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Chelsea Clinton Tears Into Former Friend Ivanka Trump On Interview

Photo of Carmine Sabia Carmine SabiaSeptember 11, 2022
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, engaged in, what can be described as, pettiness during a recent interview.

The duo appeared on “Watch What Happened Live” on Bravo with host Andy Cohen when he did a speed round with the former 2016 Democrat presidential nominee.

When she was shown a photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg she said “Do you let your kids go on Facebook?”

For Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas she said, “Don’t you want to retire?” as Chelsea laughed.

And when it came to former first lady Melania Trump her question was “How’s your summer going?”

The reference, presumably was to the FBI raid of the Trump’s private residence Mar-a-Lago.

When it came to Chelsea, she was asked about her former close friendship with Ivanka Trump and her answer was not kind.

“We were friends,” she said.

“She is not the person I called when I was curious about something for my kids or if I was debating a life decision, but we were definitely friends,” the former first daughter said.

“And then she went to the dark side.

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“I don’t think Ivanka and Donald are the same by any standard,” she argued.

“But I think she’s more than complicit.

“I don’t want to be friends with someone like that,” she said.

There was more to the interview with Cohen that was awkward.

“I do have to say, every time I see you, Secretary Clinton, I think I had a wonderful liaison with one of your secret service agents in the ’90s … when you were first lady,” the host said.

‘TMI,” the former New York Senator said. “TMI.”

“You did?” her daughter Chelsea Clinton said.

“He had wonderful things to say about your entire family,” he said, and then quipped, “And I have wonderful things to say about him!”

It came days after she appeared on the CBS Evening News on Tuesday to promote her new Apple TV docuseries “Gutsy” when she was asked about her future plans.

“Would you ever run for president again?” CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell said to the former presidential candidate.

“No, no,” she said, apparently ending the speculation. “But I’m gonna do everything I can to make sure that we have a president who respects our democracy and the rule of law and upholds our institutions.”

“What if Donald Trump runs again?” O’Donnell said.

“He should be soundly defeated,” the former secretary of state said.

“It should start in the Republican Party – grow a backbone! Stand up to this guy! And heaven forbid if he gets the nomination, he needs to be defeated roundly and sent back to Mar-a-Lago,” she said.

She then accused former President Donald Trump of being the head of a “seditious conspiracy” prior to January 6, 2021.

“You know, I was the secretary of state. I spent, you know, many days on airplanes, flying from place to place, encouraging people to have a real democracy. And one of the hallmarks of a real democracy is the peaceful transfer of power,” she said. “Was I happy when I beat Donald Trump by nearly 3 million votes but lost the Electoral College? No, I was not happy. Did I ever for a nanosecond think, ‘I’m gonna claim victory and try to get the Democrats to refuse to certify the election?’ No.”

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She was also furious that people are still talking about her emails and her private server and spoke about it on Twitter.

“I can’t believe we’re still talking about this, but my emails…” she said on Tuesday. “As Trump’s problems continue to mount, the right is trying to make this about me again. There’s even a ‘Clinton Standard.’ The fact is that I had zero emails that were classified.”

“[Former FBI Director James] Comey admitted he was wrong after he claimed I had classified emails. Trump’s own State Department, under two different Secretaries, found I had no classified emails. That’s right: ZERO,” she said. “By contrast, Trump has hundreds of documents clearly marked classified, and the investigation just started. I’m more tired of talking about this than anyone, but here we are.”

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Last month, Clinton has been brutally mocked after a tweet that many believed was her response to the raid on former President Donald Trump’s home.

“Every ‘But her emails’ hat or shirt sold helps @onwardtogether partners defend democracy, build a progressive bench, and fight for our values,” she said. “Just saying!”

Clinton famously kept classified information on a private email server, which was determined to be “extremely careless,” by former FBI Director James Comey who declined to press charges.

“Hillary is out here bragging that she nor Epstein client Bill will ever be raided by the FBI… because it’s clearly a two tiered justice system,” Tim Young said.

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Photo of Carmine Sabia Carmine SabiaSeptember 11, 2022