Former White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett reportedly said Monday that “our country is ready for a female president.”
“I don’t really distinguish whether it’s a male candidate or a female candidate. I think our country is ready for a female president but you don’t have to be a female candidate [to care about issues that matter],” Jarrett said in Washington, D.C., according to The Washington Examiner.
{mosads}Six candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential field are women, including Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.).
In discussing the 2020 hopefuls, Jarrett added that she wants “a candidate who will go out there and earn it.”
She also said that Democratic candidates shouldn’t “beat each other up” during the primaries, and that doing so could hurt them in the general election.
Jarrett recently told BuzzFeed News that former Vice President Joe Biden would “make a terrific president,” but said she would support the Democrat that wins nomination.
“Whoever wins the primary, I will work my butt off to make sure they win the general election,” she said.