Comeback Kid' no more: Dems aren't protecting the Clintons from Epstein scrutiny

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Bill and Hillary Clinton are in House Republicans’ crosshairs — and the Democratic Party they once led isn’t coming to the rescue.

A youthful vanguard of progressive office-holders unlikely to even recall the Clinton presidency, let alone defend the former president’s foibles, have largely opted against defending the once formidable pair, even as many regard the GOP effort to compel their testimony blatantly hypocritical and politically driven. Last week, in fact, nine Democratic lawmakers joined Republicans and voted in favor of holding the two-term president in contempt for defying a subpoena to testify as part of the panel’s investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Just three broke ranks on a similar vote against the former secretary of State.

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It’s a remarkable rejection of “The Comeback Kid,” who was heartily cheered 18 months ago during the Democratic National Convention, as well as the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, and demonstrates the lack of clout the two have inside the current Democratic Party. The party’s effective abandonment of its longtime standard bearers provides a vivid illustration of how many members are eager to disassociate themselves from the Clinton brand. Both Clintons have said they had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and they argue the subpoenas were not tied to a legitimate legislative purpose, rendering them invalid.

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The Clintons have accused Comer of pursuing partisan antics designed to put them in prison. In a post on X on Monday responding to the Oversight Committee, Clinton spokesperson Angel Ureña wrote that the former president and former secretary of State had “negotiated in good faith” and already “told you under oath what they know, but you don’t care.”

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Still, several of Clinton’s contemporaries acknowledged a generational shift in loyalties as the political pressure of Comer’s subpoenas grew in recent weeks. “There are fewer people in politics who were there during the Clinton years and during the Clinton revival of the Democratic Party. So there's less loyalty there,” said Bill Daley, who served as Clinton’s secretary of Commerce and acknowledged that the former president’s ties to Epstein “has been a problem … for a number of years.”. That said, Daley didn’t look kindly upon Democrats abiding by constitutional norms at a time when a Republican administration is frequently ignoring them.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-again-target-clintons-democrats-094500286.html

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Many forget that Clinton was the first Democrat to be re-elected since FDR. Should at least consider this