IF this story is true, she didn't "take herself of consideration". She would have done that long ago.
She was ASKED to take herself out of consideration.
And the only reason she would have been ASKEd would have been to deflect conservative ire for having another person, who could only be moe liberal, named.
But we shall wait and see.
In polite society, people are not fired. They get the hint they are no longer welcome, and submit resignations. People are not turned down for jobs. They decline to be considered for the position.