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Aaron Maté on Confronting Hillary Clinton

Plus, a former Biden official explains why they made the decision to let 100,000 Ukrainians die

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Dec 12, 2025
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At the Israel Hayom Summit in New York, Hillary Clinton claimed that young people, specifically her own students at Columbia University, are brainwashed by social media into believing that Israel’s genocide of Gazans is bad.

Not only is this genocide denial, as a group of genocide prevention experts deemed, but it’s also just strange for a professor to mock her own students on a global stage.

When UI’s own Aaron Maté found himself standing next to Clinton at the Doha Forum this week, he didn’t miss his opportunity:

“Secretary Clinton,” he asked. “You said that young people are brainwashed because of social media. What about young people who don’t want to see US-made bombs kill Palestinians? Any message for them?”

Her grin only widened as she walked away.

Hear Aaron’s analysis of his confrontation with the former secretary of state by subscribing to Useful Idiots. You’ll also get an examination into Chuck Schumer’s approval of Trump’s regime change war in Venezuela, our response to ADL Fraudfather Jonathon Greenblatt calling us “antisemitic Jews,” and yet another former Biden official justifying the murder of countless Ukrainians.

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