Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made fun of female Republicans by claiming that if they became president, they would all be servants of “the patriarchy.”
“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 during a May 1 discussion at New York City’s 92nd Street Y when asked by moderator Margaret Hoover what advice she had for the first female President of the United States.
In the previous several elections, several women have run for president, notably Nikki Haley, who was Trump’s UN ambassador last year. Former Vice President Kamala Harris won the Democratic nomination for president in 2024 after former President Joe Biden dropped out. President Donald Trump beat Harris, just like he did Clinton in 2016.
Clinton said that Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski was one of the “few” women in the Republican Party whom she admired. At times, Murkowski has been quite critical of Trump. For example, she voted to convict him during his second impeachment hearing in 2021.
When Hoover brought up Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman from Wyoming who backed Biden in 2024