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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Between the Scenes - Kirsten Gillibrand on Taking On Trump in 2020 and Winning the Green Energy Race

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand answers audience members' questions about why she's running for president in 2020 and how she plans to address climate change. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.5

If you have any question for the Senate, it allows you time to put your hand...yes, ma'am.

0:08.5

Why didn't you just run?

0:11.8

Because I think we need a president who's going to take on the battles and fights that

0:15.2

no one else will.

0:16.6

And I know that if we are going to actually have health care as a right, pass a green

0:20.3

new deal or national pay leave, we do have to get money out of politics.

0:24.2

And my story is so different than any other Democrat running.

0:27.9

I win in red and purple and blue places.

0:30.8

My first house district was two to one Republican.

0:33.4

I won it twice, second time with a 24-point margin.

0:36.9

And then I came together three elections in New York with the highest vote percentage

0:40.6

ever at 72%.

0:42.5

That's higher than President Obama, higher than Hillary Clinton, higher than any person

0:45.9

has ever run for Senate or governor.

0:52.2

And so the one thing that I know I can do is bring this country back together.

0:56.0

This President Trump has truly divided us on every racial, religious, socioeconomic line.

1:02.0

He's made us a smaller country.

1:03.6

He's at somebody who actually bullies and demeans the vulnerable.

1:07.2

He punches down.

1:08.8

And so we need a president who's going to fight the fight to bring this country back together

1:12.3

again and actually get things done.

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