Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is likely to remain in politics indefinitely. This week, the former Secretary of State re-entered the 2024 presidential race to challenge her archrival, former President Donald Trump.
She predicted, as she did in 2016, on Sky News that Trump would not become president again and that President Joe Biden would win regardless of the Republican nominee.
“Next year, America goes to the polls. Donald Trump is running for president while under criminal indictment,” interviewer Beth Rigby said. “This, the man who back in 2016 consistently accused you of law-breaking and actively encouraged chats of ‘lock her up,’ directed at you. It’s pretty ironic, isn’t it, that he’s now a former president that could face a jail term. How does it make you feel?”
“Well, I always thought about him, and if you follow him, I think you can see it as well, he accuses people of doing things he himself is doing,” the former secretary of state said. “It’s a form of psychological projection. And I always thought that his record in business in particular, but then as we saw him in politics and government, he was someone who cared nothing about rules. He cared nothing about the law.”
“So, he has been indicted, and there may be others as well, but he has said he is going to keep running and there’s nothing in our current system of laws that would prevent him from running,” she said. “But even if he gets the Republican nomination, he cannot, in my view, be re-elected president.”
“Why can’t he be re-elected?” the interviewer said.
“I think people are more people are onto him and his behavior than they were before,” she said. “He has a hardcore of support that is likely to help him win the Republican nomination. But in a general election against President Biden, I do not believe he can win.”
In addition, she expressed doubt that Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, could defeat President Biden.
“Nobody really outside of Florida knows very much about him, and in Florida, they’re watching him do crazy things,” she said.
“So I actually believe that President Biden will be re-elected regardless of who the Republican nominee is,” the former secretary of state said.
She went on to dismiss concerns about the president’s age, he would be 82 if re-elected, while also praising herself.
“I feel like I could do the job. I’m in my mid-70s. I think it really should be a matter of what he has done as president,” she said.
"So, he has been indicted… but he has said he is going to keep running."
"But even if he gets the Republican nomination, he cannot, in my view, be re-elected president."
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump has "no chance" in 2024 and Biden will win the election no matter what. pic.twitter.com/ugbsUkcGHl
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) April 18, 2023
A recent survey, however, indicates that she is erroneous.
“In the just-released Rasmussen Reports survey, Trump moved ahead of Biden 47%-40% with support from women and independents,” the Washington Examiner reports.
The survey conducted on Wednesday was the first test of the 2024 general election since the publication of the 45th president’s hush money indictment in Manhattan last week. The survey was conducted prior to Trump’s Tuesday hearing, during which he pled not guilty to 34 charges, according to the outlet.
In a Wednesday tweet displaying the results, the pollster included the figures for February and wrote, “Reversal of Fortune — Massive Strategic Backfire.”
“The survey weighted Democrats heavier than Republicans and independents, 36%, 33%, 31%,” the Examiner noted.
Tomorrow AM: Reversal of Fortune
Massive Strategic Backfire – Stay Tuned. pic.twitter.com/rl0ujh9d2X
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) April 4, 2023
In addition, Biden trails Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who has a significantly larger margin than Biden, 46% to 38%.
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Both DeSantis and Trump are performing well among women and independent voters, which are considered critical to winning in 2024. Trump leads Biden among women with a 47% to 39% margin. DeSantis, on the other hand, leads among women with a 43% to 39% margin. CONTINUE READING…
