Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has given his full backing for Hillary Clinton’s bid to become US President, declaring she would be a “feminist” role model for the world.
Khan said that Bernie Sanders’ CV couldn’t compare to that of Clinton and hinted that the Vermont senator would struggle to win the broad base of support needed to clinch a general election.
In an exclusive interview with HuffPost UK, the first ever Muslim Mayor of a European Union capital city said that having a woman running the White House would inspire his teenage daughters and others around the globe.
“What I admire about Hillary Clinton is not simply her gravitas, her experience in the job she did as Secretary of State in Obama’s term one, the experience she’s got as a Senator,” Khan said.
“But also I’m the father of two daughters, I’m a proud feminist here in City Hall.
“Imagine the message it sends to my two daughters, who are 16 and 14 to see arguably the most powerful person in the world is a woman.
“The President of the United States of America being a woman: that will give my daughters, and other girls around the world, the understanding that if you work hard you can achieve anything - whatever country you are in...it’s really important.”
Khan, who was elected on May 5 with the biggest direct mandate of any British politician in history, has clashed with Donald Trump over his proposed ban on Muslims from travelling to the US.
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