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OKIsItJustMe

(19,938 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 05:06 PM Jun 2017

Kirsten Gillibrand drops f-bomb during speech on democracy

Source: CNN

Kirsten Gillibrand drops f-bomb during speech on democracy

By Miranda Green, CNN

Updated 4:50 PM ET, Fri June 9, 2017

Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's message about helping the public took on a bold tone Friday morning when she told a crowd at a conference on technology and democracy, "If we are not helping people, we should go the f--- home."

In an out-of-character move, the New York senator dropped the f-bomb a handful of times during a speech at the Personal Democracy Forum at New York University, which explores technology's impact on politics, government and society.

Speaking about President Donald Trump's accomplishments in the White House, Gillibrand said, "Has he kept his promises? No. F--- no."

This is not the first time that Gillibrand has used the four-letter word. She also uttered it during an interview with New York Magazine in March, saying of her push to pass legislation to protect seniors against fraud, "We're here to help people, and if we're not helping people, we should go the f-- home."



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-fbomb/index.html

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Kirsten Gillibrand drops f-bomb during speech on democracy (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Jun 2017 OP
i love my senator. La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #1
She's my senator too. Girard442 Jun 2017 #2
I live closer to her than my own senators. Like her very much! Auntie Bush Jun 2017 #6
I love your senator too! HAB911 Jun 2017 #24
I certainly prefer her to our other senator OKIsItJustMe Jun 2017 #27
Love it! PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #3
The GOP will grab their pearls and shriek in horror because a Democrat said such filthy words... haele Jun 2017 #4
And a Democratic woman at that, so they''ll say lock her up. I'm with Gillibrand iluvtennis Jun 2017 #7
Oh, please. The Venerable Cheney dropped one on the Senate floor. politicat Jun 2017 #16
- Bigredhunk Jun 2017 #5
I knew I liked her for a reason!!! LOL...you go girl!!!! DK504 Jun 2017 #8
I am so sick of how juvenile and dishonest this country is. SamKnause Jun 2017 #9
She's not from the city but... JackRiddler Jun 2017 #10
YUP. hawy Jun 2017 #11
Clutch my pearls! 6000eliot Jun 2017 #12
So, she's just channeling Dick Cheney. No biggie. Pathwalker Jun 2017 #13
No, she is showing some guts and plain straight talk which is REFRESHING! Good for her! LBM20 Jun 2017 #21
Yes, f... yes! n/t Smickey Jun 2017 #14
I'm an old prudish guy. I try to discourage the use of that word. It contracts one's vocabulary. NNadir Jun 2017 #15
Sometimes a nice big juicy F-bomb in needed and necessary. Good for her! LBM20 Jun 2017 #22
Big fucking deal. Ligyron Jun 2017 #17
Fuckin' A world wide wally Jun 2017 #18
Good for Sen. Gillibrand! MarianJack Jun 2017 #19
Yawn. With the Molester-in-Chief in the White House, an occasional use of some Anglo Saxon word FailureToCommunicate Jun 2017 #20
She was considered a "moderate" Democrat when she ran. SpankMe Jun 2017 #23
good for her heaven05 Jun 2017 #25
She rises on my list to the top of 2020 contenders beachbum bob Jun 2017 #26

haele

(12,676 posts)
4. The GOP will grab their pearls and shriek in horror because a Democrat said such filthy words...
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 05:16 PM
Jun 2017

But they'd lift one of their own up on a pedestal and laud his (90% chance of being male) Republican moral prowess for just dropping an F-bomb or two when talking about those "damned, useless Liberals and Democrats".
Moral prowess, because he showed restraint in not taking the crowed out to hunt some liberals right then and there.

Haele

politicat

(9,808 posts)
16. Oh, please. The Venerable Cheney dropped one on the Senate floor.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 07:24 PM
Jun 2017

Much bigger breach of protocol.

So they can go clutch their pearls and faint on their chaise loungue on someone else's dime.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
9. I am so sick of how juvenile and dishonest this country is.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 05:34 PM
Jun 2017

She said the word FUCK.

Big fucking deal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do we want to outlaw curse words now ???

It would be as successful as our war against cannabis.

It would make as much sense as our war against cannabis.

I am so sick of the juvenile behavior and lies.





hawy

(11 posts)
11. YUP.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:12 PM
Jun 2017

Haven't owned a weapon since the military, arm yourselves folks.I believe Russia has invested too much, don't think they will let a few dumb asses whimper away in jail and just call it a day.

NNadir

(33,542 posts)
15. I'm an old prudish guy. I try to discourage the use of that word. It contracts one's vocabulary.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:58 PM
Jun 2017

I use it when very angry, but I usually regret having done so.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,020 posts)
20. Yawn. With the Molester-in-Chief in the White House, an occasional use of some Anglo Saxon word
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 08:58 PM
Jun 2017

here and there- for clarity and emphasis - seems no big deal.

SpankMe

(2,966 posts)
23. She was considered a "moderate" Democrat when she ran.
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 11:37 PM
Jun 2017

They were characterizing her as a conservative leaning Democrat during her race.

Since Trump, however, she's become more bombastically progressive. I'm liking this.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
26. She rises on my list to the top of 2020 contenders
Sat Jun 10, 2017, 11:31 AM
Jun 2017

The time of not fucking around is over and time for all democrats to say so

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