Kirsten Gillibrand, Long a Champion of Women, Finds the Nation Joining Her
For much of the year, Kirsten Gillibrands critics sensing a presidential aspirant in their midst had assumed that the New York senator could not hear enough about herself. For one day at least, it appeared she had.
It had been about 10 hours since President Trump accused her of begging for campaign contributions that she would do anything to secure, and the Ms. Gillibrand, driving with her 14-year-old son on Tuesday evening, flipped on the radio looking for an update on the Senate race in Alabama. The top story, instead, was her. The radio went off again.
What, exactly, had the president said about her? her son asked.
He thinks mommy is doing a bad job, she recalled telling him, taking care to censor.