Haley Barbour: ‘Absurdity’ to Think Clinton Could Bring Change

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said it was an “absurdity” for any American to think that Hillary Clinton could be a “candidate of change” during an interview Wednesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”

Barbour, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, insisted the 2016 presidential election has been “about change” and about who can follow through on their promise to bring about change: Clinton or Donald Trump. With Clinton’s history of political corruption and her deep entrenchment within the Establishment, Barbour believes the GOP nominee has the winning message for the struggling country.

“This has been an election about change. Our country needs change. We’re going in the wrong direction and two-thirds of Americans know we’re going in the wrong direction.”

“This has been an election about change. Our country needs change. We’re going in the wrong direction and two-thirds of Americans know we’re going in the wrong direction,” Barbour told LifeZette Editor-in-Chief Laura Ingraham.

“And Hillary Clinton can no more remain the candidate of change than I can be the spokesman for whitewashers,” he added. “I mean, it is an absurdity to think that Hillary Clinton’s going to change the policies of more government, more government spending, more government regulation, more control over the economy — all these Obama policies that have not worked.”

The former Mississippi governor said he believes Americans are clamoring for a political shakeup.

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“I mean, we’ve got to have change. And whether you like him or not — he certainly wasn’t my first choice and I don’t know everything he’ll do and don’t agree with him on some things that he says — but he is better than Hillary Clinton,” Barbour insisted.

Barbour and Ingraham discussed the tactics that Democrats and the media have used to shift the focus away from their failed policies. One example included President Obama’s call Tuesday during a campaign event for male voters to “look inside” themselves and analyze their sexist biases against voting for a woman.

“To the guys out there, I want to be honest … You know, there’s a reason we haven’t had a woman president before,” Obama said in Ohio. “I want every man out there who’s voting to kinda look inside yourself and ask yourself, if you’re having problems with this stuff — how much of it is that we’re just not used to it? … When a guy is ambitious and out in the public arena and working hard, well that’s okay. But when a woman suddenly does it, suddenly you’re all like, well, why’s she doing that?”

Barbour was buying none of that.

“I don’t think people take that seriously. I will bet that the audience there didn’t take it seriously, that initially they laughed,” he said.

Pointing to the FBI’s bombshell Friday announcement that it had reopened its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state, Barbour said that voters — even reluctant voters — care about those kinds of issues.

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“What happened Friday with [FBI Director James] Comey is obviously unsettling to Clinton voters. But also a lot of people who are holding their nose about Trump or who are not sure that they can vote for Trump — this makes it a heck of a lot more compelling to vote for Trump,” Barbour said.

In order for Trump to rise to victory in six days, Barbour advised the GOP nominee to stay focused on “issues,” which is something he should have done all along. These issues, he said, include “Obama’s policies, the terrible results of those policies, how Mrs. Clinton will continue those policies and move further to the Left, and what Trump would do differently and why we would have better results.”

“So little of the campaign has been about issues and policy and that’s to the detriment of Trump’s chances of winning,” Barbour concluded. “Hillary’s tried to make this whole campaign about Trump the person, and unfortunately Trump’s kind of helped her do that. If it had been about the issues like you were just talking about, Trump would be ahead by 10 points.”