Speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton expressed her hope that Kamala Harris would eventually become the first female president of the United States and shatter the “highest, hardest glass ceiling.”
Ms. Clinton said that by becoming the first female presidential nominee from a major party, she had shattered her own glass ceiling.
“When a barrier falls for one of us, it clears the way for all of us,” she repeated, quoting her eight years prior convention speech.
Although Hillary made history with her 2016 presidential campaign, she ultimately lost to Donald Trump in the election.
She told a throng of thousands in Chicago that it was time to transmit the torch as the Democratic Party attempted to elect a woman to the presidency for the first time.
“Together, we’ve put a lot of cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling,” Mrs. Clinton said. “On the other side of that glass ceiling is Kamala Harris raising her hand and taking the oath of office as our 47th President of the United States.”
After Mrs. Clinton’s presidential attempt, a number of female delegates and lawmakers attending the Chicago DNC in 2024 claim that things have changed.
She made her gender a major campaign theme back then; Ms. Harris seems to have avoided doing the same. It is unclear if the political landscape has changed sufficiently for the vice president to be elected to the presidency.