Senator Gillibrand: Silencing women for the powerful, or for your friends, or for convenience, is...

[demmiblue]

Silencing women for the powerful, or for your friends, or for convenience, is neither acceptable, nor just.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. She is toast.

[FromMissouri]

2. Gillibrand is toast

Personal ambition over party loyalty is her way of reelecting the Orangutan.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/al-franken-kirsten-gillibrand-2020-1014697

[Trumpocalypse]

7. How is it personal ambition? nt

[JonLP24]

9. We give people a hard time for voting green or not voting

But why can donors do whatever they want?

“Let me tell you how strongly I felt about it — I didn’t even vote for her in the recent election. I left it blank.”

[Renew Deal]

15. She was the most popular statewide elected official in 2018

So I guess not...

[Trumpocalypse]

17. She was in NY

but what about other states? I mean did any other statewide candidate across the country get over 66%?

[Garrett78]

3. She makes the mistake of thinking that was the only other option.

It could have been a great teachable moment. Instead, some felt it necessary to get rid of Franken ASAP.

[madaboutharry]

4. Self-righteousness doesn't look good on anyone.

Sen. Gillibrand should know that it isn’t always necessary to have the last word, especially in situations that have as much “grey” as Franken’s case.

Franken was denied fairness. And that was Gillibrand’s doing. She got in front of tv cameras, waived her hands around, and made it clear she didn’t care what he had to say. Franken should have been afforded process. Gillibrand got people to jump on a bandwagon and railroaded him out of the Senate. It was wrong.

[Trumpocalypse]

6. Actually she didn't get in front of the TV cameras

She made a Facebook post. You might be confusing her with Kamala Harris who had a press conference that morning.

[madaboutharry]

10. I am not mistaken and I am not confused.

Gillibrand was in front of tv cameras after subsequent women made claims.

Gillibrand said she wasn’t interested in what kind of touch it was or wasn’t, women were always to be believed, and Franken needed to resign.

Tammy Baldwin and others were standing next to her. After Gillibrand spoke, Baldwin chimed in that she was returning money from Franken’s pac.

[Trumpocalypse]

12. Not that morning

There was a press conference of several Senators later that day, but not that morning. Kamala Harris was the first run out in front of TV cameras before anyone else:

Nor did she say what you accused her of saying:

If you blame Gillibrand, it is hypocritical and unfair not to equally blame all 38 senators.

And you claim "Gillibrand got people to jump on a bandwagon". Can you provide a link to prove that allegation?

[madaboutharry]

13. I didn't say anywhere in my post "that morning"

Further, I have no interest in playing semantics with you.

[Trumpocalypse]

16. No you didn't

I said that morning. The point was that Harris was the first to go on TV about it.

You have also alleged, "Gillibrand got people to jump on a bandwagon". Can you provide a link to prove that allegation?

And do you blame all 38 senators equally or just Gillibrand?

[PatSeg]

18. I agree that self-righteousness

doesn't look good on anyone, but a sincere apology does. Of course, I won't hold my breath on that one. The more she is criticized, the more she seems to double down. Not exactly presidential.

[qazplm135]

5. eh, don't care really

she's like 10th on the list of probable nominees. Biden, Sanders, Harris, Booker, Warren, Brown, Beto, Castro...just off the top of my head.

[libdem4life]

8. But women should be held accountable...

especially those who threw their power around like a wrecking crew. Go away. Just. Go. Away.

[Lucinda]

11. Clueless.

[Renew Deal]

14. Good for her