Hillary Clinton won’t be entering the 2020 fray, according to her former campaign chairman John Podesta.
“She would have been a great president, but that’s in the past. She says she’s not running,” Podesta told CNN on Tuesday.
CNN reported last week Clinton had told associates she was still considering another run. Podesta called the reporting “media catnip.”
“She’s not running for president,” he insisted. “We got a lot of great candidates out there right now. I think the Democratic primary’s going to be a spirited one.”
About half a dozen Democrats have already entered the 2020 race. Podesta singled out former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz who has been flirting with entering the race as an independent.
“An independent can’t win,” Podesta said. “I would think that Mr. Schultz would rather have his legacy [be] the fact that he became a billionaire selling Frappuccinos than he helped get Donald Trump re-elected president of the United States.”
