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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Why would you exclude half of our US Population from the…”

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

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Podcast Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Her Presidential Campaign and Policy Proposals

Published | Video Starts at 34:38

It was a political action committee I created seven years ago, a Call to Action asking America's women to vote, to become advocates, to participate, to run, to find a woman candidate to support. Because we want 51% of women at the table. Why would you exclude half of our US Population from the decision making table? And that's going to resonate in any community because they know that their mom or their sister or their aunt or their daughter have important things to say that they listen to in their own families. (34:38–34:43)

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Asserts that women, who make up half of the U.S. population, should be included in decision-making processes.

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