Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of the 2020 primary race.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. AFP.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of the 2020 primary race. AFP. Gillibrand never really caught on in the primaries, only rarely polling above 1% of voters. She did not qualify for the 3rd debate and was unlikely to do so before the deadline. Her main issues were women's issues but she had to compete with several other women who were in the race, including Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Marriane Williamson. Gillibrand, a Senator from New York, leaves a crowded field that has already seen four other candidates drop out. 

A sad day for the Democrats, Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of the Presidential Primary. I’m glad they never found out that she was the one I was really afraid of!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2019

My Comment:
Another one gone. I have to say out of all the female candidates I thought Gillibrand was by far the most annoying. She was completely unlikable an not because of her politics. I hate Elizabeth Warren's holier than thou elitism and Marriane Williamson's kooky English teacher mysticism, but both of them were at least people you could listen to.

Not so with Gillibrand. She spent the entire first debate interrupting and screeching at the other candidates. She was shrill, annoying and completely unlikable. The entire debate I wanted her to shut up just so I could hear what the other candidates were saying. Though not quite as bad as Robert Francis O'Rourke, I found even Hillary Clinton, famous for her unlikability, more charismatic and respectful than Kirsten Gillibrand.

Though Gillibrand's likability was a major reason her campaign didn't take off, I think her hypocrisy was another reason. Gillibrand used to be a huge supporter of gun rights and got a high rating from the NRA. However, in 2020, Gillibrand went full fascist on gun rights and supported an assault weapons ban and magazine bans.

I think this was a huge mistake. Gillibrand needed a signature issue and gun rights could have been it. I don't believe for a second that every Democrat is on board with these unconstitutional and evil gun control laws that the party has come up with and Gillibrand could have been a champion for those people. Instead she sold her soul to the evil people pushing this nonsense on America. Once again, I think it may have been Eric Swalwell's failed but effective anti-gun campaign that pushed her left on this issue, along with pressure from the Michael Bloomberg funded anti-gun groups.

I also think that focusing on Woman's rights was a dumb thing as well, as dumb as Jay Inslee focusing on global warming. There really isn't anyone in the Democratic Party that disagrees with either issue so making it your focus on your campaign isn't going to help. Who in the Democratic Party is going to disagree with her on those issues? And why vote for her instead of one of the many other women running for President?

Kirsten Gillibrand also made a huge gaffe against the white women she was supposedly campaigning for. She famously said that she was going to explain "white privilege to those white women in the suburbs who voted for [President] Trump." Not only was this incredibly racist, it almost certainly alienated the very women she needed to support her campaign. Nobody wants a candidate that is going to lecture you about how racist you are simply because of the color of your skin.

Again, this is another case where standing up to the Democrat's platform would have likely gained her a ton of support. The white middle and lower classes absolutely hate this kind of racism and would have loved it if someone in the 2020 field spoke out about it. Instead Gillibrand doubled down on it to appeal to the far left racist "woke" vote that weren't going to support her anyways.

As for President Trump's tweet, don't take it too seriously. He's obviously joking and doesn't think that Gillibrand is a threat at all. My guess is that he knows that Gillibrand will rise to the bait, say something stupid and then make the Democrats look out of touch. President Trump knows what he is doing when it comes to social media.