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Kirsten Gillibrand Quotes

Total quotes: 10
“We’re [the US Senate] here to help people, and if we’re not helping people, we should go the fuck home.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirsten Gillibrand Is Becoming a Progressive Champion. Is a 2020 Run Next?
Tagged: US Senate, Go the Fuck Home
“I’ve seen the hatred and the division that President Trump has put out into our country, and it has called me to fight as hard as I possibly can to restore the moral compass of this country.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Fresh Off Re-election, Gillibrand Says She Is Giving ‘Long, Hard Thought’ to 2020 Run
Tagged: Hatred, Division, Donald Trump, Hyperbole
“We should be rewarding work in this country, not doling out lavish tax cuts to big businesses, CEOs, and bankers.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, via twitter.com
Tagged: laborers, workers, Companies, Corporations, Business, Taxes, Jobs
“Dreamers are leaders, teachers, innovators, and scientists. We must do what we can to give them a path to citizenship.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, via twitter.com
Tagged: Dreamers, citizenship for dreamers, keep on dreaming, support dreamers
“I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Reforming the Way Washington Works
Tagged: dC, Reforms, accountability
“People do not like President Trump and they are concerned and they would like to change that.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Fresh Off Re-election, Gillibrand Says She Is Giving ‘Long, Hard Thought’ to 2020 Run
Tagged: Hatred, Division, Donald Trump, Hyperbole, Moral Compass
“[Hillary Clinton] was trying to encourage us to become more active in politics and she said, 'If you leave all the decision-making to others, you might not like what they do, and you will have no one but yourself to blame.' It was such a challenge to the women in the room. And it really hit me: She’s talking to me.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, In Hillary’s Footsteps: Kirsten Gillibrand
Tagged: Hillary Clinton, Politics, Decision-Making, Challenge
“The fact that Donald Trump has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual assault and sexual harassment alone has infuriated women enough to do something that they might otherwise have not done. Taking the risk to actually run for office.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Transcript: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Jennifer Wexton on "Face the Nation," August 19, 2018
Tagged: Donald Trump, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment
“I was just a young lawyer thinking, What am I doing with my life? What am I doing with my career? As I watched [Hillary Clinton] on that stage I thought, Why aren’t I there? It was so poignant for me. And that’s what made me figure out how to get involved in politics.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, The Reintroduction of Kirsten Gillibrand
Tagged: Hillary Clinton, Politics, inspiration, Poignant
“I believe her. Her story is credible. If you listen to everything about it, the fact that she told her therapist about it five years ago. A friend, most recently, she told a reporter before Kavanaugh was even named to be a nominee, this is a woman who has endured trauma and experts have said, this is what trauma looks like. You don’t remember everything. You remember the most poignant moments. You remember the things that are seared into your memory and has affected you your whole life. I believe her. She is credible. She should be heard and this Senate should treat her with respect and dignity that she deserves," she said.”
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand Believes Kavanaugh Accuser: The Moment When There's A Reckoning For The U.S. Senate
Tagged: Brett Kavanaugh, #BelieveWomen, Christine Blasey Ford, Rape Accusations
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