Bette Midler raised eyebrows on Sunday when she asked people to imagine what would have happened if Hillary Clinton had claimed the 2016 election was stolen. “Can you imagine what would have happened if Hillary Clinton had claimed the election was stolen?” Midler posted on X Sunday evening. Can you imagine what would have happened if Hillary Clinton had claimed the election was stolen? — bettemidler (@BetteMidler) May 19, 2024 The remark, seemingly out of the blue from the legendary singer and actress whose career in Hollywood and on Broadway has spanned more than five decades, immediately attracted criticism as well as a fact-check. Critics pointed out that Clinton is on the record questioning the results of the election she lost to former President Donald Trump. “There was a widespread understanding that this election [in 2016] was not on the level,” Clinton said in October 2020 during an interview on The Atlantic’s politics podcast, The Ticket. “We still don’t know what really happened.” “There’s just a lot that I think will be revealed. History will discover,” Clinton continued. “But you don’t win by 3 million votes and have all this other shenanigans and stuff going on and not come away with an idea like, ‘Whoa, something’s not right here.’ That was a deep sense of unease.” Just two months earlier, in August 2020, Clinton said Joe Biden, then the Democratic presidential nominee, should not concede the upcoming 2020 election “under any circumstances” because she believed “this is going to drag out, and eventually I do believe he will win if we don’t give an inch, and if we are as focused and relentless as the other side is.” During the same interview, the former secretary of state also called Trump a “puppet of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin” and said he “did not have the temperament to be president.” Social media users were quick to point out Clinton’s comments to Midler. “She did for like years,” one X user wrote. “She is still saying 2016 was stolen. Who you kidding?” posted another. One user reminded Midler that the actress herself had questioned the results of 2016. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Trump’s getting us all used to the idea that he can pardon himself for his part in Russian interference in the election. The colossal balls on this guy! How can he even walk without clanking?” Midler posted in 2018. Trump has repeatedly claimed the 2020 election was “stolen” due to ballot fraud exacerbated by an increase in mail-in voting during the pandemic. In recent months, however, Trump and Republicans have encouraged voters to take advantage of mail-in voting when necessary. Last month, Trump told supporters that “ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS.”

“Friends” actress Courteney Cox said she believes her late co-star Matthew Perry still comes around to visit her. The 59-year-old made the remarks while reflecting on her career during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning. “I think he’s probably one of the funniest human beings in the world. He’s just so funny,” Cox said. “He is genuinely a huge heart. Obviously struggled.” She continued, “I’m so thankful I got to work so closely with him for so many years. He visits me a lot, if we believe in that.” The Emmy-nominated star said she believes Perry and her loved ones are still around in spirit. “I’ve talked to my mom, my dad, Matthew. I feel like there are a lot of people that are … I think they guide us. I do sense, yeah, I sense Matthew’s around for sure,” Cox told the outlet. The actress reflected on working with her “Friends” co-stars on the award-winning sitcom. “I’m just so grateful that I had that opportunity to work with such wonderful people. To live the life that I have now. That was my family. We went through everything. Those 10 years were everything… they’re my family,” she said at another point in the conversation. Perry died in October 2023 at age 54. His cause of death was later ruled to be “acute effects of ketamine.”  The actor’s former castmates, including Cox, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, and Matt LeBlanc, released a statement shortly after his death. “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” they said at the time. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP During the CBS interview, Cox reflected on how much being cast on the show changed her life. “That show, thank God for that show,” she said. “That was at the tail end of when I was really running out of money. I got an audition, I went in, I read the pilot, I said this is great, but you didn’t know how special it was. But then when you put this cast together, our incredible writers, it was like lightning in a bottle.”

Fico delivered the speech in November 2023, not recently

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