Democratic Primaries

Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2019, 07:13 AM Mar 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand officially jumps into 2020 race, teases speech at Trump hotel in New York [View all]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/17/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-presidential-campaign-2020/index.html

(CNN)Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand officially jumped in the 2020 presidential race on Sunday by declaring her Democratic candidacy with a campaign video titled "Brave Wins."

The New York Democrat launched an exploratory campaign in January, announcing it on CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," and has spent the past two months traveling to key states.

Toward the end of the near two-minute long video released on Sunday, Gillibrand, speaking directly to the camera, announces she's running for president.

The video ends with an invitation to join Gillibrand at the Trump International Hotel on Friday, where she plans to deliver "her positive, brave vision of restoring America's moral integrity straight to President Trump's doorstep," her campaign said in an announcement accompanying the video.

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I can't help to wonder how popular she would be on DU had she not forced Franken to resign?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Kirsten Gillibrand officially jumps into 2020 race, teases speech at Trump hotel in New York [View all] Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 OP

*yawn* Vinnie From Indy Mar 2019 #1

So Gillibrand BigMin28 Mar 2019 #2

How does that work? Renew Deal Mar 2019 #19

Is she announcing outside the hotel BigMin28 Mar 2019 #31

I'm sorry, I'm all behind her if she wins, watoos Mar 2019 #3

Do you have the same reaction to Warren, Sanders, Klobuchar , Harris and Booker? brooklynite Mar 2019 #13

You KEEP asking this. SHE Initiated it, first one. She gets the credit. You have Frankin issues. nt USALiberal Mar 2019 #15

To try to blame Senator Franken's resignation on Senator Gillibrand is weak sauce SFnomad Mar 2019 #17

She has 0 chance of winning nomination. Shit, no NY endorsements. That says a lot. nt USALiberal Mar 2019 #24

It's 10 months before the first vote and she just announced, it means nothing ... yet SFnomad Mar 2019 #25

LOL, Nice try...... USALiberal Mar 2019 #26

That was 10 days before she announced ... but hey, nice try yourself n/t SFnomad Mar 2019 #28

We can't know what would have been. We DO know that she is the face of the Franken ouster. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #32

No, Senator Franken himself was the face of his own ouster SFnomad Mar 2019 #37

There were no accusers of a crime, none who stated anything under oath, & none who were interviewed. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #38

She was the most vocal Charlie G Mar 2019 #47

I see an insincere, unprincipled opportunist. dalton99a Mar 2019 #14

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #33

A non-starter for me. At the trump hotel no less? n/t monmouth4 Mar 2019 #4

Using the tRump hotel as a backdrop is pretty decent optics SFnomad Mar 2019 #18

It doesn't matter. It's over for her before it starts. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #34

AT, not in. She'll probably be outside giving her speech/presentation. George II Mar 2019 #23

I don't think it's a good sign for her, but when I heard the "breaking news" announcement, Vinca Mar 2019 #5

from trump hotel? sure this isn't the onion. lol Kurt V. Mar 2019 #6

It's possible she's using Trump's hotel as a symbol to attack. brooklynite Mar 2019 #12

It's possible. I'm not sure many ppl make that connection. and for the record, Kurt V. Mar 2019 #29

If she's going to be standing outside with a bullhorn, that's one thing. Croney Mar 2019 #7

We deserve better. I don't see her as being "brave" at all. NurseJackie Mar 2019 #8

I agree - she was very centrist when she was my Congressperson... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #9

"...A+ rating from the NRA." --- Wow, I did not know that. NurseJackie Mar 2019 #11

You might want to look into that for yourself, you're being misled, but maybe you don't care SFnomad Mar 2019 #21

Thanks. NurseJackie Mar 2019 #22

She did when she was first in Congress Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #41

Like I said, trying to play Senator Gillibrand off as if she has an A+ rating is SFnomad Mar 2019 #42

All I'm saying is that she had a A rating when she was my congresswoman here in NY-20 Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #43

And for Dennis to word it carefully enough to tell the truth, but leave out pertinent information is SFnomad Mar 2019 #44

When she represented this district, she did have an A rating Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #45

That's great, I'm glad for her. It has nothing to do with my reply to NurseJackie SFnomad Mar 2019 #46

No, there is no ulterior motive... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #50

Yeah, right, sure ... ok n/t SFnomad Mar 2019 #53

I think the "can't win, little known" people run... Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #35

OMG, yes! NurseJackie Mar 2019 #36

Who cares?? Been a long road since you threw Franken under the bus to this....... Bengus81 Mar 2019 #10

I thought she had officially joined months ago Bettie Mar 2019 #16

Love her. NT WeekiWater Mar 2019 #20

She'll get little to no traction True Dough Mar 2019 #27

She always looks kind of stunned and off-balance to me. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2019 #30

No thanks. Even without the Franken issue she's too conservative for me. Luciferous Mar 2019 #39

To clarify: the rally will be OUTSIDE Trump's hotel. brooklynite Mar 2019 #40

Most candidates when they declare Charlie G Mar 2019 #48

We'll never know. Cha Mar 2019 #49

The majority of Democratic Senators, including almost all the women Senators, pnwmom Mar 2019 #51

I don't particularly like her, but her its important to be accurate about the candidates' records. lapucelle Mar 2019 #52