The woman whom Donald Trump defeated to become president has declared she will not run for the office again.
Hillary Clinton unsuccessfully ran for president in 2008 and in 2016 but will not test whether the third time is the charm. She is equally determined that former President Donald Trump should never be elected president again.
Fox News further reported:
“Would you ever run for president again?” CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell asked.
“No, no,” Clinton responded. “But I’m gonna do everything I can to make sure that we have a president who respects our democracy and the rule of law and upholds our institutions.”
“What if Donald Trump runs again?” O’Donnell followed.
“He should be soundly defeated,” Clinton said. “It should start in the Republican Party – grow a backbone! Stand up to this guy! And heaven forbid if he gets the nomination, he needs to be defeated roundly and sent back to Mar-a-Lago.”
During her CBS interview, she accused former President Trump of leading a “seditious conspiracy” against the U.S. government in the events leading up to the Jan. 6 riot.
“You know, I was the secretary of state. I spent, you know, many days on airplanes, flying from place to place, encouraging people to have a real democracy. And one of the hallmarks of a real democracy is the peaceful transfer of power,” Clinton told O’Donnell. “Was I happy when I beat Donald Trump by nearly 3 million votes but lost the Electoral College? No, I was not happy. Did I ever for a nanosecond think, ‘I’m gonna claim victory and try to get the Democrats to refuse to certify the election?’ No.”
This marks a different tone than the one she held throughout the Trump era, repeatedly referring to her former rival as an “illegitimate president” over Russia’s meddling during the 2016 presidential election.
Clinton, whom New York Times columnist William Safire called a congenital liar, would not be the first politician to say she was not running before they ran.
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