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Hillary Clinton Not Running In 2020
Michelle Obama Responds To Fans Begging Her To Run For President In 2020 And Announces Her Goals
Hillary Clinton says she's "not running" for presi- dent in 2020.
The 2016 Democratic nominee and former secre- tary of state appeared to rule out the possibility in com- ments to News 12 New Jersey on Monday night.
"I'm not running, but I'm going to keep working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," the 71-year- old said.
While some of her aides had anonymously floated the possibility of another try at the White House to news out- lets in recent months, a third Clinton candidacy was never really in the cards.
Last fall, she indicated she'd like to be president and last week she told a podcast she couldn't imagine running again. But Monday's com- ments look to be the most de- finitive answer she's provided on the topic.
Clinton became the first
HILLARY CLINTON
female presidential nominee of a major political party in 2016. She netted more than 65 million votes, nearly 3 mil- lion more than Donald Trump, but still fell short in the Electoral College, result- ing in one of the most shock- ing defeats in political history.
At a stop in Austin while promoting her book tour for memoir “Becoming” on Feb. 28, First Lady Michelle Obama, 55, responded to a fan question about what her 10-year life plan is. When an audience member suggested a run for presidency, Michelle informed the audi- ence that that was not in her future. “Nope, nope, nope,” she said. Looks like Michelle won’t be joining the roster of Democratic can- didates for a 2020 presiden- tial run!
“It’s not us occupying the same seats, it’s making room,” Michelle said about going back to the White House, after being there from 2008 to 2016 with husband President Barack Obama, 57. She said that she and Barack want to prop up
Michelle Obama speaking at one of her book promotions.
“[the] next generation of leaders.” That’s definitely a worthy way to dedicate her time! We can’t wait to see how Michelle and Barack will support new leaders in the future.
“[The country is] full of op-
portunity for every single child,” Michelle continued. “It’s up to us to be that and pave the way for them. So we have no choice but to be hopeful [about the future], if we love our kids, which we all do, am I right”?
Eric Holder Says He Will Not Be Running For President
Two Black Women Advance In Chicago Mayoral Race
CHICAGO — Two African-American women will face each other in a runoff for Chicago mayor after defeating a member of the Daley family that has dominated the city’s politics for most of the past six decades and 11 other candi- dates in Tuesday’s election.
Political outsider Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle were the top two vote-getters, but neither received more than the 50 percent needed to avoid an April 2 runoff. The winner will succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel and become the first African-American woman to lead the nation’s third-largest city. Emanuel did not seek re-election.
Among those they defeated was William Daley who has never held major elected of- fice but featured the most fa- mous surname in the race. His father, Richard J. Daley, and brother, Richard M. Daley, held the city’s top job for nearly 43 years of a 55-year span before
LORI LIGHTFOOT AND TONI PRECKWINKLE
Emanuel took the oath in 2011. Daley is a former U. S. Commerce Secretary who, like Emanuel, served as White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama.
Emanuel ‘s decision not to seek a third term drew some of the biggest names in state and municipal govern- ment as would-be successors, along with some political newcomers with strong sup- port, in a transitional election for a lakefront metropolis still struggling to shed its rep- utation for corruption, police brutality and street violence.
“What do you think of us
now?” Lightfoot said Tues- day night to a crowd of her supporters. “This is what change looks like.”
Lightfoot, the first openly gay woman to run for Chicago mayor, has been crit- ical of efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department in the wake of the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer.
Preckwinkle, who pre- viously served 19 years on the City Council and was a Chicago Public Schools teacher, also made a cam- paign issue out of McDon- ald’s shooting.
Former U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder an- nounced Monday that he will not be running for president. He will, however, be working to make sure the “right” Dem- ocratic candidate wins.
In an op-ed penned for the
Washington Post, Holder wrote that there is a “crisis of leadership” in the United States today “caused and per- petuated by an administra- tion that uses fear to stoke divisions and lies to support broken policies.”
He wrote:
“Though I will not run for president in 2020, I will con- tinue to fight for the future of our country through the Na- tional Democratic Redistrict- ing Committee and its affiliates. For too long, De- mocrats have lost sight of the state and local races that shape the day-to-day lives of the people we serve. With state legislatures set to begin drawing new voting districts in 2021, what happens in those races over the next two
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years will shape the next decade of our politics. Our fight to end gerrymandering is about electing leaders who actually work for the interests of the people they are sup- posed to represent. I will do everything I can to ensure that the next Democratic president is not hobbled by a House of Representatives pulled to the extremes by members from gerryman- dered districts.
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