As Democrats nationwide encourage Oprah Winfrey to seek the presidency in 2020, those closest to the media mogul are sending mixed messages about her political intentions.
Her best friend, CBS News host Gayle King, said Tuesday that Winfrey is 91裸聊视频渋ntrigued91裸聊视频� by the idea of a White House bid.
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On Monday, Winfrey91裸聊视频檚 longtime partner, Stedman Graham, told the Los Angeles Times that 91裸聊视频渋t91裸聊视频檚 up to the people91裸聊视频� whether she will be president, adding, 91裸聊视频淪he would absolutely do it.91裸聊视频�
The presidential buzz follows Winfrey91裸聊视频檚 impassioned call for 91裸聊视频渁 brighter morning even in our darkest nights91裸聊视频� at the Golden Globes on Sunday night in a speech that left some viewers contemplating the idea of the Democratic Party embracing a celebrity candidate of its own to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. Trump, of course, was little more than a businessman-turned-reality-television-star before his extraordinary political rise.
Trump, who has lauded Winfrey as worthy of the vice presidency, dismissed her Tuesday as a threat, albeit cordially.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., noted that Winfrey, like Trump, lacks any kind of governing experience.
91裸聊视频淚 think one of the arguments for Oprah is 45,91裸聊视频� Pelosi said, referring to Trump in shorthand for the 45th president. 91裸聊视频淚 think one of the arguments against Oprah is 45.91裸聊视频�
Even so, for Democrats in early voting states, and perhaps for a public that largely disapproves of Trump91裸聊视频檚 job performance, the notion of a popular media figure as a presidential candidate is not as strange as it once seemed.
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Winfrey91裸聊视频檚 speech as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award touched on her humble upbringing and childhood wonder in civil rights heroes.
But it was her exhortation of the legions of women who have called out sexual harassers 91裸聊视频� and her dream of a day 91裸聊视频渨hen nobody has to say 91裸聊视频榤e too91裸聊视频� again91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� that got some influential political operatives thinking Winfrey might be just what the Democrats need. Her appeal extended well beyond her celebrity, some said, citing her compassion, kindness and devotion to helping others as a badly needed change after Trump.
Even Trump91裸聊视频檚 daughter Ivanka endorsed Oprah91裸聊视频檚 message, if not a political future, in a tweet Monday. 91裸聊视频淛ust saw @Oprah91裸聊视频檚 empowering and inspiring speech at last night91裸聊视频檚 #GoldenGlobes. Let91裸聊视频檚 all come together, women & men, & say #TIMESUP! #UNITED.91裸聊视频�
Trump91裸聊视频檚 job approval rating sat at just 32 per cent in December, according to an Associated Press-NORC poll. And though polls show his approval up slightly since, Trump is the least popular first-year president on record. He has also been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, though he has vehemently denied the allegations.
Winfrey, in September and October, publicly dismissed the notion of seeking the nation91裸聊视频檚 highest office, though she noted that Trump91裸聊视频檚 victory made her rethink the requirements of the office.
The 64-year-old media mogul has become a cultural phenomenon over the past 30-plus years, born into a poor home in Mississippi but breaking through as a television news and talk show personality in the 1980s. Over 30 years, she became the face of television talk shows, starred and produced feature films, and began her own network.
Thomas Beaumont And Steve Peoples, The Associated Press
