{"id":2518558,"date":"2025-12-07T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clyburn-agrees-with-obama-us-not-ready-for-female-president\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T19:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:19:29","slug":"clyburn-agrees-with-obama-us-not-ready-for-female-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clyburn-agrees-with-obama-us-not-ready-for-female-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Clyburn agrees with Obama: US &#8216;not ready&#8217; for female president"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclyburn-agrees-with-obama-us-not-ready-for-female-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2518558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Representative Jim Clyburn agrees with former First Lady Michelle Obama&#8217;s view that the United States is currently &#8220;not ready&#8221; for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">female president<\/a>,though he believes the country is moving closer to that milestone. Obama made this remark following the 2024 election, where President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, mirroring Trump&#8217;s 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton. Clyburn acknowledged the significant candidacies of women like Clinton and Harris and encouraged continued efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-maryland-fundraiser-newsom-tapped-to-fill-californias-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Introducing the Maryland Fundraiser chosen by Newsom for California&#039;s Senate Seat.\">support women running<\/a> for president. Harris, who recently promoted her book and ruled out a 2026 California governor run, remains open to a possible 2028 presidential bid. Other potential female candidates include Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the Democrats and Tulsi Gabbard, who switched to the Republican Party, for the GOP. while the U.S. has yet to elect a female president, political leaders emphasize persistence toward achieving this goal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Clyburn agrees with Michelle Obama: US &lsquo;not ready&rsquo; for female president<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2405754\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-clyburn\">Jim Clyburn<\/a> (D-SC) said former first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michelle-obama\">Michelle Obama<\/a> is &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >absolutely correct&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that the United States is &ldquo;not ready&rdquo; for a female president, but argued the country is getting closer to achieving this.<\/p>\n<p>Obama made her assessment last month in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3888661\/michelle-obama-us-woman-president\/\">tamping down speculation she could seek the White House in 2028<\/a>, pointing to the 2024 election results. President Donald Trump defeated then-Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3896612\/ranking-2028-democratic-presidential-primary-field\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> in that election, eight years after he won in 2016 against former Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3900117\/court-upholds-1-million-fine-for-trumps-frivolous-hillary-clinton-lawsuit\/\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3909969\/mtg-security-detail-death-threats\/\">MTG says she was denied security detail despite 773 death threats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3909901\/bessent-omar-gaslighting-minnesota-somali-fraud\/\">Bessent says Omar &#8216;gaslighting&#8217; public as Treasury investigates alleged Minnesota welfare fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3909889\/cuellar-trump-pardon-bipartisan-democrat\/\">Cuellar says he doesn&#8217;t &#8216;vote party&#8217; after Trump cries betrayal following pardon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Well, history is prologue, and I understand exactly what Kamala Harris has said. I had a very pleasant conversation with her last week, and Michelle Obama is absolutely correct. If you look at the history, we demonstrated that we were not ready. These are incredible women who have run, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and I think that we are getting there,&rdquo; Clyburn said on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3268660&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=44cb9a6d47a5e6dde3be51a640b5d15f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Clyburn concluded that while it seems the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-put-on-a-parade-of-wokeness-at-grammys-proving-they-didnt-learn-their-lesson-in-2024\/\" title=\"Celebrities Put on a Parade of Wokeness at Grammys, Proving They Didn\u2019t Learn Their Lesson in 2024\">country isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t ready to elect its first female president, people shouldn&rsquo;t give up this &ldquo;pursuit.&rdquo; He added that he would like to see more women run for president would support their campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has been promoting her book, <em>107 Days<\/em>, over the last several months, during which she confirmed in late July that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3486639\/kamala-harris-not-run-california-governor-2026\/\">she will not be running for governor of California next year<\/a>. However, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3864002\/harris-not-done-presidential-ambitions-floats-2028-white-house-run\/\">she is leaving the door open<\/a> for another presidential run, saying in October she is confident a woman will be elected president and will &ldquo;possibly&rdquo; be her.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3906780\/shapiro-lost-his-cool-learning-harris-book-complete-bulls\/\"><strong>JOSH SHAPIRO LOST HIS COOL AFTER LEARNING ABOUT HARRIS&rsquo;S BOOK: &lsquo;COMPLETE BULLS***&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides Harris, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is another possible candidate, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3878934\/cruz-aoc-mamdani-2028-democratic-nomination\/\">called<\/a> her one of the front-runners for the Democratic Party&rsquo;s nomination. There are rumblings, however, that she could challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his seat, a possibility she has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3884815\/aoc-ducks-criticize-schumer-new-york-senate-noise-real\/\">acknowledged<\/a> but downplayed.<\/p>\n<p>For Republicans, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is a possible candidate, as she previously ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3134546\/tulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump\/\">before endorsing Trump in 2024<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3199603\/tulsi-gabbard-joins-republican-party-trump-rally-north-carolina\/\">joining the Republican Party<\/a>. Gabbard told journalist Megyn Kelly in May <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SZCzEuyj0XU\">she would &ldquo;never rule out any opportunity&rdquo; to serve the U.S.<\/a> when asked about potentially seeking the White House in 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clyburn agrees US isn&#8217;t ready yet for female president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2518559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clyburn-us-not-ready-female-president.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[17661,68397,32547,5315,32515],"class_list":["post-2518558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-clyburn","tag-female-president","tag-gender-equality","tag-obama","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/clyburn-us-not-ready-female-president.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518562,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518558\/revisions\/2518562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}