ABC’s “The View” recently joined Hillary Clinton in lamenting the lack of support she garnered from female voters during the 2016 election, in which she lost to former President Donald Trump. Co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar called out the demographic, particularly White women, who sided with Trump over Clinton.
Hostin pointed out in disbelief that over half of White women voted for Trump in the 2016 election. “53% of White women turned to Trump. I will never understand that statistic actually and hope that does not happen again,” she said.
According to Hostin, Clinton was the “most qualified candidate” the U.S. had ever seen in a presidential candidate, citing her past experience in Congress and serving under the Obama administration. “What was interesting to me with Hillary, she pointed to the sexism that was so obvious, because she was the most qualified candidate that I think we’ve ever had,” she stated. “We’re talking senator, we’re talking Secretary of State, we’re talking lawyer, valedictorian of her class, I mean, just a brilliant woman.”
However, the panelist noted that this apparently was not enough to sell female voters on supporting Hillary Clinton. “And what was disappointing to me, though, is she said, you know, women didn’t turn out for me,” Hostin added. She was referring to Clinton’s comments during a recent interview with the New York Times on a new book she is set to release.
Reportedly, Clinton told the news outlet that female voters “left me because they just couldn’t take a risk on me, because as a woman, I’m supposed to be perfect. They were willing to take a risk on Trump — who had a long list of, let’s call them flaws … because he was a man, and they could envision a man as president and commander in chief.”
Hostin continued claiming Trump is an “existential threat to women, claiming, “Well, you know, 90-some percent of Black women turned out for her, 60-something percent of Hispanic women that turned to her. 53% of White women turned to Trump. I think it’s very, very important that people understand what an existential threat this man is to women in particular.”
Behar weighed in, suggesting a similar problem impacted former President Barrack Obama. “A lot of people, including women, think a woman running in that position has to be perfect. It’s like Obama. It reminds me of the situation with Obama,” she said. Watch the segment below:
The American Tribune reported on Clinton’s comment during the New York Times interview about her forthcoming book “The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America.” Aside from the above comments on why women left her to support Donald Trump, she discussed issues such as abortion.
She said, “Too many women, particularly too many young women did not understand the effort that went into creating the underlying theory of Roe v. Wade. And the young women on my campaign made a very compelling argument that making it safe and legal was really the goal.” She added, “I kind of just pocketed the framework of Roe.”
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