Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said on Sunday that former first lady Michelle Obama was “absolutely correct” in claiming that America was not ready for a woman president.

“If you look at the history, we demonstrated that we were not ready,” Clyburn said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “These are incredible women who have run: Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and I think that we are getting there. That’s why we can’t afford to turn the clock back. We’ve taken one, two and three steps forward and let’s not take two, three and four steps backwards which is what we are doing in these elections.”

Obama’s comments came last month while promoting her new book, “The Look,” where she cited former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential election loss to President Donald Trump as proof the countr

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