John Kerry 'to think about' running against Trump in 2020 presidential election
'I’m not going to take anything off the table,' says former secretary of state
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Your support makes all the difference.Former US secretary of state John Kerry has said he is considering running for the White House in 2020.
Mr Kerry, beaten by George W Bush in the 2004 election, said he was “going to think about” another presidential bid.
“I’m not going to take anything off the table,” he added, speaking during an event at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.
Asked directly whether he was thinking about challenging Donald Trump in two years, Mr Kerry joked: “I’m thinking about how the hell to get out from under that question, fast.”
He added: “I’m not going to eliminate it, I’m not going to take anything off the table.
“But … I haven’t been around to the most obvious states laying around groundwork or anything.
“Am I going to think about it? Yeah I’m going to think about it. I’ve said that point blank, simply because … if you care about these things, you have to think about it.”
Mr Trump has previously mocked the idea of Mr Kerry challenging him, saying he would "only be so lucky" to come up against the former Massachusetts senator.
There is likely to be a large field of Democratic candidates vying to challenge the president in 2020.
Dozens of party figures have expressed interest, although only two – Maryland representative John Delaney and West Virginia senator Richard Ojeda – have formally declared their campaigns so far.
Mr Kerry said he was “perfectly ready to embrace” another candidate he thought could could win and “wants to address all the issues”, such as climate change and foreign policy.
He added: “But I’m going to be very candid here, and people who are thinking about it aren’t going to love me for it, but I don’t see the person yet that I’m prepared to say that about.”
Mr Kerry indicated he could be prepared to endorse Joe Biden, vice-president under Barack Obama, or former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who have both expressed interest in a presidential bid.
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