So we have this Democrat senator from New York, Kristen Gillibrand, who is running for president. Essentially no one knows her. She has no accomplishments after years in the senate. She has no clear policy positions which she is pushing. So far she has focused her message on being the most stridently anti-Trump Democrat candidate. Of course, Gillibrand has yet to realize that were she elected, she would need to govern and being anti-Trump would be meaningless at that point. In any event, Gillibrand has just decided to go for a big splash. She announced that she will be attending this year's Women's March in Des Moines, Iowa.
Think about that. In the last month, the Women's March has lost sponsor after sponsor because of the exposure of much of the movement's leadership as supporting anti-Semitism. This rose to a crescendo the other day when Tamika Mallory, one of the heads of the Women's March refused on The View to condemn the rather rabid anti-Semitic statements of Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam. It was such a big deal that the Democrat National Committee withdrew its sponsorship and ended any affiliation with the Women's March. This is the group that Gillibrand is now giving her support.
It's worth noting that so far none of the other declared Democrat candidates are going to be present at the Women's March. Gillibrand is going for notoriety by bucking the tide.
It seems as if Gillibrand has concluded that she will benefit more from the publicity that goes along with her endorsement of supporters of racial and religious hatred than she will be hurt by it among the Democrat base. I truly hope she has miscalculated.
I know that Gillibrand has roughly the same chance of winning the presidency as I do (and I'm not going to run.) Her ultimate lack of success truly doesn't matter, though. For a sitting US Senator to get involved with purveyors of hate in this way is disgusting. Gillibrand deserves to be condemned by her fellow Democrats in the Senate.
Think about that. In the last month, the Women's March has lost sponsor after sponsor because of the exposure of much of the movement's leadership as supporting anti-Semitism. This rose to a crescendo the other day when Tamika Mallory, one of the heads of the Women's March refused on The View to condemn the rather rabid anti-Semitic statements of Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam. It was such a big deal that the Democrat National Committee withdrew its sponsorship and ended any affiliation with the Women's March. This is the group that Gillibrand is now giving her support.
It's worth noting that so far none of the other declared Democrat candidates are going to be present at the Women's March. Gillibrand is going for notoriety by bucking the tide.
It seems as if Gillibrand has concluded that she will benefit more from the publicity that goes along with her endorsement of supporters of racial and religious hatred than she will be hurt by it among the Democrat base. I truly hope she has miscalculated.
I know that Gillibrand has roughly the same chance of winning the presidency as I do (and I'm not going to run.) Her ultimate lack of success truly doesn't matter, though. For a sitting US Senator to get involved with purveyors of hate in this way is disgusting. Gillibrand deserves to be condemned by her fellow Democrats in the Senate.
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