The timing for the March 16 Broad City episode "2016" couldn't have been more perfect for its special guest star. After successfully winning four states during the primaries on March 15, Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Broad City in the final moments of the episode. While Clinton is often criticized about her likability and targeted for being a female, she went along for the wild ride that is Broad City in "2016." And she even found out some unnecessary intimate details about our heroines Abbi and Ilana — like the fact that Abbi participated in pegging back in Season 2.
While I'm definitely in the camp that thinks Clinton's appearance on the show was actually another celebrity endorsement for Clinton, I can't fault Broad City for how they got their kween to make an appearance. Ilana ended up volunteering for the Clinton campaign and Abbi swung by to check out Clinton's headquarters. After Ilana had been told that she would never meet Clinton as a lowly volunteer, Clinton blew into the office as if it were a dream (and with plenty of winks) and greeted the two women.
Abbi and Ilana were so starstruck by Clinton's appearance that they just started rambling revealing details about their lives (as per usual), including a quick reference to Abbi's hilarious and memorable pegging experience. Clinton's laughing at the two broads fangirling out seemed genuine and you have to give her credit for appreciating their antics, even giving them a hug at the end of her cameo.
Although Clinton has struggled with getting young female voters, Abbi and Ilana are clearly "with her." Along with showing young women inspired by Clinton, the show even gave her the opportunity to have some fun of her own when Clinton introduced one of Ilana's favorite things — an inflatable air dancer (that is it's formal name) — and corrected the women that the gender of the novelty item is actually female. And with that, Clinton showed that she may not know all about pegging, but that she can still teach Abbi and Ilana a thing or two about feminism.
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