“Women are often very good, very good, at building bipartisan consensus, we’re often good listeners, at bringing people together,” Gillibrand said, as Stewart began to laugh. “Is that not true?”
“Well, somebody’s got to change the lightbulbs,” he said.
The crowd booed.
On ‘The Daily Show,’ Gillibrand talks about equal pay and Jon Stewart makes a joke about light bulbs
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joins her colleagues against Vito Lopez: “There can be zero tolerance for sexual harassment in the workplace,” Gillibrand said in a statement. “Clearly, there is no room in public service for anyone who engages in this type of unacceptable behavior.”
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand predicted that Obama would eventually endorse same-sex marriage in an interview with the Advocate last year, saying “we could get a very strong public statement out of him.”
- New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Rush Limbaugh’s ‘vile tirade’ about Sandra Fluke
Reminder: Before Kirsten Gillibrand became the Liberal Senator from New York, she was a Democratic member of Congress faithfully representing a Republican-leaning district upstate.
In that role, she took a Republican-leaning approach on some issues, like immigration, expressed in her outspoken opposition to then-governor Eliot Spitzer’s plan to allow undocumented residents to get driver’s licenses. She also was outspoken in her support of gun-ownership rights, earning her an A rating from the National Rifle Association. And she was notably not outspoken during her time in the House on gay-rights issues, even when some of her Democratic colleagues were starting to push hard for same-sex marriage rights and repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, before she came around to a more gay-rights-friendly point of view.
— Fort Hamilton base commander Colonel Michael Gould, who took command of the historic Brooklyn fort last year, and has led the public efforts to recast Fort Hamilton’s future role, along with Kirsten Gillibrand.
You should be paying attention to important women every day! But, since it is International Women’s Day, here is a reminder to read about one in our own backyard: Introducing Kirsten Gillibrand, the liberal senator from New York.
“In Hillary’s Footsteps: Kirsten Gillibrand” | VOGUE
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