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Kirsten Gillibrand: “34 other senators followed me, some within minutes, many of…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on 2020 Presidential Campaign and Key Issues

Published August 19, 2019 | Video Starts at 26:54

I couldn't defend groping and forcible kissing, unwanted groping and forcible kissing. And I decided that I had to say that I couldn't support it anymore, and I couldn't support him. 34 other senators followed me, some within minutes, many of whom are running for president today. It may not seem like that today because I seem to stand alone, but I would do it again because I just talked to that congressional staffer and I would stand by her today, and I would do it again. (26:54–27:01)

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Claims that 34 senators followed her lead in calling for Senator Franken's resignation.

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“I passed 18 bills, all of which President Trump signed into law.”
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“I win higher margins than Hillary, than President Obama, than any person who's ever run for Senate or governor.”
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“I wouldn't be surprised if it's 60, 70, 80, maybe 90% of Americans, because more than 90% of Americans earn $100,000 or less.”
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“Senator Franken had eight credible allegations against him that were corroborated in real time.”
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“In Iowa, their unemployment rate is 2 point something, but 20% of people are living below the poverty line.”
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“President Trump is [conducting] an all out assault on women's reproductive freedom.”
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“They [Republicans] should have a backbone and stand up to someone in their own party who has said something so offensive, so harmful and…”
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“The Hyde amendment matters so much.”
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“We've been leading the debate on women's reproductive freedom.”
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“We've been leading the debate on a family bill of rights.”
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“I'm leading the debate on issues like getting money out of politics.”
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“I need to have 130,000 individual supporters, and I'm just over 110,000.”
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“He [Mayor de Blasio] has led on making sure we have universal pre k.”
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“He [Mayor de Blasio] has led on a $15 minimum wage.”
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“I win in the red places and purple places in New York on a higher margin than anyone ever before.”
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“At 72% is my highest vote threshold.”
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“I actually know how to pass a Green New Deal.”
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“I know that you have to put a price on carbon to use market forces to actually address global climate change.”
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“When we repealed don't ask, don't tell, we didn't do it by watering down the bill.”
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“The Mueller report is detailed. It has multiple serious factual analyses of obstruction of justice.”
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“Robert Mueller said to us, if he could have exonerated the president, he would have.”
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“I think he [Representative Steve King] should resign. His statements are outrageous.”
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“I think you need to be in impeachment proceedings to guarantee getting the testimony of McGahn as well as Barr.”
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“I think NAFTA has been a disaster for this country in places like upstate New York, even Long Island, in places like Michigan, Ohio…”
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“I think NAFTA 2.0 under President Trump has harmed us.”
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“I did not support TPP, specifically the Trans Pacific Partnership, because there were locked in guarantees for multinational companies.”
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“I really cannot support bad trade agreements that are giveaways to the United States and Medicare for All.”
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“I actually ran on Medicare for All.”
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“People were being dropped their coverage because of pre-existing conditions.”
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“I promise you, if I'm president, I can go to anywhere in this country and say, why not have a not for profit public option that competes…”
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“You're going to need to fix it. It's going to have to actually cover all the things families will need to.”
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“Make sure the reimbursement rates to the hospital or the provider actually covers cost.”
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“I think the amount of gun death we've seen in the last decade is so alarming to so many people.”
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“I think NRA members want to ban military style assault weapons in large magazines.”
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“They want universal background checks so someone who's on the terror watch list can't buy a weapon.”
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“That law alone last time we got 58 votes. We are this close. You need 60 votes to pass a law in the Senate.”
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“We have a federal statute right now that mandates how we treat certain weapons of war.”
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“We should pass a federal ban on assault weapons and large magazines.”
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“We've done [a federal ban on assault weapons and large magazines] before. We can do it again.”
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“You should have a nationwide buyback so that those people who did purchase these weapons...could actually have them purchased back by the…”
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“You can basically get it done through the combination of a guaranteed federal buyback combined with this mandatory registration, as we used…”
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“I authored the federal anti gun trafficking law.”
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“We actually ultimately passed the tenets of my bill unanimously.”
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“The process is that you are entitled to a hearing by the Ethics Committee.”
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“I disagree with President Trump that the economy is strong for everyone.”
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“I met with men and women who just lost their jobs because a GM plant decided to close the plant down.”
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“Some of them were notified by text message.”
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“Real unemployment is much higher and the underemployment rate is far higher than anyone has even estimated.”
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“I would first repeal the Trump's tax cut, which was a massive giveaway for the most elite of the elite.”
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“Would leave in place the middle class tax cuts and take away the tax cuts that went to the ultra wealthy.”
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“That's worth about a trillion dollars and it's just not your biggest bang for the buck.”
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“I will codify Roe so it's not left up to the next president to try to take away women's constitutional human rights.”
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“I will repeal the Hyde Amendment, which is the federal law that prohibits federal money from spending on reproductive care.”
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“I will make sure that as we pass Medicare for all, that reproductive health care services, including abortion services, are included.”
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“The people of Hong Kong have lived under a different legal framework for a long time.”
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“They never imagined that they could be extradited to mainland China and have to be beholden to the laws of mainland China.”
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“Sanctions is the kind of tool that we have in our toolbox to pressure another country when we feel like they're doing the wrong things.”
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“We've not seen courage or strength out of Republicans since President Trump was elected.”
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