- B. Clinton predicts how US can get their first female president
- B. Clinton: "It's harder for women to run"
- The issue is not with the gender but the party?
B. Clinton predicts how US can get their first female president
The US seems to be the country above all, and it is ahead of other countries due to its technological advances and innovations. Most of the things that come to Europe start in the US. It is more woke and progressive. They say it is the melting pot of culture.
However, the country has never experienced what it is like to have a female president. France, Russia, China, Italy, and Japan have yet to elect their first female leader. Mexico is also late to the game, but people elected the first female president just last month.
Countries like Argentina, Chile, Iceland, Indonesia, Lithuania, and Croatia had their first female presidents decades ago. Other countries that are ruled differently, like Germany and Canada, had different female leaders but not presidents. However, as the "wokest" of them all, the US surprisingly does not allow female politicians to rule the government.
Former President Bill Clinton has an idea why this has not happened yet and how it could eventually happen. He thinks the USA is more likely to get its first female president if the candidate is a conservative Republican[1].
B. Clinton: "It's harder for women to run"
The Democrat released his memoir and recently gave many interviews. In one of them, he stated that the country may not be ready to have a female leader yet. Vice President Kamala Harris was a promising candidate, but she lost the election to Republican Donald Trump. B. Clinton thinks that a Republican candidate could have better odds against male candidates[2].
Bill Clinton was involved in the campaign for Harris and called her to break the cycle of male presidents in the country. He also appeared alongside another democrat candidate, the current president Joe Biden, when he was in the race. At the time, he also stated that it would be a "travesty" if D. Trump got elected again.
His wife, Hillary Clinton, also lost when she tried to become the first female president to run against Donald Trump in 2016. The former president suggests that maybe the country needs more time or a better female candidate.
"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."
The issue is not with the gender but the party?
Even though K. Harris came on as a candidate, later on, D. Trump had another opponent woman in the beginning. Republican Nikki Haley was one of the strongest competitors, but she eventually suspended her campaign and supported Trump in the run. The former Democratic president, B. Clinton, thinks that there are cultural battles to fight that can make it harder for a female to even run for president.
Asked directly if the female democrat candidate is not set to win just because of the political party, he stated: "No. Although I think it would probably be easier for a conservative Republican woman to win."
He believes this is the way to go because of the conservative Margaret Thatcher. She was the first woman to become British prime minister and held the position for the longest time. B. Clinton is hopeful and thinks the US might get its first female president soon.
The politician spoke about his book "Citizen" but addressed other issues of the country and the world. Questions also touched on his infamous affair with Monica Lewinsky. Once asked about her, B. Clinton stated that he certainly wanted to touch on his affair in the memoir.
He calls this gesture a turn of a page. B. Clinton felt he needed to be helpful and let her do that. "I think she should be given a chance to build a life that is about her and the future and not, you know, being whiplashed into an old story."
