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Hillary Clinton has suggested that American voters may not ‘really understand’ the stakes of the upcoming midterm elections, as she argued that GOP gains in Congress could have dire consequences.

Clinton made the remarks in an interview on Tuesday with MSNBC host Joy Reid, who asked the former Democratic presidential nominee whether she believed voters grasped what Republican majorities in the House or Senate would mean.

‘I think that with all of the noise that we’ve gotten in this election season I don’t think that people are really able to grasp that,’ Clinton replied.

‘But more importantly, I’m not sure they really understand the threats to their way of life. They may think that whoever’s chairing a committee, you know, kind of abstract,’ she added.

Hillary Clinton has suggested that American voters may not 'really understand' the stakes of the upcoming midterm elections, saying GOP gains could have dire consequences

Hillary Clinton has suggested that American voters may not ‘really understand’ the stakes of the upcoming midterm elections, saying GOP gains could have dire consequences

Clinton continued by arguing that Republicans are ‘going to put Social Security and Medicare up for a vote’ if they retake majorities in Congress, repeating a line of attack that President Joe Biden has hammered in recent days.

The claim refers to a proposal from Senator Rick Scott to sunset all federal legislation after five years, which would require Congress to pass laws again to keep them on the books.

Biden and Democrats have hammered the plan, saying it would put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block, but Scott has insisted that he doesn’t ‘know one Republican’ in favor of cutting back the retiree benefit programs. 

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Clinton continued, saying she didn’t understand ‘why every American’ was ‘not up in arms’ over Scott’s proposal.

‘We’ve got lots of problems right now in our country. We need sensible people to come together to try and solve them,’ said Clinton. 

In the interview, Clinton also slammed Republicans for ‘violent rhetoric’ that she said led to the attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home last week.

Clinton also claimed Republicans will cut Social Security if they retake majorities in Congress, repeated a line of attack that President Joe Biden has hammered in recent days

Clinton also claimed Republicans will cut Social Security if they retake majorities in Congress, repeated a line of attack that President Joe Biden has hammered in recent days 

Prosecutors said that the assailant was devoted to deranged right-wing conspiracy theories, and was seeking to attack the speaker and break her kneecaps. 

Clinton argued: ‘So ask yourselves, please, why would you entrust power to people who they themselves are unable to see how terrible it is that someone may be attacked in their home or don’t really care because they somehow think it’ll get them votes or get them elected? This is a real threat to the heart of democracy.’ 

With less than a week remaining until the November 8 elections, the nation’s attention is increasingly focused on a handful of tight races that could shape the country’s political landscape for years to come.

All 435 seats in the US House will be up for election, and Republicans have about an 80 percent chance of regaining a House majority, according to the latest 538 forecast.

In the Senate, Republicans would only have to flip one seat to regain control of the chamber, meaning the party’s fate could be decided in ultra-tight contests in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada.

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In Pennsylvania, Republican TV doctor Mehmet Oz is facing Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman to succeed Senator Pat Toomey, a moderate Republican who decided not to seek re-election.

In Pennsylvania, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Republican TV doctor Mehmet Oz are in a tight contest for the open US Senate seat, previously held by a Republican

In Pennsylvania, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Republican TV doctor Mehmet Oz are in a tight contest for the open US Senate seat, previously held by a Republican

New polling shows that Democrats overall have a lead in the Senate races in battleground states ¿ but in Nevada the candidates are tied at 47% just one week before the midterms

New polling shows that Democrats overall have a lead in the Senate races in battleground states – but in Nevada the candidates are tied at 47% just one week before the midterms

Though Fetterman led the polls for most of the campaign, Oz has pulled within the margin of error in recent polling, following questions about Fetterman’s fitness as he recovers from a major stroke in May.

In Georgia, Republican former NFL star Herschel Walker clings to a 1.6-point polling lead over Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock, according to the latest RCP polling average

That race has been roiled by allegations that Walker, a staunch opponent of abortion, encouraged and paid for two separate women to terminate their pregnancies following intimate relationships with them.

In Nevada, Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt are neck-and-neck in recent polls as the candidates make their cases to voters on the key issues of abortion, immigration, inflation and crime.

As well, the map of gubernatorial races features a number of tight contests, including in New York, where Republican Lee Zeldin has closed the gap against incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul in the normally ultra-blue state.

Zeldin still trails Hochul by 4.8 points in the latest RCP polling average, but in a state that swung toward Biden by 23 points in 2020, it is tantamount to a razor-thin margin.

And in Arizona, Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs are in a tight race for governor. 

After months of dragging behind by 3-7 percentage points, Lake pulled ahead of Hobbs earlier this month as the Democrat refused to participate in a debate. The two are vying to take outgoing Republican Governor Doug Ducey’s seat. 

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