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Hillary Clinton: “I think what originally seemed like, ‘Oh, he’s a different kind of leader. He says what he thinks,’ all of that, I think…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2026
I think what originally seemed like, ‘Oh, he’s a different kind of leader. He says what he thinks,’ all of that, I think that it’s beginning to finally sink through to people, like, ‘Wait a minute, am I better off? Has my life improved?’
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Reflecting on Trump's appeal and its waning.

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