Hillary Rodham Clinton admitted she hasn’t driven a car since her husband’s first term.
“The last time I actually drove a car myself was 1996,” Clinton said Monday in remarks to the National Automobile Dealers Association in New Orleans. “I remember it very well. Unfortunately, so does the Secret Service, which is why I haven’t driven since then.”
America Rising, a Republican super PAC, criticized Clinton’s comments as showing she is out of touch. The organization posted video on Tumblr and commented: “Maybe she put in a tape of The Macarena (which was on top of the charts) during her last time behind the wheel?”
The Secret Service protected Clinton — and drove her from point to point — as first lady during her husband’s eight years in the White House. She continued to receive Secret Service protection after Bill Clinton left office in 2001 and while she served in the U.S. Senate, because of her status as a former first lady. But when Clinton became secretary of State in 2009, the Diplomatic Security Service protected Clinton while she was the nation’s top diplomat.
During her 2008 campaign for president, Clinton admitted she hadn’t pumped gas in quite some time. She still had a driver’s license at that time, and Clinton “sometimes used a hybrid SUV back home in New York,” according to a New York Times story.
