We don’t need more or better leaders, we need someone willing to fight
In other words:
"I may not actually be competent, but I'll pick fights."
Manning's only hope is for the alphabet soup lobby to step in on "her" behalf, because a man who engages in espionage against his own country, then turns around, claims to be a woman and gets a sex change on the feds' dime all while railing against the government wouldn't have a snowball's chance in Hades of being elected in a sane world. This world, alas, is not sane, so all bets are off.