Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned that gay rights would be at
risk under a Republican administration.
At the third Democratic presidential
debate, Clinton discussed what's at stake in this election.
“On January 20th, 2017,
the next president of the United States will walk into the White
House,” Clinton said during her closing remarks. “If, heaven
forbid, that next president is a Republican, I think it's pretty
clear we know what will happen.”
“A lot of the rights that have been
won over [the] years – from women's rights to voter rights to gay
rights to worker rights – will be at risk.”
“This is a watershed election. I
know how important it is that we have a Democrat succeed President
Obama in the White House. And I will do all that I can in this
campaign to reach out and explain what I stand for and what I will do
as president,” she
added.
While ten of the leading Republican
presidential candidates, including business mogul Donald Trump,
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, former
Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Doctor Ben Carson, have expressed
support for proposed
legislation which would protect opponents of marriage equality,
Clinton has pledged to expand LGBT rights as president.
(Related: Hillary
Clinton releases landmark LGBT policy brief.)