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Huma Abedin says Hillary Clinton 'faced impossible standards' as a woman in politics: 'Like you couldn't win'
Fox News ^ | 10/06/2022 | Hanna Penreck

Posted on 10/23/2022 6:00:48 PM PDT by simpson96

Former campaign vice chair for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, Huma Abedin, told "The View" hosts on Thursday that Clinton faced "impossible standards" as a woman in politics.

Co-host Ana Navarro said "politics have become a personality contest" and asked Abedin about Vice President Kamala Harris being "judged" by the same "phantom ideal woman" as Clinton.

"I know the challenge and you know this well that Hillary had to face just as a woman in politics," Abedin said. "All these impossible standards, you know, she needs to be taller, shorter, talk this way. This is annoying, you know, she looks angry when she speaks. It was almost like you couldn’t win no matter what you said."

Abedin said Clinton was never the "personality candidate" and said no one ever questioned whether she was "qualified."

"It was all of these other sort of excuses and I think it’s because we as a society, we cannot – that’s by the way both men and women because women do decide elections in my opinion. We can’t see women as commander in chief. We close our eyes and you think of president and you think of a man," Abedin said.

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KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2024election; ananavarro; demagogicparty; demagogue; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2016; election2024; hannapenreck; humaabedin; kamalaharris; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; ronklain
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1 posted on 10/23/2022 6:00:48 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

That’s because Hillary’s not a woman.


2 posted on 10/23/2022 6:01:18 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: simpson96

Of course Hillary helped a lot in her loss.


3 posted on 10/23/2022 6:01:36 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: simpson96

Well, Camelass Harris faced the same odds and she won. Hey Hummer. How’s Carlos Danger doing?


4 posted on 10/23/2022 6:03:51 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Veto Beto, FJB.)
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To: simpson96

Hillary would have won had it not been for Russian interference, the “experts” said so themselves.


5 posted on 10/23/2022 6:04:09 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: simpson96

It’s not the fact that she’s a woman it’s the fact that she is an absolutely horrible person


6 posted on 10/23/2022 6:04:15 PM PDT by databoss
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To: simpson96
This Evil Muzzie’s family are Middle east terrorist Supporters .
Her family is Muslim Brotherhood that Seized Power in Egypt.
She should be driven from this country.
God knows what she has shared with her Terrorist Family .
7 posted on 10/23/2022 6:05:37 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: simpson96

Hillary Clinton is a lying, thieving, bullying, cheating, murdering, dirty little snot whose dad had to tie steaks around her neck so the alligators would play with her.


8 posted on 10/23/2022 6:05:56 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: simpson96

Whether she was short, tall, pretty, ugly, man or woman it would have been the same. Her ideas are toxic.


9 posted on 10/23/2022 6:06:04 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: simpson96

Playing the victim card. It’s a weakling’s excuse for failure.


10 posted on 10/23/2022 6:06:22 PM PDT by Spok (Homelessness will not be solved by incentivizing it; it must be made harder, not easier.)
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To: simpson96

Start by not Arkanciding people and maybe we can talk about cutting you a little slack, Hil.


11 posted on 10/23/2022 6:06:30 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: simpson96
She can’t help it…

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12 posted on 10/23/2022 6:06:44 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: simpson96

/double hurl


13 posted on 10/23/2022 6:07:01 PM PDT by sauropod (The New York Times' 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones: "all journalism is activism.")
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To: simpson96

Some bad news for you, Huma. The Hyena is already the first woman president. It happened when Dementia Joe took a tube up his wrinkled butt and it was officially temporary, but it happened.


14 posted on 10/23/2022 6:07:03 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Jim W N

The little fact being denied....she lost not because she’s a gal...she lost because she’s shillary.


15 posted on 10/23/2022 6:07:33 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: blueunicorn6

Whoo dogie that was funny!


16 posted on 10/23/2022 6:07:35 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Jim W N

So if you have a crap personality (Hillary) or are an air-head (Harris), it’s isn’t those things that holds you back from success, it’s some misogynistic double-standard.

Right. Got it.


17 posted on 10/23/2022 6:07:54 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: blueunicorn6

Didn’t keep Billy Boy away.......


18 posted on 10/23/2022 6:08:03 PM PDT by deport
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To: simpson96

Standing up and walking unassisted was one standard she couldn’t pass.


19 posted on 10/23/2022 6:08:42 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: mass55th

Herself set the rules for engagement very early in her career, while serving on the committee that was writing up articles of impeachment to be used by the House of Representatives against Richard Nixon. Extend no rights to the object of the proposed impeachment, and dig up the most specious and spurious charges imaginable.

Incidentally, Herself was fired from that committee for being “too harsh” in language used and by overlooking some serious lapses in legal practices.

For hating Nixon so much, Herself did everything she could to emulate the Nixonian strategies and political tactics later on.


20 posted on 10/23/2022 6:09:41 PM PDT by alloysteel (People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov)
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