Amy Klobuchar to Democrats: don’t rule out female candidate in 2028 after Harris loss
by Ramon Antonio Vargas from US news | The Guardian on (#6X7BX)
Minnesota senator also says her party would have been served better by a primary' election in 2024
US senator Amy Klobuchar says she hopes her party does not reflexively rule out running a woman for the White House after Kamala Harris - her fellow Democrat - lost to her Republican rival Donald Trump in November's presidential election, arguing it's not the lesson to learn".
Responding to a question Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press about whether Harris's defeat might dissuade Democrats from nominating a female presidential candidate, Klobuchar said: You have seen women run other countries quite well" before singling out the former German chancellor Angela Merkel as an example.
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