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The beginning of the end of a free society. there is a not hyperbole. it is what authoritarian regimes throughout history have done. they attempt to control reality. >> reporter: it was 48 years ago that clinton gave the student commencement address at wellesley, a speech that brought her national attention after she rebuked the republican senator who spoke before her and the politics of then president richard nixon. >> we were furious about the past presidential election of of a man whose presi...

Which is part of the reason why he got elected but i dont think that you can, you know, if somebody shoots a reporter dead out on sixth avenue tomorrow, you cant blame that on president trump. there has to be britain brine accountability? >> exactly brine brine i agree with that. >> the hate has got to stop. i have never seen such rancor like this in all my years. its got to chill out. brine brine we have got to grow up, right? speaking of president trump and republicans agenda hillary clinton c...

Given powerful microphones. leaders willing to exploit fear and skepticism have tools at their disposal that were unimaginable when i graduated. and heres what that means to you, the class of 2017. you are graduating at a time when there is a full fledged assault on truth and reason. when people in power invent their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society. that is not hyperbole. its what regimes throughout history have done. they atte...

What authoritarian regimes throughout history have done. brine brine eric, i know you missed hillary clinton so much. >> eric: what a hypocrite. this is a woman who said we were broke when we left the white house during her campaign and she is worth a billion -- half a billion dollars. i mean, please. it was hyperbole. later on in that speech she invoked, she did something which i kind of pushed back on gillian for doing she invoked impeachment. she went through this whole thing and ended it tag...

We should not abandon them, we should revere them. we should aspire to them every single day in everything that we do. and -- [ applause ] there is something else. as the history majors among you. here today, know, all too well. when people in power invent their own facts, and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society. [ applause ] that is not hyperbole, it is what authoritarian regimes throughout history have done. they attempt to control reality. no...

Would say, republicans -- $9 trillion in debt. its irresponsible. unpatriotic. well, he accumulated more debt than every other president before him combined. is reducing the rate of growth -- is that going to kill children? do you agree with the hyperbole from all your friends on the left? >> look. you know its not my way to get into big emotional fields. come on. >> sean: you have no emotion anyway? you have emotions when you take my money. go ahead. >> [laughs] if you take medicaid, the averag...

Because its true. your guy, buddy, friend, former president obama -- former -- he would say, republicans -- $9 trillion in debt. its irresponsible. unpatriotic. well, he accumulated more debt than every other president before him combined. is reducing the rate of growth -- is that going to kill children? do you agree of the hyperbole from all your friends on the left? >> look. you know its not my way to get into big emotional fields. come on. >> sean: you have no emotion anyway? you have emotion...

Libertarians want to broaden one of the worst statutes on the books. they want to convict somebody based on huffing and hyperbole. i am consistent. i was strongly opposed to the impeachment of president clinton. the aclu is not doing it, the departments arent doing it. the republicans are happy with the special counsel. the media is relying on blockbuster reports every day. somebody needs to stand up for civil liberties. >> you say intent doesnt matter. what hes saying, to most people, i think w...

Couch? >> you are speaking about us, too. >> you know. go ahead. >> theres one other interesting thing that, of course, tony wrote about in the book the art of the deal, because he had to come up with a way, he says -- he has written about this and talked to us about it. to describe the presidents, lets call it, special relationship with the truth. he called it truthful hyperbole, which is his way as he says of figuring out how to say donald trump was lying which he did quite frequently without ...

Couch? >> you are speaking about us, too. >> you know. go ahead. >> theres one other interesting thing that, of course, tony wrote about in the book the art of the deal, because he had to come up with a way, he says -- he has written about this and talked to us about it. to describe the presidents, lets call it, special relationship with the truth. he called it truthful hyperbole, which is his way as he says of figuring out how to say donald trump was lying which he did quite frequently without ...