{"id":134865,"date":"2024-12-08T22:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134865"},"modified":"2024-12-08T22:39:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:39:03","slug":"bill-clinton-on-the-election-d-e-i-and-one-of-his-regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134865","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton on the Election, D.E.I. and One of His Regrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A month after losing the presidential election, Democrats are still unpacking what went wrong. Speaking at the DealBook Summit on Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton blamed a lack of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, he said, \u201cnobody had a plan because nobody knew what was going to happen.\u201d He added that a primary \u201cwould have been total chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ultimately, he said, Vice President Kamala Harris wasn\u2019t able to adequately introduce herself as a presidential candidate. \u201cWhat happened was Kamala Harris was a stranger to them,\u201d he said of voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The former president also discussed Biden\u2019s decision to grant a pardon to his son, Hunter; the Israel-Hamas War; D.E.I. policies; his new book, \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Citizen-Life-After-White-House\/dp\/0525521445\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen: My Life After the White House<\/a>,\u201d and how much voters should focus on the character of politicians. Here are five highlights from the conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-78d15ff8\">On Joe Biden\u2019s pardon of his son<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Clinton said that Biden had not handled some aspects of the decision well. \u201cI wish he hadn\u2019t said he wasn\u2019t going to do it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt does weaken his case.\u201d But ultimately he defended the decision:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">I personally believe that the president is almost certainly right that his son received completely different treatment than he would have if he hadn\u2019t been the president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-31a94b6b\">On the Middle East<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During his time as president, Clinton worked to make peace between Israelis and Palestinians. He was the last president to visit Gaza. At the DealBook Summit, he referenced <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/07\/20\/world\/clinton-leaves-peace-talks-arafat-and-barak-stay.html\" title=\"\">failed peace talks<\/a> that he convened in 2000 with the Palestinian leader at the time, Yasir Arafat, and the then-prime minister of Israel, Ehud Barak. Clinton <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/01\/21\/world\/clinton-in-israel-chides-arafat-for-letting-peace-slip-away.html\" title=\"\">blames Arafat<\/a> for the deal falling apart, and he said that he tells young people today \u201cwhat Arafat walked away from\u201d and \u201cthey can\u2019t believe it.\u201d He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">I\u2019ll go through all the stuff that was in the deal and it\u2019s not on their radar or radar screen. They can\u2019t even imagine that happening.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Clinton added:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">You walk away from these once-in-a-lifetime peace opportunities, and you can\u2019t complain 25 years later when the doors weren\u2019t all still open and all the possibilities weren\u2019t still there. You can\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He grew emotional when discussing his past efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u201c<\/em>I\u2019m an old guy. I have my regrets. That\u2019s one of them.<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/08\/business\/dealbook\/bill-clinton-dealbook.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A month after losing the presidential election, Democrats are still unpacking what went wrong. 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