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IrelandHillary Clinton wants Schumer to stay after Democrats' sweep
Her post-election conversation with Kara Swisher pairs celebration with a practical argument for keeping the Senate's experienced leadership.
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High Stakes with HRC: The Blue Tsunami Episode
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- 2:27Clinton describes watching election returns privately at home with Bill Clinton, pacing and checking vote totals.
- 12:28She credits Stacey Abrams's long-term organizing and describes politics as a relay across successive campaigns.
- 21:46Clinton backs Schumer for Senate leadership, arguing that his institutional knowledge will help Democrats pass legislation.
- 35:19Affordability and anti-corruption measures form the hosts' proposed opening legislative agenda.
- 54:10Clinton endorses the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to make the national popular vote determine the presidency.
Kara Swisher and Hillary Clinton put on blue sunglasses for their post-midterm discussion, but the celebration comes with a question Democrats are already debating: who should lead them next?
Clinton's answer on Chuck Schumer is unequivocal. "If I were going into the Senate right now, I would vote for Chuck Schumer to be the leader for the next two years." She argues that his institutional knowledge matters when the job turns from winning elections to getting legislation passed.
That is a central tension in "High Stakes with HRC: The Blue Tsunami Episode", which drew roughly 160,000 views in its first ten hours, an unusually fast start for On with Kara Swisher. Clinton credits campaigns focused on affordability and anti-corruption, then urges Democrats to make those subjects their opening legislative priorities. If Trump blocks their proposals, she says, Democrats should make that obstruction part of their public message.
The episode also offers a smaller election-night scene: Hillary and Bill Clinton at home, pacing and watching the returns without a crowd. "Me and Bill, that's it. We are our own watch party," she says.
Swisher asks Clinton to revisit her 2008 concession speech about cracks in the glass ceiling as they discuss women's election gains. Clinton credits Stacey Abrams's long-term organizing, describing politics as a relay in which the work extends beyond any single candidate.
By the closing discussion, Clinton is looking beyond congressional leadership to presidential election rules. She endorses the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, putting her preference plainly: "One person, one vote, let's elect the person who has the most votes."
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Whose long-term organizing work does Clinton praise in this episode?
Clinton credits Abrams's organizing while describing politics as a relay that extends beyond individual campaigns.