IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones did not endorse Hillary Clinton during an appearance on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Wednesday, but he expressed appreciation for the historical moment.
Clinton became the first woman to be the presumptive presidential nominee for one of the major political parties. At the Democratic National Convention, Clinton will become the official nominee of the party.
With his Arkansas background, Jones has ties to the Clinton family. The Cowboys visited President Bill Clinton at the White House three times in the 1990s.
"We were all so proud to hear and see the first woman of a major party nominated," Jones said. "The thing that I am impressed about is her grit and the fact that she's endured -- and boy has she certainly had a lot of life's experiences right before all of our eyes. But you can't help but admire her for being the first woman nominee. I think there's been 100 [nominees] for the major parties, and she's one of them. I am, if anything -- and not because it's in vogue -- but I have a daughter, and I know what the women in my life have contributed to it. And if anybody has thought that a woman could be and should be president of the United States and practiced in the support of that, I certainly would like to say that I have done that. I've always thought that they were very capable of leading this country and have told my daughter many, many times that she could be president of the United States."
With Donald Trump the presumptive Republican candidate for president and Mark Cuban making news about his potential interest in serving as vice president, did Jones ever think about getting into politics?
“No,” Jones cracked, "because I didn’t want any publicity.”