"Republicans Dragged Hillary Clinton Back Into the Spotlight. They're Going to Regret It."

[Miles Archer]

Republicans Dragged Hillary Clinton Back Into the Spotlight. They’re Going to Regret It

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-dragged-hillary-clinton-back-into-the-spotlight-theyre-going-to-regret-it/

If you’ve noticed Hillary Clinton everywhere again, it’s not because she has launched a comeback tour. It’s because Republicans still just cannot quit her. Despite the fact that she is not mentioned in the “Epstein files,” House Oversight Chair James Comer has subpoenaed her to testify today. (Her husband, Bill Clinton, will testify tomorrow.) It seems Republicans believe that Clinton can provide a distraction—or at least a new punching bag—in the scandal that has dogged the Trump administration for months.

They will surely use the closed-door deposition to rehash and revive as much Hillary hate as they can, regurgitating the greatest hits from 2016 and beyond. And they’ll certainly air all their attack lines publicly right afterwards.

Still, in forcing Clinton back into the spotlight, Republicans may have accidentally handed Democrats a gift.

Clinton has largely kept a disciplined distance from the churn of politics since her presidential run a decade ago (aside from carefully curated moments, like her speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention). Though supportive of a variety of organizing efforts through her Onward Together initiative, she did not try to become a resistance mascot. She has not inserted herself into every Trump controversy.