What precisely is the Gillebrand standard for throwing a male politician under the bus?

[milestogo]

I never know what to expect from her.

[Budi]

1. Establishment Democrat. All I can gather from it

Position, posture, headline maybe

[tinrobot]

2. He might run against her for President.

If so - bus.

[MurrayDelph]

24. He could conceivably make her his running mate

It so - no bus.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. It is a mystery.

My guess: she thought sabotaging Al would enhance her chances in the Primaries. Perhaps supporting Biden will enhance her chances for a spot in his Administration, or so she thinks.

[delisen]

9. And Schumer's motive and al the other senators. ?

Are we just supposed to blame the one senator who has fought relentlessly for women suffering abuse in the military.

Do you really think that Gillibrand is so powerful she forced the senate majority leader to threaten Franken into resigning and coerced Bernie Sanders into calling for his resignation

[rusty fender]

18. Franken dead-enders

will not let it go. Gillibrand was hardly alone in asking for Franken’s resignation. The dead-enders act as if Franken’s resignation was the defining event in their lives. It’s pathetic

[Baltimike]

19. we on the 'refusing the gaslight' side

remember damn right well who was doing the whipping, and who jumped on that bandwagon.

[Baltimike]

32. I have one, thanks, and STILL refuse to be gaslighted. nt

[OnDoutside]

28. I agree.

[kcr]

25. What is pathetic

Is those who are completely able to see the gaslighting going on with Biden, but were somehow totally oblivious when it came to Franken, because it was politically expedient at the time to throw him over. And Gillibrand, who was one of those people, took the lead and was the star of the show. It's as simple as that.

[OnDoutside]

29. Well said.

[Baltimike]

33. What is pathetic is falling for Roger Stone's sucker bet

This is a false equivalence all day long

Franken's primary accuser was Roger Stone's buddy and her story did not pass the metric for sexual assault, but DAAAAAAAAMN are there people who just "forget" that.

Her story was that they were doing a skit for a stage show and that he insisted on a kiss and she didn't want to, but relented and agreed to the kiss.

NO. SEXUAL. ASSAULT.

The next was a lady who said he grabbed her ass during a photo shoot at a fucking state fair. She has the pic of them smiling from the front...there are clearly people in back of them. Not ONE corroborating witness...at all.

Hell the fuck to the no.

Then they tried to pull the same shit in VA with both the Governor and the Lt Governor. Thank GOD they told 'em to go packing.

Nice try. No dice.

[a kennedy]

4. I'm sorry, how did this come up??

Explaine please??

[Skittles]

6. she endorsed Biden

[a kennedy]

8. Thank you.

[Skittles]

5. campaign tactic, trying to look tough

backfired bigtime

[stillcool]

7. 'what's in it for me?'

same as everyone else.

[delisen]

10. If you follow her work on women in the military

You might be able to better understand.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Opportunism

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Context free OP. Has something to do with Biden? Tweet? TV interview? Op Ed?

[LanternWaste]

13. Tough old world when obvious implications eludes us so consistently.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Sorry, I don't watch TV all day like you do. I don't even have a TV. . . . nt

[comradebillyboy]

15. Gillebrand was only one of many senators who pushed Al out.

Your outrage is more appropriately aimed at the much larger group of Democratic senators who were on board. She's just a convenient scapegoat.

[Baltimike]

20. She was the one who drove the circling wagon...

and gaslighting that she wasn't....is just that...gaslighting.

And while she was indeed the leader of it (contemporaneous posts during the time will reveal how much) each and every one who jumped on that bandwagon should be ASHAMED of themselves for falling for Roger Stone's sucker bet.

[OnDoutside]

26. Well said.

[UTUSN]

16. She'll reassess her position right after she doesn't get picked as VP.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. 1) Al Franken admitted to it.

I'm guessing that's a big part of it.

[OnDoutside]

27. Wasn't Franken willing to submit himself to a Senate Ethics Investigation ?

[JI7]

21. Bernie SAnders also called on Franken to Resign. Why the continued attacks on Gillibrand

when there were others also ?

[rusty fender]

23. Because their delicate fefes

were hurt that a woman had the effrontery to confront their man-god

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. At this point it doesn't matter. More important things for me.

Hopefully Biden will win, Klobuchar becomes part of his administration, and Franken is appointed to take her spot in the Senate and all is water under the bridge.

[Renew Deal]

31. Franken admitted to it. Start there.