Hillary Clinton pushes Kamala Harris for president in NY Times: 'The time for hand-wringing is over'

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made the case for a Kamala Harris presidency in a New York Times guest essay on Wednesday.

"Elections are about the future. That’s why I am excited about Vice President Kamala Harris. She represents a fresh start for American politics. She can offer a hopeful, unifying vision. She is talented, experienced and ready to be president. And I know she can defeat Donald Trump," Clinton wrote.

She made the case that Harris as a "savvy former prosecutor and successful vice president" could be the perfect contrast to the former Republican president, though warned from personal experience that the vice president would face sexist attacks.

"Ms. Harris’s record and character will be distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and the kind of ugly prejudice we’re already hearing from MAGA mouthpieces. She and the campaign will have to cut through the noise, and all of us as voters must be thoughtful about what we read, believe and share," Clinton wrote.

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She continued, "I know a thing or two about how hard it can be for strong women candidates to fight through the sexism and double standards of American politics. I’ve been called a witch, a ‘nasty woman’ and much worse. I was even burned in effigy. As a candidate, I sometimes shied away from talking about making history. I wasn’t sure voters were ready for that."

Clinton ran for president in 2016 as the Democratic candidate against Trump and lost, although she reminded readers that she got three million more total votes.

She warned Harris would "face unique additional challenges as the first Black and South Asian woman," but said