Kirsten Gillibrand formally joins Democratic race for president

[brooklynite]

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 party’s strongest champion of reversing President Trump’s 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 O’Rourke, 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.

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Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-kirsten-gillibrand-announces-campaign-president-20190317-story.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. She really doesn't understand, does he?

No sale.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Crawl back under your rock, KG.

Crawl back under your rock, KG.

[KPN]

3. Well there's a surprise. Didn't you already indicate this with

your Franken railroad?

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Here is what would be brave.

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.
Don’t be vague. Don’t use code words. Use the exact accusations.

If you are BRAVE ENOUGH to do this, then I will consider voting for you.

[LakeArenal]

5. I think others running should do the same.

Not gonna happen. It it would help me view some as presidential when I don’t now.

I think Franken should be in the race. Certainly not her.

[MarianJack]

6. Good video, although at this early point...

...I'm inclined towards Amy Klobuchar.

If not for the Frankin episode, Gillbrand would probably have been my first choice though.

RESIST!

[George II]

7. She's not one of my top possibilities, but to her credit she released 11 years of her tax returns...

...BEFORE she formally announced.

[DirtEdonE]

8. IMO - Go away Kirsten

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 didn’t 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]

9. Sorry dear...I don't like you

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]

10. Independent, really? You'd really vote for trump (after all, that's what voting independent does)?

[MissKat]

14. I wouldn't vote for Trump

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]

18. As per DU TOS rules, you cannot publicly declare that

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]

25. Did I say I wouldn't vote for her?

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]

11. Hoping she just

slides into the oblivion she deserves. Brave? Now that’s worth a snorting laugh or two.

[Thekaspervote]

12. Meh...

[PWPippinesq]

13. As soon as she led the railroading of decent, brilliant, committed Al Franken

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]

15. My wife wrote you and said she wasn't going to support you because of Al.

[Dopers_Greed]

16. Does reversing Trump's agenda include...

Putting Franken back in the Senate?

[justhanginon]

17. It seems Senator Gillibrand, at least on DU has a massive

groundwell of non-support. It would seem that the old adage, what goes around comes around is a truism in this case.

[SFnomad]

20. So you're saying Senator Gillibrand is so powerful and so influential, that if it wasn't for her,

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]

21. oh PLEASE

[DirtEdonE]

29. Gillibrand was the loudest, most frequent voice

She gets well deserved "credit" for her own goal.

[dalton99a]

23. .

[SFnomad]

24. And in today's #MeToo world ... President Clinton would probably have been run out of office

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]

30. JFK would have been sunk by scandal, and FDR never would have made it through medical vetting

[cannabis_flower]

36. Hell NO!!

[aeromanKC]

27. Thomas Jefferson should have resigned (among others)

for owning slaves.

[aeromanKC]

26. Bottom 2 for me

and tho other one isn't even a full time Democrat.

[stonecutter357]

28. The Democratic Primaries forum are open !

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. Brave? I think she proved that cowardice wins.. for her, temporarily at least.

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]

32. What's her stance on bulldozing the White House?

If she's cool with it, I'll support her.

[SansACause]

33. Nope.

...and Nope.

[Vogon_Glory]

34. Gillibrand May Announce, She May Run In The Primaries

But that doesn’t mean that I’ll vote for her or support her campaign UNLESS she wins the Party’s nomination as the Democratic Party’s Presidental candidate. Which seems unlikely.

Which is a good thing.

[SergeStorms]

35. A waste of time and money.

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.