Hillary Clinton Criticizes Biden’s 2024 Re-Election Bid and Electoral College

Hillary Clinton has openly criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to run for re-election in 2024, calling it a ‘terrible mistake’. In an interview, she suggested that he should have passed on the leadership. The hosts of ‘Fox & Friends’ discussed the irony of Clinton’s criticism, considering her previous endorsement of Biden. They highlighted issues within the Democratic Party, pointing out a lack of diverse perspectives on such significant political decisions.

Alongside her criticism of Biden’s re-election bid, Clinton continues to voice her disdain for the Electoral College. In a trailer for the upcoming Netflix docuseries, ‘The American Experiment’, executive-produced by Tom Hanks, Clinton describes the Electoral College as an ‘abomination’. This viewpoint, which she has maintained since losing the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, reflects ongoing debates within the Democratic Party about the relevance of the Electoral College today.

The docuseries, marking 250 years of U.S. independence, aims to explore the evolution of American democracy. It includes interviews with numerous political figures, such as former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, and Al Gore, as well as Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Nancy Pelosi. Support for abolishing the Electoral College has grown in certain progressive circles, particularly after Clinton won the national popular vote in 2016 but lost in the Electoral College to Trump, who secured key swing states.

“We’ve moved toward one person, one vote, that’s how we select winners,” Clinton stated in an interview. She called the Electoral College “an anachronism that was designed for another time.” Clinton reiterated that she believes the system should be eliminated.

Representative Zoe Lofgren from California also criticized the Electoral College in the docuseries trailer, arguing that it allows a minority of the population to rule over the majority. She added that the founders of the United States were critical of the system from the start.

Brian Knappenberger, the director of the series, discussed the challenges of interviewing Clinton about the 2016 election, a particularly painful topic for her. He emphasized that Clinton’s perspective offers unique insights, as she is among only five individuals in American history who lost a presidential election despite winning the popular vote. Her loss to Trump is notable given the significant margin by which she won the popular vote.

Peter Pinedo, a politics writer for Fox News Digital, also provided input on the situation, reaching out to Clinton and others involved for additional comments about the interview and docuseries.