Hillary Clinton recently sneered at the idea of a Republican female president, saying that all but a "very few" would be handmaidens "to the patriarchy," The Daily Caller reported.
Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton who was soundly beaten by President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, made the comments earlier this month at a forum in New York City. Clinton was asked by Republican moderator Margaret Hoover what advice she would have for the first female president.
"Well, first of all, don't be a handmaiden to the patriarchy, which kind of eliminates every woman on the other side of the aisle, except for very few," Clinton said May 1 at the 92nd Street Y, comments that recalled her "bucket of deplorables" remark from September 2016 when talking about Trump supporters.
Clinton mentioned Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, while Hoover mentioned former Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney as Republican women who could fit the bill. "Yeah, there's a few," Clinton said.
"Look, first we have to get there, and it is, you know, obviously so much harder than it should be," Clinton added. "So, you know, if a woman runs who I think would be a good president — as I thought Kamala Harris would be, and as I knew I would be — I will support that woman."
Clinton played the identity politics hard in 2016, pounding home a message of "our time" until Trump recorded 304 electoral votes to win the presidency. At the Democratic National Convention this past August, Clinton again hammered the theme.
"We put a crack in the highest, hardest glass ceiling," Clinton said in her speech. "I see freedom through those cracks. ... I see Kamala Harris on the other side of those cracks. On the other side of that glass is Kamala Harris raising her hand and taking the oath of office as our 47th president of the United States. Folks, my friends, when a barrier falls for one of us, it clears the way for all of us."
Trump won the presidency with 312 electoral votes in November.
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