We already knew that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is a vapid bubblehead … but it never hurts to be reminded. Fortunately, she reminded us today with this humdinger of a line at the CAP Ideas Conference:
.@SenGillibrand talking up importance of women in power at CAP conference: “If it wasn’t Lehman Brothers but Lehman Sisters we might not have had the financial collapse."
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) May 15, 2018
Wow, Kirsten. That is, like, so deep.
This is also 100% my take on the situation https://t.co/8a2iW79SCX
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 15, 2018
Snort. But seriously. How did this woman ever get elected? To anything?
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— Gerardo Garcia (@GerardoHGarcia) May 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/996432753695641600
what sense does this make? are women incapable of giving loans to people who have no hope of repaying them?
— Eric (@EricRSchmitt) May 15, 2018
She's a special brand of stupid.
— JWF (@JammieWF) May 15, 2018
This is Barbara Boxer-level stupid. That's impressive. https://t.co/WWMLO5P8Qr
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) May 15, 2018
And I'm sure the seals clapped. Is this the dumbest thing anyone's ever said? Maybe. It's at the very least an honorable mention
— Dr Mantis Toboggan (@TheBigWoodsman) May 15, 2018
@SenGillibrand is redefining stupid one statement at a time.
— Nathan Chambers (@NathanLC78) May 15, 2018
This is literally the dumbest comment I've ever heard. https://t.co/0qo22sX8ml
— Blaknsam (@Blaknsam) May 15, 2018
Not only that, but it’s pretty damn sexist, too:
Apparently gender stereotyping is OK when it's meant to boost women https://t.co/deX00uud3I
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) May 15, 2018
Oh, totally. Even when it’s wrong:
Party of Science™ https://t.co/shf6AkHbJZ https://t.co/r2KSnAC3c7
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 15, 2018
Whoops.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
Well, well, well:
Also worth noting that @SenGillibrand had no problem with the evil men at Lehman Brothers when she took $6k in contributions from them in 2008https://t.co/51f7pyL5ju
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) May 15, 2018
Fancy that!
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Update:
Oh man … it gets even better:
“If Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters, things would have been different!” —Christine Lagarde. @worldoregon pic.twitter.com/NNlQ5iycb2
— maggie finnerty (@maggiefinnerty) May 15, 2018
so Gillibrand lifted her Lehman Bros. quote at #CAPIdeas from Lagarde last night? https://t.co/J58h7oWm6d
— David Catanese (@davecatanese) May 15, 2018
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