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Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand ( née Rutnik; [1] / ˈkɪərstənˈdʒɪlɪbrænd / ⓘ KEER-stən JIL-ib-rand; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009.
Aug 28, 2019 · Gillibrand was the first senator to call on former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., to resign after he faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. In an interview with Self Magazine in 2012, she shared that she then had a standing weekly squash date with Franken.
Jun 21, 2019 · In late 2017, Gillibrand called for the resignation of then-Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota amid sexual misconduct allegations against him. Gillibrand also has had to defend her...
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Gillibrand made two fast Jewish friends in her first year in the House in 2007: fellow neophyte congresswoman Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Fla., in her second term. Wasserman Schultz and Gillibrand flew to Giffords’ side after the congresswoman was shot in the head in a deadly attack in a suburban Tucson strip mall. They...
“Gabby Giffords was one of Kirsten’s closest friends in the House of Representatives, so yes, Kirsten’s views on guns have evolved over time,” Turnbull said. Transitioning from opposing gay marriage to leading, as a member of the Senate Armed Service Committee, the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays? “Our nation’s opini...
Gillibrand is a frequent face on late-night TV (hence the Colbert platform), and no one is a bigger fan than Jon Stewart, late of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” In a 2014 broadcast, Stewart gushed, “Instrumental in passing the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ instrumental in passing the 9/11 first responders bill, instrumental in passing the ...
Gillibrand has been consistent in advancing protections for women from sexual assault and harassment, particularly in the military. So it was a no-brainer for her, her friend Turnbull said, to take the positions she did when the #MeToo movement exploded in late 2017. These included calling on her friend, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., to resign when mul...
Gillibrand’s senior senator in New York is Chuck Schumer, the Jewish minority leader and a nuts-and-bolts Democrat. He is meticulous about including her name in news releases touting the federal spending (on infrastructure, sewage systems and preschools) that get senators re-elected. In 2017, Schumer slammed Trump as “nasty” for making a gross insi...
She was engaged in illegal activity, and she found her way out through health and by getting clean, as opposed to being criminally prosecuted and thrown in jail. That gave her a...
Oct 4, 2023 · Clearly, she's committed a crime — kidnapping is a felony! Every day she spends with Sir in captivity and using him is a day that she's unraveling everything she did to try and get whole again.
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Mar 4, 2021 · Kirsten Gillibrand was the first Democratic senator to call for her colleague Al Franken's resignation in 2017 as he faced allegations of sexual misconduct, building a profile as a leading...
