The viral resurfacing of Hillary Clinton’s remarks at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan underscores, yet again, why the former first lady and two-time presidential hopeful remains such a polarizing figure. In her effort to critique the growing pro-family sentiment among conservative leaders like President Trump, Elon Musk, and Vice President JD Vance, Clinton didn’t just attack policies—she went after the values behind them.
Clinton’s tone, dripping with condescension, framed calls for larger families and traditional values as a kind of dystopian regression.
“What we really need from you women are more children,” she mockingly summarized, attributing the sentiment to Vance and Musk. “And what that really means is you should go back to doing what you were born to do.”
That line alone reveals the disconnect between Clinton and the millions of Americans—especially women—who view motherhood not as subjugation, but as purpose. She doesn’t just disagree with the message; she caricatures it, turning a celebration of family into an attack on female autonomy.
Clinton has always styled herself as a feminist, but her brand of feminism has long excluded the women who choose motherhood over boardrooms, homeschools over Harvard, and family dinners over activist panels. And that exclusion is on full display here.
Hillary Clinton complains about Elon Musk and JD Vance encouraging Americans to have children, suggests that’s what “legal and undocumented” immigrants are for.
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) May 18, 2025
Clinton then took aim at the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025”, warning that it outlines a “return” to Christian, family-centered values—portraying that return as something dangerous and antiquated. Never mind that millions of Americans believe strong families and faith are precisely what the country needs more of, not less.
She invoked immigrants—legal and illegal—as her counterpoint to the family-first agenda, praising them for having large families while lambasting conservatives for supposedly wanting to deport them. But that deflection doesn’t change the real issue: the cultural war on American family values that people like Clinton continue to wage.
Hillary Clinton complains about Elon Musk and JD Vance encouraging Americans to have children, suggests that’s what “legal and undocumented” immigrants are for.
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) May 18, 2025
What Clinton fails to grasp is that advocating for traditional family structures doesn’t mean rejecting women’s rights or diversity. It means recognizing that stable families are the bedrock of a thriving nation—a view held by both religious conservatives and secular realists alike.
Clinton’s biggest misstep isn’t in what she said—it’s in how she said it. Her remarks weren’t just ideological; they were smug, dismissive, and laced with contempt for anyone who chooses a life different from hers. She framed family-oriented Americans as backwards, deluded, and nostalgic for a fantasy past. But for many people, raising a large family isn’t a political statement—it’s a joy, a calling, and an act of love.
Wow. Hillary Clinton just called Republican women “Handmaidens for the patriarchy.”
Black people aren’t black if they don’t vote Democrat. Latinos are stupid. Whites are racist. Women are handmaidens. It never ends. 🙄
This is what Democrats think of us.pic.twitter.com/hyF4ZQG1mB
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) May 18, 2025
If she can’t understand that, it’s no wonder why she never connected with the voters she needed to win. And why, every time she reemerges to scold or scoff, she reminds the country exactly why she lost twice.
