Clinton Jabs Trump in Speech at Georgetown: ‘There I Go Again Talking About Facts’

Coming even further out of the woods on Friday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech at Georgetown University.

Taking part in her namesake awards ceremony, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards, which are presented by Georgetown’s Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, were awarded to the three women involved in negotiating the recent peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels. The one time presidential nominee’s speech stayed, for the most part, on the subject at hand: the furthering of woman’s rights.

“I believed then — and, I have to tell you, I believe even more fiercely today — that advancing the rights and full participation of women and girls is the great, unfinished business of the 21st century,” Clinton said to a fanfare of wild applause.

Moving on to foreign diplomacy and the roles of women in the U.S. military, Clinton took the opportunity to get a subtle jab in at President Donald Trump. (These remarks start around the 9:20 mark.) Using the Georgetown Institute as an example of the power of women in peacekeeping situations, Clinton said:

So the work that is done here at this institute, here at Georgetown, making the evidence-based case for the role of women and peace in security is incredibly important. It’s always mattered, but today, it’s even more critical. As this institute has grown, so too has the body of evidence showing that when women participate in peacemaking and peacekeeping, we are all safer and more secure. Studies show… here I go again, talking about research, evidence and facts… But in fact, when women are included in peace negotiations, agreements are less likely to fail and more likely to last.

The former First Lady took one more opportunity to snark at the current administration, perhaps specifically Kellyanne Conway and her signature phrase “alternative facts”:

Now, before anybody jumps to any conclusions, I will state, clearly, women are not inherently more peaceful than men. That is a stereotype. That belongs in the alternative reality.

From there Clinton remained largely on subject, rounding out the speech with her familiar call to arms for the rights of women and girls.

Watch the entirety of the speech above, via PBS News Hour.

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