Former President Bill Clinton was the featured guest on Wednesday’s edition (December 11). The viewand of course a hot topic of discussion was the 2024 presidential election.

Clinton, who campaigned for Kamala Harris and was a keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, was clearly disappointed that his candidate didn’t win, but he had a big difference between this election of Donald Trump and the first.

“How are you sleeping now?” Joy Behar asked him.

“I sleep better now because I did everything I could,” he said. “But I also think it’s important for everyone to take a deep breath and say that, unlike in 2016, there was no outside influence, such as the FBI director intervening at the last moment and thereby violating 70 years of policy. “

Behar then noted loudly that the person Clinton was referring to was James Comey, who famously announced a new investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails just days before the vote.

“It changed overnight. In my entire life, I have never seen the poll change 5 percent overnight. Anyone who says they didn’t give Trump the election needs (help). But this time, Donald Trump won the race fair and square, I think,” he said.

Clinton then speculated about why Trump won, saying, “I grew up in Trump country. And my home state of Arkansas moved as far to the right as any state in the country from 2008 to 2016, and there are these great little – the Trump people – these great little Facebook clubs that had answers to what all of our Friends said to them in the campaign. So these are hard-fought campaigns and people on both sides care deeply about the politics. And a lot more of this happens in rural America than you might think, where people discuss these issues in very nuanced ways.”

He then said that the action point for his fellow Democrats before the inauguration is: “I think what we need to do is observe a peaceful transfer of power, stand up for what we believe in and work together where we can.” I think not that we should block them, even if they do.”

Former President. Bill Clinton on the Democrats’ defeat in the 2024 election: “It’s important that everyone takes a deep breath and says that, unlike 2016, there was no outside influence like the FBI director who intervened at the last moment and thus against the 70-year agreement violated “politics.” pic.twitter.com/9FIK3YfbuQ

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