Hillary Clinton Rules Out 2024 Run, But Leaves Door Open If This Does Not Happen

By Emanuel Eisen | Monday, 20 June 2022 05:15 AM
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Hillary Clinton wants everyone to know she is not going to run for President again in 2024.

The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee told the Financial Times in an interview published Friday that another presidential request was not in the works.

"No, out of the question," Clinton told the outlet. "First of all, I expect Biden to run. He certainly intends to run. It would be very disruptive to challenge that."

Discussing the current state of political affairs, Clinton said the possibility of a Republican recapturing the White House in 2024 was "so frightening." As a result, she said, doing anything to hurt the Democrats was not a priority.

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"We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy, and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window," Clinton, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, said.

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"Look, the most important thing is to win the next election," she said. "The alternative is so frightening that whatever does not help you win should not be a priority."

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The former secretary of state assumed that former President Donald Trump would run again "if he can," citing the $130 million he has raised to organize campaigns.

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"I don’t know who will challenge him in the Republican primary," Clinton said.

Former President Bill Clinton delivered comparable notes during a television appearance earlier this week.

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“I actually think there is a fair chance we could completely lose our constitutional democracy for a couple of decades if we make bad decisions," the 42nd commander in chief said in an interview with CBS's The Late Late Show with James Corden.

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President Joe Biden, who hopes to avoid a red wave in the 2022 midterm elections as experts continue to predict that Republicans will retake the House of Representatives, has also mused about the state of democracies recently.

Speaking at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles earlier this month, the 46th president warned that "democracy is under assault around the world."

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The Washington Post reported Friday that Biden may announce his re-election bid in spring 2023, and that the Democratic National Committee is not preparing for a primary debate schedule, under the effect of Biden's team who wants to project strength despite poor poll numbers.

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre laughed off a question Monday about Biden's physical and mental well-being during an interview with CNN's Don Lemon.

"Does the president have the stamina, physically and mentally, do you think will continue on even after 2024?" Lemon asked.

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"Don, you're asking me this question," a visibly stunned Jean-Pierre exclaimed. "Oh my gosh. He's the President of the United States." The press secretary then laughed and told Lemon that she, 47, sometimes struggles to keep up with Biden, 79. She added that Lemon’s question was not one that "we should even be asking."

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