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Kirsten Gillibrand: “I'm filing an exploratory committee for president of the…”

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Published January 16, 2019 | Video Starts at 00:59

You were basically here last week. So I'm just curious, do you have anything you would like to announce? Yes. And what would that be, madam? I'm filing an exploratory committee for president of the United States tonight. Tonight. There you go. Okay. Well, thank you for telling everybody here. Thank you very much. Honored that you're here. Why do you want to be president of the United States? (00:59–01:04)

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Asserts that she is filing an exploratory committee for a presidential run.

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