Posted on 11/17/2017 10:57:19 AM PST by Kaslin
Those comments came during a discussion a New York Times reporter was having with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York for an upcoming podcast. Asked point-blank if she thought President Clinton should’ve resigned from office, the Times reported that Gillibrand “took a long pause” and conceded,“Yes, I think that is the appropriate response.”
Gillibrand went on to characterize today’s culture as somehow less permissable of this behavior then it was twenty years ago when Clinton was in office, hinting that President Trump should face the same fate.
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/abc-ignores-gillibrand-saying-clinton-shouldve-resigned
“Things have changed today, and I think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction,” Ms. Gillibrand said. “And I think in light of this conversation, we should have a very different conversation about President Trump, and a very different conversation about allegations against him,” The Times reported.
Even the liberal paper called the comments “remarkable,” as Gillibrand is a top Clinton supporter, who also holds former Senator Hillary Clinton’s seat. Not only that, but Gillibrand had praised both Hillary and Bill Clinton just last year for their longstanding “support:”
In my adult life, politically, no one has inspired me to get off the sidelines and truly make a difference more than Hillary Clinton has,” Ms. Gillibrand said last year in an essay on why she was supporting Mrs. Clinton.
Ms. Gillibrand has also noted Mr. Clinton’s support for her own run for office. “I was lucky enough to receive guidance and mentorship from Hillary during that run, and was truly honored that President Bill Clinton campaigned for me in my first run for Congress in 2006,” she wrote in the same essay.
Instead of reporting the Democrat senator’s shocking admission, ABC’s morning news program, spent an entire report rehashing the sexual assault allegations against President Trump made during his campaign.
ABC's head anchor for GMA is no other than George Stephanopoulos, who initially served as Bill Clinton's communications director, before becoming a senior policy adviser to the president while he was in office.
While ABC avoided Gillibrand’s comments entirely, the other two networks did highlight them.
On NBC’s Today, Kasie Hunt read Gillibrand’s comments against Clinton and Trump with the chyron that read, “Gillibrand Takes On Clinton.”
CBS This Morning also gave a very brief report to her comments, while the on-screen text read, “Clinton’s Scandals.”
These comments didn't sit well with some Clinton supporters. Former Hillary Clinton adviser Philippe Reines lashed out at Gillibrand on Twitter, calling her a "hypocrite:"
Ken Starr spent $70 million on a consensual blowjob. Senate voted to keep POTUS WJC. But not enough for you @SenGillibrand? Over 20 yrs you took the Clintons’ endorsements, money, and seat. Hypocrite.
Interesting strategy for 2020 primaries. Best of luck.https://t.co/KIsnfY4WLT — Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) November 17, 2017
Kirsten made a facile, useless, opportunistic comment.
I would say to her: thanks for nothing. Where were you?
I predict she will become the new female head of the party.
I'd like to hear what Pirro has to say about her.
Schumer probably already has placed a call to Gillibrand to tell her to cool it.
Virtually signalling tops tattooing on the list of fads that I could do without. It’s certainly more destructive.
The same feminists who protected Bill and said they would get on their knees for him are trying to destroy Roy Moore.
This is all about power and nothing more.
Clinton should have been prosecuted for crimes.
His ability to simply resign should never have been an option.
His Moll should have been in the cell right next to him, to screech her bile at him for as much eternity as could be achieved.
clinton sexually harassed monica while he was president. CEO’s in corporations, making millions a year, are fired for saying “you look nice.”
He was accused of rape, which the media deliberately suppressed.
Sounds like the work of Hillary’s partner in crime.....heading the team that aided and abetted Hillary’s Bimbo Eruptions.
George Stefanopoli has never fully explained why he chose to denounce women who spoke up about Clinton’s disturbing sexual bahvior...... assaulting women and getting a B/J by a young WH intern.
You bring up a good point there Liz.
You rightfully expanded on my thoughts. I’ll return the favor to remind folks, not only StepOnAllOfUs did that. The whole Democrat party chimed in.
They were all StepOnAllOfUs back then...
They should all share the condemnations now.
Instead the clothe themselves with a thin veil of indignation, and take a run at Roy Moore, the good folks of Alabama, and ultimately the rest of us.
I would say that most people wouldn’t care, until they realize that uh-oh, we’ve got Republicans nominating and electing a man who got divorced by the name of Donald J. Trump, and now Moore is still high in ratings in spite of all the accusations of cheating with other women. They are only sad because their usual standards are not as monopolized by them as they used to be.
We need to keep this going........
All the scumbag Democrats that stood by the sexualized Clinton ....who supported his disturbing activities by their votes need to pay the price.
Remember the Democrats voted to impeach him....but they voted against tossing him out of office.
It’s becoming clearer why they let Clinton slip off the hook......Hillary and Bill musta had plenty on these guys.
We need to keep this going........
All the scumbag Democrats that stood by the sexualized Clinton ....who supported his disturbing activities by their votes need to pay the price.
Remember the Democrats voted to impeach him....but they voted against tossing him out of office.
It’s becoming clearer why they let Clinton slip off the hook......Hillary and Bill musta had plenty on these guys.
It is a “new” age: Leaders = Sexual Perverts. Pathetic.
One Clinton lies.....
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One Clinton lies.....
"I never had sexual relations with that woman...Miss Lewinsky."
And the other Clinton swears to it.
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VINTAGE TIME COVER The Clintons leave the WH
arm-in-arm after Bill got lewinskied. Plotting to exploit
Bill's BJ for votes, the Clintons' political apparat never faltered.
Hillary later went on network TV all decked out in virginal pearls,
denying everything, blaming Billy's B/J on "an invention of a VRWC."
Bill later admitted to it, was impeached, and disbarred.
He had to pay Paula Jones 800,000 dollars.
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"Incidentally Chelsea, did your kindly sensitive parents tell you the reason you were being hustled off (in that classic "smiling Clinton solidarity pose" on the vintage TIME cover?) Did mom and dad tell you daddy got a BJ in the Oval office? Did they explain the details of a BJ to you?
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Maybe Chelsea was not allowed to read the Daily News?
As “I can’t recall” Clintoonie likes to say, “Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda”.
Democrats, and now Republicans, will never step down out of power. Mainly because the new cycle is so short and the next story will over take today's.
She’s running for President, everyone sees through this.
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