally deprogram Americans who support former President Donald Trump.
“There needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members,” Hillary Clinton told CNN Thursday. “So many of those extremists, those MAGA extremists, take their marching orders from Donald Trump, who has no credibility left by any measure.”
Hillary Clinton, who denied losing the 2016 election, also said Trump will likely be the 2024 Republican nominee, which will necessitate defeating “those who are the election deniers, as we did in 2020.”
Hillary Clinton’s comments immediately exploded on X. Conservatives compared her comment of “deprogramming” Trump supports to her 2016 “basket of deplorables” comment. Like the “deprogramming” quip, the “deplorables” comment also quickly ignited outrage from Republicans.
“As she gets increasingly bitter about her 2016 defeat — even when you think there’s no way she can — Hillary Clinton is more and more the liberal id: she just spews what liberals really think and feel but know not to say,” journalist Glenn Greenwald posted on X. “That’s where ‘Basket of Deplorables’™ came from.”
Brian Stelter, a former CNN anchor and now Harvard professor, appeared to take Hillary Clinton’s “deprogramming” comment to heart. He questioned on X “What would ‘formal deprogramming’ look like?”
“Stalin had a word for that: gulags,” talk show host Todd Starnes posted on X.
“CAMP?” conservative X account AMUSE questioned. “The FBI is already targeting Trump supporters ahead of the election, imagine if we lose in 2024? The hypothetical reeducation camps may become very real. Designating Trump supporters as a terror group allows for mass gun confiscation.”
As Hillary’s comment spread on the internet, conservatives continued to rip the two-time failed presidential candidate:
This woman is truly sick. The problem is what she’s saying is in line with the vast majority of Democrat party leaders today. When we call them, Marxists everyone must understand that that is not hyperbole and hasn’t been for quite some time pic.twitter.com/6XhMlcdZXx
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 6, 2023
We will attend formal deprogramming sessions once your husband completes his formal Sex Addiction rehab sessions and you complete your formal “Liars Anonymous”sessions… https://t.co/WMseFh8FMj
— Dr.Darrell Scott (@PastorDScott) October 6, 2023
Hillary calls for "formal deprogramming" of Trump supporters. I believe Stalin had a word for that: gulags. pic.twitter.com/qMBZuCc9IC
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) October 6, 2023
CAMP? Hillary Clinton just called for half of America to be sent to reeducation camps. Would you go if ordered? pic.twitter.com/AJIn74fFHZ
— @amuse (@amuse) October 6, 2023
NEW: Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton calls Trump supporters “cult members” and says they need to be “formally deprogrammed.”
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 6, 2023
And she wonders why she lost in 2016.
“He's only in it for himself. He's now defending himself in civil actions and criminal actions.… pic.twitter.com/zFw67jqzyg
Pay attention. This is not about politics but worldview and ideology. The fact that she would even mention “formal deprogramming” of Americans who see the world different than she does is telling.
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) October 6, 2023
The way of the left = censorship and a desire for “formal deprogramming.” https://t.co/RdabMPAqyN
Hillary Clinton says “maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members” when talking about “MAGA extremist Trump supporters”
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) October 6, 2023
Tyrants love re-education campspic.twitter.com/hexpCS3IzF
A “formal deprogramming of the cult members”? “At some point”?
— Jeff Clark (@JeffClarkUS) October 6, 2023
This is a 5-alarm fire. First the Newsweek article about new FBI targeting of conservatives and then, immediately after, Hillary Clinton starts talking about “formal deprogramming”?
These are her own words. Are we… https://t.co/MEWFm16nxu
Hillary Clinton on CNN just demanded that Trump supporters be “formally deprogrammed.”
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) October 6, 2023
“Sadly, so many MAGA extremists take their orders from Donald Trump… at some point, there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members.”
Saying the quiet part out loud.
Hillary: “Sadly, so many MAGA extremists take their orders from Donald Trump… at some point, there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members.”
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) October 6, 2023
She can go to hell.
pic.twitter.com/reXMFcsu8I
Hillary Clinton off the rails again.
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 6, 2023
Hillary says 'Trump cult members need to be reprogrammed.'pic.twitter.com/YM3YZmUuGX
Follow Wendell Husebø on Twitter @WendellHusebø. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality.
