Hillary should have visited the University of Wisconsin.
Via Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton warned against a ‘rising tide of illiberalism’ as she lambasted Russian President Vladimir Putin for undermining democracy while receiving an honorary degree in Ireland Friday.
The former secretary of state, who lost the race for the White House to Donald Trump in 2016, also blamed Russian hackers for missing out on the top job.
But she was hit by chants of ‘warmonger’ and had a painful reminder of what happened as her trip to Dublin for the honor was on the same day that James Comey was in the city to promote his book.
She received an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin on Friday and addressed a small audience of students and academics in a lecture hall before the ceremony.
The university’s graduation ceremonies, unlike equivalent U.S. ones, do not include speeches.
Instead she delivered a speech and took part in follow-up conversation with Mary Robinson, the former Irish president who is Chancellor of Trinity, Ireland’s oldest university.
The 2016 loser criticized the Trump administration for ‘hyper-partisanship, polarization, gridlock and stalemate’ which she said undermined confidence in democracy.
‘These problems are exacerbated by an administration set on waging war on the rule of law, delegitimizing elections, undermining truth and reason, perpetrating shameless corruption, rejecting the idea that our leaders should be public servants who put the common good over their own personal and political interests.’
‘We are in the midst of a global struggle between liberal democracy and a rising tide of illiberalism.