Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes there are still “lessons to be learned” from what happened on 9/11, reflecting on the past and the current political climate in the United States.
Clinton, interviewed by Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, discussed topics relating to the Sept. 11 attacks 21 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II’s death, and the Capitol riot. A U.S. senator from New York when the towers fell, she recalls how easily the country came together as one and put aside ideological differences to help out those affected by the tragedy.
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“I wish we could do that again,” she said. “We rebuilt New York. We have done our best to take care of the families that lost so much on that terrible day.”
Clinton added that the United States continues to be reminded about how important it is to recognize and combat extremism and violence “of any kind” to achieve political or ideological goals.
“I’m one who thinks that there are lessons still to be learned from what happened to us on 9/11 that we should be very aware of during this time in our country and the world’s history,” Clinton said.
She gave President Joe Biden credit for “sounding the alarm” over threats to democracy. Biden delivered a prime-time address on Sept. 1, addressing what he argued was the threat posed by “Make America Great Again” Republicans to the United States.
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Clinton said she wished more people would rally behind Biden, who she believes is doing an “amazing job trying to rebuild our manufacturing sector, trying to deal with climate change, expand healthcare, and all the other things, including trying to do something about gun violence, that the vast majority of Americans approve of.”
“There’s a small, but very vocal, very powerful, very determined minority who wants to impose their views on all the rest of us,” she said. “And it’s time for everybody, regardless of party, to say, no, that’s not who we are as America.”
