Mya, it almost seems like the people of arkansas wanted you to suffer a bit more from that name change. Like i would have almost felt more satisfying if it had been a really challenging thing for you. And this has been a constant theme through my adult life, you know. A, there's something about women stepping into the arena, particularly being uapologetic and willing to stand up against or call out a strong groups or interest groups or forces at work. Yet, did i put up with a lot of stuff when i ran for office? Yeh. Did i put up with all kinds of, you know, sexism and mesogeny ? Absolutely some I just ignored
People have been asking Hillary to change ever since the 1970s, when she defied the stereotype of First Lady of Arkansas. And she was willing to change...just never in the way people had hoped.
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