Hillary Clinton says Kamala Harris is ‘even sharper’ choice for Dems in new op-ed

Hillary Clinton said the country has an “even sharper” choice in the 2024 election now that President Biden has backed out and endorsed Kamala Harris to replace him atop the Democratic ticket.

Clinton penned an op-ed published in the New York Times Tuesday declaring that Harris can beat former President Donald Trump in November.

“Elections are about the future. That’s why I am excited about Vice President Kamala Harris,” Clinton wrote. “She represents a fresh start for American politics.”

“There is now an even sharper, clearer choice in this election,” she added after commending Biden for ending his reelection campaign following the 81-year-old’s disastrous debate performance and poor poll numbers.

The former secretary of state said the new match-up with the vice president and likely Democratic nominee pits a convicted felon against an experienced former prosecutor.

“It’s old grievances versus new solutions,” Clinton wrote.

Clinton and her husband were some of the first top Democrats to endorse Harris just a couple hours after Biden announced that he was dropping out of the race.

She also spoke about the misogyny she expects Harris to face in the coming months as she attempts to be elected the country’s first woman president.

“I know a thing or two about how hard it can be for strong women candidates to fight through the sexism and double standards of American politics. I’ve been called a witch, a ‘nasty woman’ and much worse,” Clinton noted of her failed presidential campaign.

“While it still pains me that I couldn’t break that highest, hardest glass ceiling, I’m proud that my two presidential campaigns made it seem normal to have a woman at the top of the ticket,” she wrote.

She also noted that Harris will face “unique additional challenges as the first Black and South Asian woman to be at the top of a major party’s ticket.”

But she added, “It is a trap to believe that progress is impossible.”

Though Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump, millions more Americans voted for her over the businessman turned former reality TV star.

“After all, I won the national popular vote by nearly three million in 2016, and it’s not so long ago that Americans overwhelmingly elected our first Black president,” she noted.

“Ms. Harris is chronically underestimated, as are so many women in politics, but she is well prepared for this moment,” Clinton said.

“The time for hand-wringing is over. Now it’s time to organize, mobilize and win.”

Harris is the preferred candidate over Biden for most Democrats, according to a new poll.

About 91% of Dem voters said they viewed Harris, 59, favorably, while 80% said they felt that way about Biden, 81, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The new poll also placed Harris ahead of Trump by 44% to 42%.

The veep will likely face Trump in the general election after she clinched enough delegate support to secure the Democratic nomination. A formal vote still needs to be held, however, before she is the official nominee.