Hilary Clinton Shares Picture In Solidarity With Finland PM Marin: "Keep Dancing"

"Keep dancing," former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted Sunday, lending her solidarity to Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who was criticised  for her recent party pictures.

“As Ann Richards said, "Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels." Here's me in Cartagena while I was there for a meeting as Secretary of State,” she noted. Marin quickly responded to the tweet, “Thank you, @Hillary Clinton,” with a heart emoji.

Hilary Clinton Shows Solidarity With Finland PM 

A newly leaked video of Marin dancing and having a good time at her home with a bunch of friends and celebrities put her in the middle of a controversy. Critics argued that the video showed inappropriate behaviour for a prime minister, but many people, including Clinton right now, have defended the leader's right to have a private event with friends. The world's youngest prime minister is a 36-year-old politician.

Marin conveyed to fellow members of her Social Democratic party that it was important to become easygoing at moments. "I am human. And I too sometimes long for joy, light and fun amidst these dark clouds," said Marin, the world's youngest prime minister. She added that she had not missed "a single day of work."

However, she experienced additional backlash after a picture of two ladies raising their shirts during a gathering at the prime minister's house in July surfaced. Marin apologised once more.

President Barack Obama appointed Clinton, who is now 74, to lead the State Department from 2009 to 2013. She ran as the Democratic candidate in the 2016 US elections. Despite being heavily favoured, Hillary suffered a stunning upset loss to real estate mogul Donald Trump.

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Aside from Clinton, prominent female politicians who used the hashtag #SolidarityWithSanna on Twitter to defend Marin included Fiona Patten of Australia, Tilly Metz of the European Parliament, and Carla Denyer of the United Kingdom.