Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday pushed back on Michelle Obama’s recent claim that Americans are “not ready” to elect a woman president .

When asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper whether she agreed with the former first lady’s comments, Pelosi questioned why a woman commander-in-chief would be out of the question.

“Well, I hope — I mean, I respect her and I know that view is one that we all are saddened by, but we — I think we have to change. The fact is that I‘ve heard every excuse in the book, you know, like, ‘I‘m not sure a woman could be commander-in-chief.’ Well, why not?” she asked. “‘Well, I served in the military.’ Well, OK. And so? So do women serve in the military.”

The former House Speaker added that she “always thought we would have a woman president long before we

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