'Not just an aberration': Hillary Clinton blasts the GOP's embrace of calls for political violence

Former United States Secretary of State, Senator, First Lady, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton tore into the Republican Party's open embrace of political violence and the right-wing's collective hypocrisy following last week's attempted murder of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-California) husband Paul.

Clinton shared her perspective on Tuesday's edition of The Reid Out on MSNBC.

"Well, I think your question kind of answers itself, Joy. There's always been a streak of violence, of racism, of misogyny, and antisemitism as you said. But I think what we're seeing today – and it has certainly been thrown into very high relief by the horrific attack on Paul Pelosi – is not just an aberration where one or two people or a small group engage in that kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her [Pelosi], like me, like others," Clinton explained to host Joy Reid.

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"We’re seeing a whole political party and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner, engaging in behavior that is so dangerous, and I find frankly disqualifying for people who are running for office," said Clinton, who noted the disparity between how the GOP says it would govern versus what its candidates say.

"You know, this midterm election, we've seen a lot of ads by Republicans running for everything, touting crime. Crime is the issue. But when an 82-year-old man is attacked by an intruder in his own home, they don’t seem to be too bothered by that because that person is married to the Speaker of the House, who is of a different political party,” Clinton said.

"I just want your viewers – and really I would like every American – just to stop and think about that," she added. "This is the kind of violent rhetoric that leads to violent action, that props up authoritarians, and that's unfortunately what we see the Republican Party today supporting."

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