CONGRESS/ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Tuesday [9-18-18] that if there isn’t a ‘very big rejection’ of President Donald Trump’s ‘authoritarian tendencies’ in the midterm elections, she’s worried about what an unchecked Trump could do to the government. Clinton told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC’s ‘Rachel Maddow Show’ that she is worried about those tendencies…Republicans currently control both the House of Representatives and the Senate, allowing lawmakers to pass many of Trump’s legislative priorities during his first 18 months in office. However, history — and recent national polling — shows Democrats are poised to make gains in the House during the November elections. Presidents often suffer setbacks in the first midterm elections after they’re inaugurated. Clinton, who embarked on a book tour following her defeat to Trump but otherwise stayed mostly quiet when it came to electoral politics, has launched herself into 2018 campaigning. She’s donated the maximum amount of money to a number of Democratic candidates and headlined three Democratic National Committee fundraisers in August.”
-Kate Sullivan, “Hillary Clinton: Trump ‘left unchecked’ in midterms could do lasting damage,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 18, 2018 12:35 am