Gillibrand got a fight she wants after Trump’s fiery tweet
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand got a fight she wants after President Donald Trump lashed out at the New York Democrat in a provocative tweet that claimed she’d begged him for campaign contributions and would “do anything” for them.
Gillibrand, who’s up for re-election next year and is considered a possible presidential contender in 2020, has been an outspoken voice in the national debate over how to confront sexual assault and harassment. She’s argued that the rules in institutions from Congress to Hollywood to the U.S. military are set to benefit the powerful and the favoured at the expense of the vulnerable.
Gillibrand and a chorus of Democrats declared Trump’s tweet to be sexually suggestive, an assertion the White House flatly rejected. Appearing Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show, Gillibrand was asked whether she’d misread the meaning of Trump’s tweet. “No,” she responded.
She said the tweet was “a sexual smear intended to silence me.”