Chelsea Clinton Won’t Rule Out Running For Office

This is some mighty unfortunate news.

Sadly, the days of the Clintons in politics isn’t OVER over. Chelsea Clinton won’t rule out one day running for office.

“I think if someone were to step down or retire and I thought I could do a good job and it matched my talents, I’d have to think if it’s the right choice for me,” Chelsea Clinton told The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News.

No. Don’t think. It’s not the right choice for you. Trust me.

Here’s a bit of the Q&A:

Q. A record number of women are running for office this year, many of them inspired by your mother’s run and the results of 2016 elections. Why haven’t we seen your name on the list?

A. I don’t have any plans to run for office, but it is something I think about as I hope every young person thinks about it.

If you care about what’s happening in the world, you have to care about running for and holding elected office. I hope it’s a question that we ask ourselves.

For me, I live in a neighborhood in the city and in a state where I feel my family, and what I hope for the world, is well represented.

It’s at the national level where I disagree deeply with President Trump on, I think, everything practically.

But I like my City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, I like my senators and I love my public advocate Letitia James who I hope is the next attorney general. For now, I am really focused on trying to make the change I want to see in the world through my work in the foundation, my writing and my teaching. 

Chelsea Clinton views herself as a teacher. Let that sink in for a hot minute.

BTW– they asked Chelsea if her mom planned on running again in 2020. This was her response:

“I know she’s really excited about working with Steven Spielberg to turn Elaine Weiss’ book  The Women’s Hour, into a movie; and we are doing some work together to help save the elephants (combating elephant poaching), so I know her head is very much on projects that she’s committed to now,” she said. “I support my mom in whatever she wants to do, but she’s never once mentioned that to me.”

Thank God. But again. Chelsea’s not ruling anything out, so that’s very unfortunate news. But for now, she’s writing children’s books, which is also unfortunate news.

It’s unfortunate news all around.

As you were.

h/t Chicago Sun Times