In a conversation that had the audience cheering her on, the former
secretary of state talked to Fareed Zakaria about the mess we’re in —
and how women can help us get out of it.
Lance Richardson
04.12.19
Hillary Clinton and Fareed Zakaria at the 2019 Women in the World Summit.
Hillary Clinton was not going to pick a Democratic favorite.
“I am absolutely delighted to see this incredibly diverse field, and
especially to have more than one woman running for President of the
United States,” said the former secretary of state, four years to the
day since launching her own presidential campaign. In a surprise
interview with CNN host and newspaper columnist Fareed Zakaria that
concluded the 10th annual Women in the World Summit in New York, Clinton
would, however, offer a little advice to the 18 Democrats who have
announced so far.
“I think you really have to do two things simultaneously, and it’s challenging,” she said.
First, she said, you have to present what it is that you want to do:
“What is your vision? What is your hope for our country? How do you see
the future? What are you going to propose that will make a difference in
the lives of Americans and maintain the values, the ideals, of America
in a very complex world?”
At the same time, she continued, you also have to be able to counter
“the diversion and distraction that we see, unfortunately, working by
the current incumbent in the White House. So you have to do that
balancing act, and I think that we have excellent candidates who are
demonstrating their ability to do that.” Read more >>>>
I hope this puts the dot on the final [i] and crosses the final [t]. After what Hillary Clinton went through in 2007/8 and again, and for longer in 2015/16, who would expect her to to throw herself into the volcano yet again?
As the last nominee for the presidency, she remains the de facto head of the Democratic Party. She is consulting and advising all Democratic candidates who seek her counsel. The policy book she and Tim Kaine authored, Stronger Together, stands as a blueprint for all to access as they see fit. Clearly she remains a force within the party for positive change.
The mark she has made is clear. Women and minorities are running for office in numbers we have never seen before. Thank you, Hillary, for everything you have done and continue to do!
“How do you get on this kind of Goldilocks path where you're not too strong and you're not too weak, you're not too aggressive and you're not too passive?” Hillary Clinton said in an interview on the podcast “TBD with Tina Brown.” | Charles Krupa/AP Photo
Hillary Clinton said in an interview this week that the female candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination are unjustly facing the challenge of not looking "aggressive" or "angry" — and must instead take a "Goldilocks path" of looking just right.
“How does a woman stand up for herself on the biggest stage in the world without, No. 1, looking aggressive — maybe a little bit angry — that somebody is behaving like that, being willing to go toe-to-toe, when there are so few memories embedded in our collective DNA where women do that?” Clinton said in an interview on the podcast “TBD with Tina Brown.” Read more >>>>
When Hillary was secretary of state and negotiated agreements with countries that had poor human rights records, she always told us that while she spoke of those issues behind closed doors, we dealt with the governments that were there. It is time for true Democrats to deal with the roster of candidates that we have. We must move forward, and we cannot do that, as she also has always told us, by looking in the rearview mirror.
The petitions, post card and letter writing campaigns are distractions. Candidates are working hard to construct their messages and circulate them. Someone will be the Democratic candidate in 2020. We have a job to do: to decide who that will be. Let's not be distracted. Let's do what Hillary has always taught us to do by example. Let's listen.
Samantha Bee introduced her and Nicholas Kristof conducted the
interview when Hillary Clinton spoke at the Women in the World Summit at
Lincoln Center on Thursday.
No transcript yet, but this. Hillary called for airstrikes in Syria. This event occurred before tonight's airstrikes. Please note that she did not make this call today. She was referring
to a policy she had advocated for a very long time while she was
Secretary of State and continued to advocate afterwards, i.e. not a new
stance for her - rather - a longstanding one that she reiterated today before the strikes took place.
The DVF Awards are presented following the close of the Women in the
World Summit every year. Last night's event took place at the U.N.
Among the familiar faces are DVF herself, Tina Brown who hosts Women in
the World, Gabriel Giffords, Melanne Verveer, Naomi Campbell and Maggie
Gyllenhaal.
This
year marks the sixth anniversary of the DVF Awards. The DVF Awards were
created in 2010 by Diane von Furstenberg and the Diller-von Furstenberg
Family Foundation to honor and support extraordinary women who have had
the courage to fight, the power to survive and the leadership to
inspire. Women who have transformed the lives of others through their
commitment, resources and visibility.
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