Mike Huckabee joked Thursday that having 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE campaign for Democratic candidates in his year's midterm elections is like “having Jeffrey Dahmer do the ribbon cutting at a restaurant opening,” during an appearance on Fox News Thursday.

“Some people can’t let go ... it’s just that simple,” Huckabee said of Clinton on Fox News's “Outnumbered” after the show mentioned Clinton joking on Tuesday that “Fox News is always trying to impeach me.” Clinton was referring to recent GOP ads that include her as a way of firing up the Republican base.

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“But having Hillary Clinton come in and campaign for you, if you are a Democrat candidate, is like having Jeffrey Dahmer do the ribbon cutting at a restaurant opening,” said Huckabee, a two-time GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor.

“You just don’t want her there because it is so backward looking,” Huckabee continued.

“But I’m just telling you, for Republicans having her there is important, but one of the most difficult things is the ability to say, ‘My political ... time has come to an end. Let’s do something else.’”



Clinton received blowback from some Democrats with comments last month in which she said that she won in parts of the country that are “moving forward” during the 2016 presidential election, while President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE won in places that are “looking backward.”