Hillary Clinton, who holds a spot in history as the country\u2019s only female presidential nominee from a major party, is now hoping Kamala Harris can do what she couldn\u2019t: defeat Donald Trump and break the \u201chighest, hardest glass ceiling\u201d in American politics.<\/p>\n
Clinton, in an op-ed endorsing Harris in the New York Times, says she knows how Vice President Harris can do it this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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,\u201d Clinton wrote, championing Harris \u2014 who is now the likely Democratic nominee \u2014 as a \u201ca savvy former prosecutor and successful vice president who embodies our faith that America\u2019s best days are still ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris\u2019s \u201crecord and character will be distorted and disparaged\u201d as she runs against former president Donald Trump, Clinton warned, adding that \u201cshe and the campaign will have to cut through the noise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clinton, who had previously endorsed Harris, suggested that she lean on her record as a prosecutor and President Biden\u2019s vice president. \u201cShe has a great story to tell about the accomplishments of this administration,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Clinton also said that the GOP push for abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned \u2014 which has already given Democrats a powerful argument to turn out their base \u2014 could help further galvanize women voters.<\/p>\n
Clinton, who in 2016 was the first woman to be on a major party ticket, faced a bitter and bruising campaign in which Trump repeatedly mocked her appearance and questioned her mental health. \u201cI\u2019ve been called a witch, a \u2018nasty woman\u2019 and much worse. I was even burned in effigy. As a candidate, I sometimes shied away from talking about making history. I wasn\u2019t sure voters were ready for that,\u201d she said. \u201cWhile it still pains me that I couldn\u2019t break that highest, hardest glass ceiling, I\u2019m proud that my two presidential campaigns made it seem normal to have a woman at the top of the ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clinton notes that Harris will face even more challenges as the first Black and South Asian woman to be at the top of a major party\u2019s ticket. \u201cThat\u2019s real, but we shouldn\u2019t be afraid,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is a trap to believe that progress is impossible.\u201d <\/p>\n
Already, Harris has faced attacks that her supporters likened to the racist tropes about Black women \u2014 and some Republicans have decried her as a potential \u201cDEI\u201d president, referencing diversity, equity and inclusion programs that conservatives who want to end them claim lead minorities to get jobs over more qualified White candidates. Harris is \u201cchronically underestimated, as are so many women in politics, but she is well prepared for this moment,\u201d Clinton wrote.<\/p>\n
Clinton suggested that Harris focus on policy achievements of the Biden administration \u2014 including steering U.S. economic recovery in the wake of the covid pandemic, tackling the cost of drugs and student debt.<\/p>\n
Biden has added 15 million jobs in less than four years, brought the Black unemployment rate to a record low and reduced student loan debt by billions, as The Post has previously reported, though Trump presided over a period of low inflation, low interest rates and low gas prices. While Biden\u2019s White House has aimed to cancel huge amounts of student loan debt, Republicans have challenged his plans in court and broadly argue such relief is fiscally irresponsible and unfair to the those who never attended college or already paid off their education loans.<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Harris will have to reach out to voters who have been skeptical of Democrats and mobilize young voters who need convincing. But she can run on a strong record and ambitious plans to further reduce costs for families, enact common-sense gun safety laws and restore and protect our rights and freedoms,\u201d Clinton wrote.<\/p>\n
Clinton acknowledged that there is limited time to organize a successful campaign for Harris with elections due in the next three months but argued that it was possible, pointing to recent left-wing political victories in Britain and France.<\/p>\n
Harris, Clinton wrote, should lean into her past roles as a prosecutor, in her fight against Trump \u2014 whom she called \u201ca convicted criminal who cares only about himself and is trying to turn back the clock on our rights and our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hillary Clinton, who holds a spot in history as the country\u2019s only female presidential nominee from a major party, is now hoping Kamala Harris can do what she couldn\u2019t: defeat Donald Trump and break the \u201chighest, hardest glass ceiling\u201d in American politics. Clinton, in an op-ed endorsing Harris in the New York Times, says she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}