If we are fortunate enough to have Gillibrand run in 2020, we will have someone morally opposed

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35. If this were the only blemish on an otherwise spotless record of Democratic politics....

...then it wouldn't be as big an issue as it has been.

I do agree that it's unfair that she's getting the biggest brunt of the anger, but it's also not as though she's got a spotless progressive record or even has a record of consistency on this particular issue.

As I said in another thread it's how she handled this issue, AND that she was a prominent blue dog in the house, AND called out Bill Clinton when previously she had no issues with using his clout and reputation to get Hillary's old Senate seat, AND the fact that as someone who clearly has designs on 2020 had a personal vested interested in tearing down Franken.

And by the same token I think Corey Booker should be getting just as much blowback on here as Gilllibrand is. He has just as many negatives against him in the same way that Gillibrand does.

And saying that no other Democrat will stand on a debate stage and defend Franken's right to due process is less of a net positive for Gillibrand than it is a net negative for the party as a whole and people's concerns that they stand only for the media fueled political expediency of the moment rather than a core set of values.

So yeah, I do think it's unfair that Gillibrand is bearing the lion's share of the rage for something that is a much bigger Democratic party problem.