Hillary Clinton on the Right-Wing Machine, the Courts and Trump's Corruption - Democracy Docket

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins Marc Elias on Defending Democracy for a wide-ranging conversation on Trump's Justice Department and blatant corruption, the Supreme Court's assault on voting rights and the decades-long right-wing machine that made it all possible. Clinton, who has been on the front lines of these fights since the 1990s, pulls no punches on the institutions that have failed to push back and what Democrats need to do to win in 2026.


00:00 – Hillary Clinton returns to Defending Democracy
00:49 – Supreme Court's major rulings this term
5:04 – Why Democrats fought Alito and Roberts
11:03 – Voting Rights Act's long bipartisan history
18:22 – Weaponizing government against political foes
25:51 – Who stood up to Trump and who caved
31:14 – Concerns over Bill Pulte and intelligence
36:17 – Winning back the House and Senate in 2026
40:03 – Trump losing his grip on voters
44:19 – The case for abolishing the Electoral College
48:52 – Clinton's message to fight for democracy