CBS Mornings was captivated by Hillary Clinton’s gripes about the Dobbs Supreme court case being overturned for nearly 10 minutes (nine, 43 seconds and five teases) Roe v. WadeHer boasting “fascinating” “powerful” Sit-down “stark warning” The American people are grateful that “women will die” and our system of government’s in danger because of abortion opponents.
Co-host Nate Burleson teased the interview in the show’s Eye Opener: “And a stark warning from Hillary Clinton after the controversial decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.” Co-host and Democratic party donor Gayle King conducted the interview, boasting in the second tease of the “powerful” conversation that showed “she is not holding anything back” on abortion.
“Looking forward to that conversation,” Burleson answered.
In part one of the interview, King stacked the deck in the lead-in by using Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion as a vehicle to argue the right will angle towards “turning back the clock on civil rights”:
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton says the Supreme Court’s monumental abortion ruling could lead to other decisions turning back the clock on civil rights. In her first on-camera interview about the ruling, we asked her about Justice Clarence Thomas’s written opinion. He stated that it was time for the court to reconsider previous rulings regarding contraception and same-sex marital.
King spoke then to Clinton and pulled the thread onto Thomas. She sat back as Thomas launched into something Twitchy friends called “The Twitchy”. called a “not-so-thinly veiled racist rant” (click “expand”):
KING: Justice Thomas has sort of floated that out there about contraceptive rights —
CLINTON: Yes.
KING: — contraception and about same-sex marriages, but other justices pushed back to say no, he’s really sort of on his own with that.
CLINTON: Well —
KING: You don’t believe that?
CLINTON: — well, he may be on his own, but he’s signaling — as he often did. You know, people — I went to law school with him.
KING: Mmhmm.
CLINTON: He’s been a person of grievance for as long as I’ve known him, resentment, grievance, anger, and he has signaled in the past to lower courts, to state legislatures, define cases, pass laws, get them up. Although I won’t win every time we try, it is possible to get the job done again.
KING: So, you’re saying — people, pay attention to it.
CLINTON : The people that he is referring to are conservative, right-wing judges and justices. The women will go.
King teased at the beginning of the Eastern hour at 8:00 a.m. Eastern, hinting at the second part. “More of our fascinating conversation with Hillary Clinton. She hopes that the end of Roe v. Wade will be a wake-up call for America.”
Part two wasn’t any better. King stated that Clinton was the one who argued. “the overturning of Roe v. Wade should be a wake up call for Americans”Interview as part of her book tour.
King raised another question about the ruling. “[E]Even though the warning was given, most people thought that it was impossible. Depending on which perspective you have, a lot of people are still processing. What did you think when you heard it?”
The Democratic donor refused to engage in fact-checking as Clinton proceeded to say the ruling came thanks to pro-lifers “packing the court” and would spell doom for “civil rights and gay rights and women’s rights beyond abortion.”
This was as close as King came to an adversarial question: “And what do you say to supporters, though, who say listen, we are protecting the rights of unborn children? These children have rights. How do you respond to this? That seems to be the core argument.”
King’s other questions came from the left, including whether judicial confirmations need to be changed, if the Senate filibuster should be eliminated, and then whether Clinton would run again for president (click “expand”):
KING: A few senators claim that the justices misled them. Does this — does this say to you that we need to change the confirmation hearing process?
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KING
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KING: Do you believe now is the right time for Democrats to end the filibuster?
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KING: And last question. You’re a former first lady, former secretary of state, former senator, do you miss the day-to-day of politics? Do you have any scenarios in your head that would make it seem like I’d want to go back into politics?
CLINTON: No. But I — It is something I am missing. I miss it.
KING: No scenario in 2024, even remotely consider?
CLINTON : It’s impossible for me to visualize it. CLINTON: I can’t. I — but what I —
KING: It’s not a yes.
CLINTON: — well, but what I can imagine is staying as active and outspoken as I can because I think our country’s really on the precipice, Gayle. We are looking not just at the loss of these rights and the opening up to unfettered and unregulated gun access. But we also want to dismantle the federal government and how it protects air, water, and all that is associated with it.
King’s final question took on a CNN and MSNBC-like tone by wondering “our democracy is at stake” and especially given what’s been revealed in the January 6 hearings.
Clinton obviously replied it is and, when King asked her to respond to Americans who are refusing to tune in, she hit back that “history pays attention.”
Tony Dokoupil, the co-host of this interview, nostalgically recalled 2016 to ask about it. “all the what-ifs” if only more Americans had voted, there wouldn’t be three new Supreme Court justices and Roe would still be in tact.
“[S]He was right on the mark. She said we’re turning back the clock,” Burleson responded.
CBS’s tongue bath for Hillary Clinton was made possible thanks to advertisers such as AARP through The Hartford, Crest, and Nature’s Bounty. Follow the links to see their contact information at the MRC’s Conservatives Fight Back page.
You can view the CBS transcript of June 28th by clicking here.
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