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   Hillary Clinton says MAGA "cult members" need "deprogramming"   
      
      
   Hillary Clinton likened devoted supporters of former President Trump to   
   cult members and warned they may need "deprogramming," in an interview   
   with CNN that aired Thursday.   
      
   Why it matters: "Commonsense" and "sane" Republicans are being intimidated   
   by MAGA members of the caucus, according to Clinton, who ran against Trump   
   in the 2016 presidential election.   
      
       Clinton noted that most Republicans joining with Democrats last week   
       to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown as proof a   
       "commonsense" faction of the GOP exists. Clinton predicted that Trump,   
       who is running for president again, will be the Republican nominee for   
       2024. "We have to defeat him," she told host Christiane Amanpour.   
      
   What she's saying: Many "MAGA extremists," she added, "take their marching   
   orders from Donald Trump."   
      
       Trump has "no credibility left" and is seeking to defend himself in   
       civil and criminal cases, she added, referencing Trump's mounting   
       legal woes. Claiming that Trump is "only in it for himself," the   
       former Secretary of State wondered at what point his supporters will   
       break from him. "Maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the   
       cult members, but something needs to happen," she added.   
      
   While internal divisions within the parties have always existed, Clinton   
   argued that the influence that the MAGA wing currently wields is unique.   
      
       "We had very strong partisans in both parties in the past, and we had   
       very bitter battles over all kinds of things," said Clinton, also a   
       former U.S. senator in New York. "But there wasn't this little tail of   
       extremism ... wagging the dog of the Republican Party as it is today,"   
       she said.   
      
   Make America Great Again Inc., a super PAC created by Trump allies, pushed   
   back against Clinton's claims.   
      
       "President Trump has said countless times that they are only coming   
       after him, because he stands in their way from coming after you — and   
       Hillary Clinton just confirmed that to be true," MAGA Inc.   
       spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Friday. Voters will   
       reject Democrats' "re-education camp agenda" to reelect Trump, she   
       added.   
      
   Flashback: The comments are drawing comparisons to Clinton's controversial   
   comment during the 2016 election, when she said half of Trump supporters   
   belonged in a "basket of deplorables."   
      
       Those in this category could be cateogorized as "racist, sexist,   
       homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic," Clinton said at the time. She   
       later expressed regret for being "grossly generalistic."   
      
   Zoom out: Clinton has long been a frequent target of attacks from Trump   
   and other Republicans.   
      
       Some party members have even sought to reinsert her into the 2024 race   
       as a foil to Trump.   
      
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