Hillary Clinton On Female President 2002 Flashback MSNBC

Name: Hillary Clinton On Female President 2002 Flashback MSNBC
Uploaded: 2026-04-25T09:00:00.403Z
Duration: 2 min 28 s
Channel: Hillary Clinton
Description: Hillary Clinton participated in a Hardball College Tour back in 2002 at the University of Albany. Here’s what she had to say back then about whether the U.S. will have a female president.

Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton participated in a Hardball College Tour back in 2002 at the University of Albany. Here’s what she had to say back then about whether the U.S. will have a female president.

I know you're really a consistent and unrelenting feminist, and someday you think we'll have a woman president. I sure hope so. Don't you? This is so much fun. And when that day comes and that woman is married, she will not have a first lady. She will have a first gentleman. First mate. Well, I'm going to get to that question later. That's later. Well, you do amaze me. First mate. That first mate, if it is a male, will be a first gentleman. Will that person have the responsibilities traditionally accorded to the first lady, which is to run the White House social life? Well, somebody has to. So you think it would be an appropriate role for the first gentleman to run, decide where to put the ambassador, who gets the right seating next to the president, sits over in the east wing, designs the decor for the, wouldn't you like to give that job to somebody you know? Well, you know, I remember when my soon to be colleague Elizabeth Dole was running, that's what Bob Dole said he wanted to do. So he wanted that job. Absolutely. Yeah. Do you think it'd be appropriate for the first lady when she becomes the first president as a woman? Do you think it's appropriate for her to give an office in the west wing to the first gentleman? Well, that would have to be negotiated. Senator Clinton, do you think it's actually possible in today's society for a female president to be elected? Well, that's going to be up to the American people. I think in our country, we should believe that an individual is judged on his or her merits and there are many capable women serving in both public and private life in high leadership positions. So I hope that when the time comes and someone does offer herself that she'll be judged on what kind of president she would be and not how she wears her hair or what her clothes are and things like that. Hey YouTube fans. I'm Luke Russert. Thanks for checking out our MSNBC channel. Subscribe by clicking right here and click any of the videos over here to watch the latest breaking news, mini documentaries, conversations from shift and other digital exclusives. Check it out.