Hillary Clinton attributed the loss of female voters during her 2016 presidential campaign to her acknowledgment of not being flawless in a recent interview.
They left me because they just couldn’t take a risk on me because, as a woman, I’m supposed to be perfect,” she told the New York Times. The argument put forth was that women voters assumed a “risk” by supporting former President Donald Trump due to his gender.
“They were willing to take a risk on [Trump] — who had a long list of, let’s call them flaws, to illustrate his imperfection — because he was a man, and they could envision a man as president and commander-in-chief.”
The ex-first lady additionally expressed disapproval towards fellow Democrats for their failure to solidify abortion rights prior to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022. “We didn’t take it seriously, and we didn’t understand the threat,” Clinton said. “Most Democrats, most Americans, did not realize we are in an existential struggle for the future of this country.”
“We could have done more to fight,” she added, likening the struggle for abortion access to women’s rights.
“Authoritarians, whether they be political or religious based, always go after women. It’s just written in the history, and that’s what will happen in this country.”
