Hillary Clinton, who is most famous for losing a presidential race and then spending the better part of a decade explaining why it wasn’t her fault, has now pivoted to podcasting. She teamed up with Kara Swisher, took one look at the crowded space of left-wing women screaming into microphones, and apparently decided what it really needed was someone even less charming. Her latest target: Matthew McConaughey.
McConaughey released a video ahead of the 2026 midterms encouraging people to vote for third-party candidates. He didn’t name anyone specific, just a general “go third party” vibe, which is pretty much the full depth of thought that phrase ever gets from anyone. Hillary was not happy, because the man with a massive platform refused to use it to push people toward Democrats.
“I think it’s really unfortunate that somebody who’s such a great actor with such a reach would be two weeks before a midterm that is aimed at stopping Trump’s corruption, impunity, and extreme damage to the country, and suggest that any independent candidate is really a better choice,” Clinton said on her podcast, Hillary Clinton podcast criticism of McConaughey.
She went on to claim that Democrats are “representing every kind of American,” which is a bold thing to say with a straight face when your party just spent years calling half the country extremists. If by “every kind of American” she means progressives and people who haven’t noticed yet that they’re talking to progressives, then sure, maybe.
Clinton also warned that without a Democrat wave, Trump will have “two more unchecked years to do whatever he wants to our country.” Which, from where most conservatives sit, sounds less like a threat and more like a campaign slogan.
Here’s the thing: the one point she actually gets right is the timing. If you’re going to be the “just vote third party” guy, two weeks before election day is not the moment to launch that message. You need to get behind specific candidates, build a real case, and do the actual legwork. That last part, doing the work, is usually where the third-party enthusiasm quietly dies. McConaughey lives in Texas and pushing for nameless independents rather than backing Democrats openly sure looks like wanting the cool-guy outsider image without the political baggage that comes with a D next to your name in the Lone Star State.
Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is out here doing McConaughey’s job for him by reminding every non-Democrat exactly why they don’t want to vote for her party. Two weeks out from the midterms, the most prominent surrogate Democrats have is a woman who lost to Donald Trump in 2016 and has been relitigating it ever since. Alright, alright, alright.
