Bill Clinton Schools Trump Ahead Of Midterms 2026: 'I'm Tired Of People Denigrating Muslims' | N18G
A campaign speech that doubles as a valediction — an 80-year-old former president sorting through exhaustion, partisan grievance, and the specific arithmetic of Florida's affordability crisis.
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There is a big difference between being tired and being through.”
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Bill Clinton delivers a campaign speech endorsing David Jolly and Gwen Graham as candidates for Florida governor and lieutenant governor. Now 80 years old, Clinton frames the address as a moment to speak freely, expressing fatigue with what he describes as divisive, fear-driven politics — including the treatment of allies, the targeting of immigrants, and the denigration of Muslims.
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Clinton says he is tired of politicians who build campaigns around defining an enemy, because 'fear and anger are stronger than hope and love.'
Clinton quotes the Quran — which his daughter read cover to cover at age 15 — saying Allah put different peoples on earth not to despise but to know one another.
There is a big difference between being tired and being through.
Clinton signals exhaustion has not become surrender, pivoting the crowd toward continued collective action.
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Allah put the different people on the earth not that they might despise one another, but that they might come to know one another and learn from one another." There are bad actors in every faith because we're all flawed human beings. But the religious wars are cultures wars. I'm just tired. But there is a big difference between being tired and being through. >> [applause] >> I heard this tonight. >> [applause] >> I'm not through trying to make things better and from what I heard tonight, I don't think YOU ARE EITHER. >> [cheering and applause]
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I've had politicians tell me with a straight face that you have to define an enemy when you start — because fear and anger are stronger than hope and love.
Clinton exposes a calculated political strategy that deliberately weaponizes fear and anger over constructive campaigning.
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Where they're asking me all these detail questions and they want to know if we hire you for this job, what will you do? I'm tired tonight because we have abandoned that approach. I'm tired of this constant us versus them. I've actually had politicians tell me with a straight face that you have to define an enemy when you start and organize your whole campaign around that because fear and anger are stronger than hope and love. So, I'm tired of politicians picking fights when the voters are trying to pick what they got to put back on the shelf at the
I've had politicians tell me with a straight face that you have to define an enemy when you start and organize your whole campaign around that — because fear and anger are stronger than hope and love.
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You don't need politicians congratulating themselves for relief that you don't experience. That's no way to treat people you're supposed to serve.
Clinton draws a moral line: leaders who ignore constituents' real hardship betray their duty of service.
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$4.23 a gallon. That's a dollar and a quarter more than it was just a year ago. So, it's sort of insulting to keep hearing how good things are. You know what things cost. You know how expensive rent is. You know what's left in your bank account at the end of the month. You don't need politicians congratulating themselves for relief that you don't experience. That's no way to treat people you're supposed to serve. It's better to say we're in a tight and here's what we're going to do to get out of it. And I need your help. Think about the people who spent decades
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I'm tired of politicians picking fights when the voters are trying to pick what they have to put back on the shelf at the grocery store.
The contrast sharpens Clinton's critique by grounding abstract political dysfunction in a concrete, relatable daily struggle.
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straight face that you have to define an enemy when you start and organize your whole campaign around that because fear and anger are stronger than hope and love. So, I'm tired of politicians picking fights when the voters are trying to pick what they got to put back on the shelf at the grocery store. I'm >> [applause] >> I'm tired of treating our allies like they're dirt. The >> [applause] >> The Prime Minister of Canada has been a friend of mine for a long time. We got to know each other having virtually nothing to do with politics.
I'm tired of politicians picking fights when the voters are trying to pick what they got have to put back on the shelf at the grocery store.
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Donald Trump's slogan ought to be: 'The sun came up this morning — where's my Nobel Prize?'
Clinton mocks Trump's habit of claiming credit for outcomes beyond his control, reducing it to absurdity.
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and it went back to 5.8%. When Joe Biden came in and passed the infrastructure bill and CHIPS Act, it went back to 3.5%. Yet, Republicans continue to pretend that every single good number happened under them. I told somebody, "Donald Trump's slogan ought to be, 'The sun came up this morning. Where's my Nobel Prize?'" >> [applause] [cheering] >> Look, people used to ask me all the time, "How in the world did you balance a budget?" And I said, "Arithmetic." >> [applause] >> Their numbers never add up. So, unemployment's back up since he got back in,
Donald Trump's slogan ought to be: 'The sun came up this morning — where's my Nobel Prize?'
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