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Bill Clinton Says He Believes A Conservative Will Be The First Woman President


Former President Bill Clinton gave his views on whether the United States will ever have a woman President.

In an interview with CBS News, Clinton shared, “I still think we’ll have a … female president pretty soon.”

He added, “It would probably be easier for a conservative Republican woman to win.”

Clinton’s comments come weeks after Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election in a landslide.

Here’s the moment he shared his thoughts:

Check out what The Hill reported:

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Former President Clinton said in an interview that aired Sunday that he believes the U.S. is set to have a woman-led executive branch “pretty soon.”“I still think we’ll have a … female president pretty soon,” Clinton said in an interview on “CBS News Sunday Morning” with the outlet’s Tracy Smith.Vice President Harris, who recently lost her bid for the White House to President-elect Trump, would have been the first woman, Black woman and person of South Asian descent to secure the presidency if she had won.

Clinton’s wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also would have been the first woman to hold the office of the presidency if she had won in 2016. Both Hillary Clinton and Harris faced off against Trump in their respective races. However, he defeated them both.

The former president said in his interview with Tracy Smith that he believes “it would probably be easier for a conservative Republican woman to win” the presidency and said that the country has “moved to the right.”

Per The New York Post:

Former President Bill Clinton said during a recent interview that the country may not be ready for a female president following Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump, and suggested a Republican woman might have an easier time getting elected.

“Maybe,” Clinton replied to CBS’ Tracy Smith’s question about whether the US isn’t ready for a woman president. “I think in some ways we’ve moved to the right as a reaction to all the turmoil. And I think if Hillary had been nominated in 2008, she would’ve walked in, just like Obama did.”

Clinton spoke to Smith about his new book, “Citizen,” and was asked if the country had changed following Harris’ loss.

The book also reportedly details his frustration while being questioned about his infamous affair with Monica Lewinsky.

 

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