'An Enormous Deal': A Look at Hillary Clinton's Promise of a Cabinet Full of Women
Hillary Clinton last week pledged that, if elected, she would appoint a presidential cabinet in which at least half of the members are women, a move that would profoundly shift the look of the people who govern America.
Clinton, in an interview on Monday with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, said, "I am going to have a cabinet that looks like America, and 50 percent of America is women, right?"
She was responding to a question about whether she would follow the example of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who campaigned on a similar pledge and enacted it once in office.
The potential first female president has made direct appeals to women a central part of her candidacy, which has lead Donald Trump to accuse her of constantly playing the "woman card."
And the pledge fits with Clinton's history: as first lady, senator and secretary of state, Clinton tapped often women as top aides. But a cabinet that is half-female would be setting a new bar.
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