She’s certifiable.
President Trump has a gift.
He can get a person to reverse on a previously held position without saying a single word. His mere presence in U.S. politics is enough to compel both supporters and opponents, white-knuckled with rage, to flip on a dime so long as they believe it helps or hurts him.
Consider, for example, the fact that Hillary Clinton now thinks it’s good to question the legitimacy of U.S. presidential elections. Never mind the fact that she held and vigorously propounded the exact opposite view a mere 12 months ago.
“[T]here are lots of questions about its legitimacy,” Clinton said this week in an interview with Mother Jones, referring specifically to supposed voter suppression efforts and Russia’s meddling in U.S. politics.
Russia “was one of the major contributors to the outcome,” she said, adding that Moscow used “weaponized false information [in] a very successful disinformation campaign [that] wasn’t just influencing voters, it was determining the outcome.”
She added, “We don’t have a method for contesting that in our system. That’s why I’ve long advocated for an independent commission to get to the bottom of what happened.”
This is rich considering it was a little more than a year ago that she recoiled in horror – horror! – after Trump refused to say whether he would accept the election results if he lost.
“I will look at it at the time,” he said during an Oct. 19 presidential debate. “I will keep you in suspense.”
Clinton pounced.
“That’s horrifying,” she replied. “Let’s be clear about what he is saying and what that means. He is denigrating — he is talking down our democracy. And I am appalled that someone who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that position.”