Meet the Clintons: Ben Stiller plays host to Bill and Hillary in Detroit as the pair both call on Julian Assange to ‘answer for what he has done’
- Hillary and Bill Clinton continued their run of speaking engagements last night
- The former Democratic presidential candidate and former president took their seats at the Fox theatre in downtown Detroit or the next stage of their tour
- The pair shared stories of their time in office as well as some hot-button topics
- Hillary touched on the arrest of Julian Assange and said ‘he has to answer for what he has done’
Hillary and Bill Clinton continued their run of speaking engagements last night, this time joined by the comedian Ben Stiller who hosted the event.
The former Democratic presidential candidate and former president took their seats at the Fox theater in downtown Detroit for the next stage of their whistle-stop national tour billed as: ‘An Evening with President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.’
The pair shared stories of their time in political office as well as tackling some hot-button topics – though some criticized their reluctance to get into some of the more contentious debates of the day.
The former Democratic presidential candidate and former president took their seats at the Fox theatre in downtown Detroit for the next stage of their whistle-stop national tour
Stiller asked Hillary Clinton about the recent arrest of Julian Assange and she admitted to having ‘strong feelings’ about his conduct
At each event, a special guest host has been introduced with the comedian and liberal activist Stiller assuming the role for this evening.
Dressed formally, Stiller asked Hillary about the recent arrest of Julian Assange and she admitted to having ‘strong feelings’ about his conduct.
‘He’s been used, willingly, I believe, to undermine our elections, the functioning of our government,’ she said.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in London on Thursday. Stiller asked Hillary about Assange’s arrest and she admitted to having ‘strong feelings’ about his conduct
‘An Evening with President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’
They also discussed the impact social media has on an evolving democratic landscape. ‘One of the things that’s frustrating about today is, it’s so hard… to know the difference between fact and fiction,’ said Bill Clinton, who was president from 1993 to 2001
Adding: ‘The bottom line is that he has to answer for what he has done, at least as it has been charged.’
In a tongue-in-cheek nod to Trump’s hard-line immigration stance, Clinton added: ‘I do think it’s a little ironic that he’s the only foreigner this administration would welcome to the United States.’
Assange was arrested Thursday at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, and the U.S. has charged him with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to break into a classified government computer at the Pentagon.
They also discussed the impact social media has on an evolving democratic landscape
There were some criticisms, however, with some commentators suggesting they failed to tackle meatier subjects such as elitism following the college admission scandals, race relations in the U.S. and in-depth foreign policy
They also discussed the impact social media has on an evolving democratic landscape.
‘One of the things that’s frustrating about today is, it’s so hard… to know the difference between fact and fiction,’ said Bill Clinton, who was president from 1993 to 2001.
There were some criticisms, however, with some commentators suggesting they failed to tackle meatier subjects such as elitism following the college admission scandals, race relations in the U.S. and in-depth foreign policy.
The day before, at their event in New York City a heckler was heard shouting ‘this is boring’ before being silenced.