Twice-failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is doubling down on her endorsement of Kamala Harris to replace President Joe Biden on the party’s 2024 election ticket.
As Slay News previously reported, both Bill and Hillary Clinton immediately endorsed Harris shortly after “Biden” announced he was dropping out on Sunday.
However, Hillary Clinton has just made her case for a Harris presidency in a new op-ed for the New York Times.
“Elections are about the future,” Hillary writes.
“That’s why I am excited about Vice President Kamala Harris.
“She represents a fresh start for American politics.
“She can offer a hopeful, unifying vision.
“She is talented, experienced, and ready to be president.
“And I know she can defeat Donald Trump,” Clinton claims.
She made the case that Harris as a “savvy former prosecutor and successful vice president” could be the perfect contrast to the Republican 45th president.
However, she warned from personal experience that the vice president would allegedly face sexist attacks from “MAGA mouthpieces.”
“Ms. Harris’s record and character will be distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and the kind of ugly prejudice we’re already hearing from MAGA mouthpieces,” Clinton writes.
“She and the campaign will have to cut through the noise, and all of us as voters must be thoughtful about what we read, believe and share.”
“I know a thing or two about how hard it can be for strong women candidates to fight through the sexism and double standards of American politics,” she continues.
“I’ve been called a witch, a ‘nasty woman’ and much worse. I was even burned in effigy.
“As a candidate, I sometimes shied away from talking about making history.
“I wasn’t sure voters were ready for that.”
Clinton ran for president in 2016 as the Democrat candidate but was crushed by Trump.
Hillary warns that Harris would “face unique additional challenges as the first black and South Asian woman,” but claims that victory would be possible.
She cites Obama’s election as the first black president as evidence that Harris could overcome the allegedly racist American people.
“Ms. Harris is chronically underestimated, as are so many women in politics, but she is well prepared for this moment,” Clinton writes.
Hillary also praises Biden for “his” decision to leave the race.
She describes Biden dropping out “as pure an act of patriotism” as she had ever seen.
“Mr. Biden has done a hard and rare thing,” Clinton writes.
“Serving as president was a lifelong dream.
“And when he finally got there, he was exceptionally good at it.
“To give that up, to accept that finishing the job meant passing the baton, took real moral clarity.
“The country mattered more.
“As one who shared that dream and has had to make peace with letting it go, I know this wasn’t easy.
“But it was the right thing to do.”
She concludes the piece by writing, “The time for hand-wringing is over.
“Now it’s time to organize, mobilize, and win.”
Clinton, along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, previously endorsed Harris in a joint statement released shortly after “Biden’s” announcement.
“We join millions of Americans in thanking President Biden for all he has accomplished, standing up for America time and again, with his North Star always being what’s best for the country,” they said in their joint statement.
“We are honored to join the President in endorsing Vice President Harris and will do whatever we can to support her.”
“We’ve lived through many ups and downs, but nothing has made us more worried for our country than the threat posed by a second Trump term.
“He has promised to be a dictator on day one, and the recent ruling by his servile Supreme Court will only embolden him to further shred the Constitution.
“Now is the time to support Kamala Harris and fight with everything we’ve got to elect her,” the statement continued.
“America’s future depends on it.”
The only question that now remains is when Hillary Clinton will make her play for Harris’s running mate.
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