“Keep dancing,” former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted on Sunday, endorsing Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin, whose taste for partying has garnered global attention.
Clinton’s post included a photo of herself dancing with a big smile on her face in a crowded club during her 2012 visit to Columbia, while still the United States Secretary of State. It ended with the words, “Keep dancing, @marinsanna.”
As Ann Richards put it, “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did. He did it in the back and heels.”
I am here in Cartagena when I went there for a meeting as Secretary of State.
keep dancing, @marinsanna, pic.twitter.com/btAtUFOcNV
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) 28 August 2022
Marin quickly responded, tweeting, “Thank you @HillaryClinton.”
A recently leaked video shows Marin dancing and partying with a group of friends and celebrities.
Critics said it showed inappropriate behavior for a prime minister, while others (including Clinton now) defended the 36-year-old politician’s right to enjoy a private event with friends.
Prime Minister of Finland @MarinSanna Today a video of his party is in the headlines after being leaked.
He has been criticized in the past for spending too much on the party instead of attending and governing many concerts.
Critics say it is not suitable for a PM. pic.twitter.com/FbOhdTeEGw
— visegrad24 (@visegrad24) 17 August 2022
Marin told fellow members of his Social Democratic Party that it was important to cut back from time to time.
“I am human. And I sometimes crave joy, light and fun among these dark clouds,” said Marin, the world’s youngest prime minister. She said she didn’t miss “a single day of work”.
But he was further shocked when a photograph surfaced of two women lifting their tops during a party at the prime minister’s residence in July.
Marin apologized again.
Clinton, who is 74, headed the US State Department from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama.
In 2016, she was the Democratic nominee for the US presidency. Although despite overwhelming support, she lost to real estate magnate Donald Trump.
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