Kirsten Gillibrand ‘definitely’ plans to run for president again
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said this week she “definitely” plans to run for president again, after bowing out of the 2020 race in August 2019 because she failed to meet the fundraising and polling threshold for the September debate.
The New York Democrat said she feels more "energized" than ever to be a senator, coming after she joined forces with Republican Joni Ernst of Iowa to push a bill to overhaul military sex crimes. And after years of pressing for it, federal paid family leave is gaining traction in her party. Ernst and Gillibrand have reportedly developed a close friendship outside of the office. Gillibrand has evolved with her party’s leftward lurch, appointed to fill Hillary Clinton’s seat as a pro-gun member of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition and budding into a staunch progressive who launched into the limelight in the #MeToo movement. She’s known for being the first to call on Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., to resign amid multiple misconduct allegations, though many others quickly joined her, though some Democrats now feel calling for Franken’s resignation was a rush to judgment.More Related News