Huckabee: Hillary 'ain't Bill' when it comes to empathy

Mike Huckabee offered a succinct closing argument against Hillary Clinton on Tuesday morning: She ain’t Bill.

As the first polls around the country began to open, the former Arkansas governor and Donald Trump supporter told “Fox & Friends” that the former secretary of state lacks the empathy of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.


“I think one of the things I hope people understand: Hillary is not Bill. Bill has a true empathy for people who are working class,” Huckabee said. “It’s one of the reasons that even in the worst of scandals, he’s still remained popular.”

Huckabee said he still likes the fellow former Arkansas governor, noting “it’s hard not to.”

“I know both of them,” he continued. “Hillary ain’t Bill. I wanna make it as clear as I can: She ain’t Bill. She does not have that empathy. And if working-class people think they’re gonna have a friend in the White House with Hillary, boy, are they in for a rude awakening if, God forbid, she gets there.”

Trump, he added, doesn’t need music stars to fill a campaign hall, either, taking a not-so-subtle shot at Clinton, who’s brought out stars like Jay Z, Beyoncé, Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen to boost her get-out-the-vote effort.

Huckabee suggested the big names Clinton relies on embolden Trump, remarking that “he looks at it as a badge of honor.”

“If anything, he’s kinda made more confident by the fact that the people who are out there at his rallies, they’re not coming to get a free show,” Huckabee said. “They’re not coming because they didn’t have to buy a ticket to a Bon Jovi or a Bruce Springsteen concert. No, they’re coming because they want to make America great again.”

The former GOP presidential candidate also said Republicans are coalescing behind Trump’s campaign but slammed others like Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush who haven’t supported the nominee, telling them they’re “done.”

“I think some of even the most reluctant Republicans are coming around. And I'm gonna tell you something: The ones that don't come around, I'm gonna remember them and I hope every other Republican remembers them,” he said. “Don't ever ask me for your vote again because you're done. You’re done.”