I survived Mao. Hillary Clinton's call for 'deprogramming' of Trump supporters is no joke, it's alarming
In a recent CNN interview, former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called for "formal deprogramming" of what she terms as the "MAGA cult." Formal? Did she mean government-sponsored deprogramming?
This is not the first time the left is calling for deprogramming of the right.
In 2021, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., proposed using taxpayer funds to deprogram white supremacists, a code name for conservatives and MAGA Republicans.
The list of others calling for deprogramming also includes Katie Couric, former CBS News and NBC "Today" host, who told Bill Maher in 2021: "And the question is, how are we going to really almost deprogram these people who have signed up for the cult of Trump."
Why such a call for deprogramming?
After the thorough demonization of Donald Trump, the left has been totally dismayed that his supporters still stand behind him with unwavering conviction.
The only option left for the left is to demonize all conservatives and MAGA Republicans as extremists, as white supremacists, or as threats to "our democracy" —in other words, enemies of the state.
Still vivid in everyone's minds are the inflammatory words from President Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia in September 2022, condemning Republicans with words like "extremists" and "threatens the very republic" with the satanic dark bloody red background behind him as he spoke, flanked by two Marines.
A year later, as the 2024 election draws closer, Newsweek reported this week that the FBI has "quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump's army of MAGA followers."
The left means serious business. This is how the "enemies of the state" should be dealt with: deprogram and suppression. And this is exactly what happened in China, the country controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) where I spent the first 26 years of my life.