candidate Kirsten Gillibrand says fundraiser at Pfizer exec's home shouldn't be a cause for alarm.

[progressoid]

'I don't' think it's a contradiction: 2020 candidate Kirsten Gillibrand says fundraiser at Pfizer exec's home shouldn't be a cause for alarm

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said she believes that a fundraiser hosted at a Pfizer executive's home does not conflict with her goal of curbing "lobbyist money" from politics.

During a Fox News interview on Monday, Gillibrand was asked of news reports that Sally Susman, Pfizer's executive vice president of Corporate Affairs, was hosting a fundraiser at her home in New York on March 31. Susman chairs the pharmaceutical company's Political Action Committee and contributed to Gillibrand's campaign, as well as former President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

People familiar with the event say that ticket prices are between $1,000 to $2,700, according to CNBC.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace asked Gillibrand if she believed that access to candidates was "for sale" in the 2020 US presidential election. Gillibrand replied by defending the fundraiser and described Susman as a "dear friend who I've known for years."

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[guillaumeb]

1. What does Sally Susman feel about Medicare for All?

How about Sussman's position on drug price controls?

What does Gillibrand feel about these 2 issues?

Asking for 60% of Democrats.

[MrsCoffee]

4. Gillibrand signed on to Bernie's Medicare for All legislation.

She wrote a major provision that would allow Americans to buy into a public health insurance plan during the transition period to single-payer.

She and Sherrod Brown introduced legislation that would hold drug companies accountable for price spikes; help prevent companies from price gouging Americans.

[guillaumeb]

10. Thank you for the information. eom

[NurseJackie]

2. I'm looking for a candidate who can think-ahead and avoid sticky situations...

... rather than someone who must constantly make excuses for having found himself or herself in that pickle.

[hlthe2b]

3. She seems to be compiling quite a list of things we shouldn't "worry our little heads about"... hmmm

[brush]

5. Poor judgment displayed again, just as falling for the Franken repug hit job.

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No wonder she's polling at 1 percent in the polls.

[dlk]

6. Why Worry How it Looks? Gillibrand has Previously Represented Tobacco Companies in Litigation

When someone shows you who they are...

[TeamPooka]

7. Ignore the Big Pharma behind the curtain. nt

[USALiberal]

8. Wow, what a bogus excuse. Bye Bye! nt

[Trenzalore]

9. She's a wolf in sheep's clothing

Total opportunist. Not necessarily that is always a bad thing but I don't get the sense she has some deep inner reason for being President than her own personal ambition.

She's compiled a very liberal voting record in the Senate but that has been by and large done when Republicans are the ones proposing the bills.

Overall, she gives me a lot of pause. I'd of course vote for her if she was the nominee though.

[Trumpocalypse]

11. Rather tone deaf

on her part.