President Obama is defending Hillary Clinton over her “broke” comments, saying they won’t mean much in the long run.
“As soon as you jump back into the spotlight in a more explicitly political way, you’re going to be fly-spec like this,” Obama said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos.
“She’s accustomed to it,” Obama said. “Anybody who gets involved in public life is accustomed to it. Over time I don’t think it’s going to make a big difference.”
Clinton, a former U.S. senator who served as Obama’s first secretary of state, may seek the presidency in 2016.
Republicans and others are criticizing Clinton for saying that she and ex-President Bill Clinton left the White House “not only dead broke, but in debt,” despite the prospects of lucrative speaking fees and book contracts.
Obama said Hillary Clinton will be just fine.
“I think that Hillary has been to this rodeo a bunch of times,” he told ABC. “She is in public service because she cares about the same folks that I talked to here today. Her track record on that speaks for itself.”
Obama: Clinton's 'broke' comments won't mean much
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