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Oprah Winfrey Not Ruling Out 2020 Presidential Run

Oprah Winfrey / AP
March 1, 2017

Famed talk show host Oprah Winfrey in a recent interview hinted that she would consider running for president in 2020.

During an episode of Bloomberg's "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations" that aired on Wednesday, Winfrey and Rubenstein took a jab at President Donald Trump by saying that you don't need experience to be president anymore, so she could run, according to the New York Post.

"I actually never thought that was — I never considered the question, even a possibility, I just thought 'Oh, oh,'" Winfrey said.

"Right, because it’s clear that you don’t need government experience to be elected president of the United States, right?" Rubenstein said.

"That’s what I thought," Winfrey said. "I thought, 'Oh gee, I don’t have the experience, I don’t know enough. Now I’m thinking, 'Oh, oh.'"

The reaction from the crowd and Winfrey's facial expressions implied that because Trump became president without political experience, Winfrey could now take the opportunity to run for office.

Winfrey was a loyal supporter of former President Barack Obama. She endorsed him in 2006 before he declared himself a presidential candidate.