Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is a self-styled champion of women, and yet she gets it wrong so much of the time.
At the Women in the World Conference in 2015, she was asked about rape hoaxes like the story that was published and then retracted by Rolling Stone magazine. She answered, “Well, I hope it’s just putting more of a spotlight on the problem” — not the problem of hoaxes, you see, but of sexual assault. Sure, some young men’s lives might have been destroyed by a false accusation of rape, but the real concern for Gillibrand was the sexual assault that never actually happened.
So it’s not surprising that Gillibrand, questioned about Sen. Al Franken at Politico’s “Women Rule” event, would punt on the question if she’d ask him to resign. Check out this convoluted answer which isn’t an answer at all, though she’s still troubled by the allegations.
Would @SenGillibrand ask @SenFranken to resign? "I am not going to say that today. But it is something I’m very troubled about" #WomenRule pic.twitter.com/PYUMJlOUQ2
— POLITICO Live (@POLITICOLive) December 5, 2017
Gillibrand even draws a line, saying that all sexual misconduct, from assault to groping, is unacceptable. And yet, she can’t answer when asked about Franken, photographed groping a sleeping woman.
The worst https://t.co/O7SEq9r00C
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) December 5, 2017
"I'm so troubled, in fact, that I'm going to do and say absolutely nothing about it." https://t.co/PV4ACXUcDP
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) December 5, 2017
So brave! https://t.co/vVu3iVxK8d
— Holden (@Holden114) December 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/938151196279193600
Courageous. https://t.co/uveymKaPw6
— Harris County GOP (@HarrisCountyRP) December 5, 2017
Very leadership. Much assertive.
— John Blackout (@SomewhatSeattle) December 5, 2017
Profiles in courage https://t.co/QMfisl8C2P
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) December 5, 2017
I haven't focus grouped my feelings or opinions yet. https://t.co/lFr2Ph0mL4
— Bohemio: *Insert lame pun here* (@El__Bohemio) December 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/938151831489966080
Just a helpful reminder that @SenGillibrand is a complete coward. https://t.co/RWowNpV76t
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) December 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/938155026148679680
Yep.
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