Kirsten Gillibrand formally joins Democratic race for president
Source: Los Angeles Times
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York formally announced her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination on Sunday, casting herself as the partys strongest champion of reversing President Trumps agenda.
Gillibrand, who launched an exploratory committee in January, has been campaigning for months.
But she used a formal video announcement online to draw fresh attention at a time when rivals Beto ORourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris have been dominating coverage of the crowded race, along with former Vice President Joe Biden, another likely contender.
Link to tweet
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-kirsten-gillibrand-announces-campaign-president-20190317-story.html
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)No sale.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Crawl back under your rock, KG.
KPN
(15,650 posts)your Franken railroad?
Funtatlaguy
(10,886 posts)Come out and tell the public SPECIFICALLY why you led the charge to oust Franken.
Who were your sources and what did they EXACTLY tell YOU that Franken had done or said.
Dont be vague. Dont use code words. Use the exact accusations.
If you are BRAVE ENOUGH to do this, then I will consider voting for you.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Not gonna happen. It it would help me view some as presidential when I dont now.
I think Franken should be in the race. Certainly not her.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...I'm inclined towards Amy Klobuchar.
If not for the Frankin episode, Gillbrand would probably have been my first choice though.
RESIST!
George II
(67,782 posts)...BEFORE she formally announced.
DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)You've done more than enough harm already. You did what the enemy couldn't do. And I'm not the only person who thinks so.
It was said not in front of Al to impress him; it was said privately in a corner. A group of us were standing there talking about it. He was one of our best weapons against this administration, his presence on these committees. [Gillibrand] did the damage that Republicans could not do themselves, one of the attendees told POLITICO. There were other people at this event who were saying the same thing. They said, Absolutely, I will never do anything for her.
...
I could stay on the phone all afternoon talking about this, said a Manhattan-based member of the Majority Trust of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, an elite group of top donors, who has donated to Gillibrand in the past. Let me tell you how strongly I felt about it I didnt even vote for her in the recent election. I left it blank.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/al-franken-kirsten-gillibrand-2020-1014697
MissKat
(218 posts)I cannot get past your role in destroying Al Franken. You didn't give him a chance. That wasn't very brave of you. Chance? I won't give you one--that's what I'd say to her.
If by some bizarre happening she were to be the nominee (not going to happen) I'd become an independent. That's how deep my rage is. We needed him in the Senate. We don't need little Miss Kris as a candidate.
groundloop
(11,522 posts)MissKat
(218 posts)but
I'd not give any money to her...and I would tell the DNC why. Of course I'd continue to work for local candidates I believe in.
I'm still that angry. I just don't know if I could vote for her. What she did was slimy. And I can't help but wonder if she wasn't trying to knock Franken out before he could run.
There was a lot of chatter about Al getting into the race. Just think about how he could handle the debates. Even if he didn't become the candidate, what he had to add to the conversation would've been far better than anything Miss Kris could offer.
Maybe my rage will cool. Then again...maybe not. I don't respect her.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)You are breaking DU rules.
That you will not vote for the Dem nominee.
I do NOT like either Beto or Sanders, but will absolutely for them if one of them wins the nom.
MissKat
(218 posts)I said I'd register as an Independent. That would be to show my displeasure. Look carefully at my words.
I'm not the only one who feels this anger towards her and I don't know how else to express the anger. We had no way of helping Al Franken. I just feel that was such a loss.
I was so sad at the way Hillary got the nomination/crowning that I refused to send money to the DNC. But I voted for her and I gave money and worked hard for local Dems. It isn't that I didn't like Hillary, I just didn't like the way things went down.
I don't think KG has a chance at the nomination. We'll see.
We have some wonderful candidates, absolutely terrific folks. So....I shouldn't let my anger blind me. But I really have no respect for KG.
Polly Hennessey
(6,804 posts)slides into the oblivion she deserves. Brave? Now thats worth a snorting laugh or two.
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)PWPippinesq
(195 posts)she lost any vote I might have considered giving her. I don't wish her any ill, just hoped that she would not muddy the primary waters with her less than inspiring presence.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Putting Franken back in the Senate?
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)groundwell of non-support. It would seem that the old adage, what goes around comes around is a truism in this case.
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SFnomad
(3,473 posts)that nobody else would have asked for Senator Franken's resignation and he'd still be there today?
If Senator Gillibrand is that powerful, she deserves to run for President.
orleans
(34,073 posts)DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)She gets well deserved "credit" for her own goal.
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dalton99a
(81,570 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)when the blue dress made its appearance.
We look back on things with different eyes than what we saw them as, when they were happening. I'm glad President Clinton fought the hypocritical bastards back then and beat them. But if it were to have happened today, I doubt he would get that chance.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)aeromanKC
(3,327 posts)for owning slaves.
aeromanKC
(3,327 posts)and tho other one isn't even a full time Democrat.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)Hiding behind Roger Stone and Don Jr.'s set-up. Not brave enough to accept having an ethics review for Franken. It was all way too easy then, at the height of the #metoo movement to use it as a shield against any pushback, and a sword to take out one of her competitors who was stealing the spotlight.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)If she's cool with it, I'll support her.
SansACause
(520 posts)...and Nope.
Vogon_Glory
(9,128 posts)But that doesnt mean that Ill vote for her or support her campaign UNLESS she wins the Partys nomination as the Democratic Partys Presidental candidate. Which seems unlikely.
Which is a good thing.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)But it won't be my time or my money. She'd come in dead freaking last on my list of democratic candidates for president. She's my Senator, and I'll keep voting for her in that capacity.