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The slow unfolding of Caitlyn Jenner’s campaign for California governor will continue with an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, as the Republican who calls herself a “compassionate disrupter” begins to sketch a rough outline of how she would manage the nation’s most populous state.
The 71-year-old Jenner a reality TV personality, transgender rights activist and 1976 Olympics hero announced her campaign last month in a written statement on Twitter. Jenner, who came out as a woman in 2015, followed up Monday with a three-minute video posted on her website in which she criticizes career politicians and promises to restore California’s luster amid a pandemic and homeless crisis.
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2020, file photo, Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the fourth Women s March in Los Angeles. Jenner, the former Olympic champion and reality TV personality now running for California governor, said she opposes transgender girls competing in girls sports at school. Jenner told a TMZ reporter on Saturday, May 1, 2021, that it s a question of fairness. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
LOS ANGELES – Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican whose campaign for California governor has elicited angry reaction from some members of the LGBTQ community, said Wednesday that “I move on” when it comes to her critics.
Her comment came during a one-on-one interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, which marked some of the first words in public since announcing nearly two weeks ago her candidacy in an expected recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Caitlyn Jenner to critics: I move on she says in interview
MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AP Political Writer
May 5, 2021
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1of6ARCHIVO - En esta foto del 18 de enero de 2020, Caitlyn Jenner habla en la cuarta Marcha de las Mujeres en Los Ángeles. Jenner y John Cox, republicanos ambos, están en campaña para revocar al gobernador demócrata de California, Gavin Newsom, y a la vez se disputan la gobernación. (AP Foto/Damian Dovarganes, File)Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6Foto tomada el 7 de septiembre del 2019 de Caitlyn Jenner en Beverly Hills, California.. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/APShow MoreShow Less
But she also displayed signs of a first-time candidate, occasionally stumbling over answers, rambling or providing only generalities. At one point she said she supported illegal immigration, but corrected herself after Hannity spoke up. But she also made no disastrous blunders that might follow her throughout the campaign.
While discussing her place as a transgender role model, Jenner lamented the high suicide rate within the community and added, For me to be a role model for them, to be out there. I am running for governor of the state of California, who would ever thunk that? We’ve never even had a woman governor.”