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With Clinton attack, Kirsten Gillibrand sets stage for 2020
irsten Gillibrand occupies Hillary Clinton’s old Senate seat, campaigned for her in 2016 and was eagerly supported by Bill Clinton in her political infancy. She has also been outspoken about sexual assault and is a leading Democratic hopeful for the 2020 election, when she hopes to become the first woman president. On Thursday, she appeared to make a decision about where her priorities lie.
“Yes, I think that is the appropriate response,” Gillibrand said when asked by The New York Times whether Clinton should have resigned as president when his sexual encounters with White House intern Monica Lewinsky were revealed almost two decades ago.
“Things have changed today, and I think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction,” she added.
With those words, Gillibrand became the most high-profile Democrat yet to censure a man whose influence over the party is encapsulated by his nickname: The Big Dog. For someone who has been so closely intertwined with the Clintons throughout her political career, it was an extraordinary statement.
Amid a growing national conversation about the pervasiveness of sexual misconduct, Gillibrand has set herself apart as a leader in taking a stand on the issue. As she potentially hopes to stand out among what looks set to be an unprecedentedly crowded Democratic field for 2020, the move, calculated or not, could pay major dividends.
With Clinton attack, Kirsten Gillibrand sets stage for 2020
irsten Gillibrand occupies Hillary Clinton’s old Senate seat, campaigned for her in 2016 and was eagerly supported by Bill Clinton in her political infancy. She has also been outspoken about sexual assault and is a leading Democratic hopeful for the 2020 election, when she hopes to become the first woman president. On Thursday, she appeared to make a decision about where her priorities lie.
“Yes, I think that is the appropriate response,” Gillibrand said when asked by The New York Times whether Clinton should have resigned as president when his sexual encounters with White House intern Monica Lewinsky were revealed almost two decades ago.
“Things have changed today, and I think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction,” she added.
With those words, Gillibrand became the most high-profile Democrat yet to censure a man whose influence over the party is encapsulated by his nickname: The Big Dog. For someone who has been so closely intertwined with the Clintons throughout her political career, it was an extraordinary statement.
Amid a growing national conversation about the pervasiveness of sexual misconduct, Gillibrand has set herself apart as a leader in taking a stand on the issue. As she potentially hopes to stand out among what looks set to be an unprecedentedly crowded Democratic field for 2020, the move, calculated or not, could pay major dividends.
With Clinton attack, Kirsten Gillibrand sets stage for 2020
