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BOB MCMANUS: Why won’t NY’s heavy hitters in DC — Schumer, Jeffries, Gillibrand — do anything to help Mayor Adams? “Once upon a time, a sparrow couldn’t fall in City Hall Park without Chuck Schumer calling a press conference. Today America’s border chaos holds a dagger to Gotham’s heart, but he stands as dumb as a fence post. Why is that? Indeed, what’s the point of having big shots in Washington if New York can’t count on them in a crisis?”

Hey, it’s not like they work for you, you’re just the chumps who keep them in power.

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update. “Gillibrand is Out, CNN is going to subject America to 7 hours of climate change blather because they hate America (and ratings), Biden suffers imaginary flashbacks, and the next debates loom.”

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VOKDAPUNDIT: Kirsten Gillibrand Wants Ten Trillion of Your Dollars to Fight Climate Change Or Whatever. “I always love promises like this. ‘Prioritize rural advancement, frontline communities, and marginalized voices’ sounds awfully nice, doesn’t it? What it means in practice is a slush fund for paying off various interest groups, both urban and rural. There’s other people’s money for everyone!”

THE DRUNKBLOGGING IS GOING TO BE EPIC: Gillibrand locks up June debate spot. “The New York senator announced that she got 65,000 unique donors.”

Gillibrand had long ago crossed the polling threshold to qualify for the first debate. But hitting the donor threshold shores up her spot on the debate stage, because candidates who have crossed both thresholds take priority over candidates who only crossed one. The Gillibrand campaign confirmed to POLITICO that she has also received 200 donors in 20 states.

She joins 13 other candidates who have “double qualified” for the debate stage, according to a POLITICO analysis: Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Jay Inslee, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang.

In addition, six other candidates have qualified through polling alone so far, according to the POLITICO analysis: Michael Bennet, Bill de Blasio, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, Tim Ryan and Eric Swalwell.

A maximum of 20 candidates can qualify for the first round of Democratic debates, which will be hosted by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo in Miami on June 26 and June 27. Candidates have until Wednesday to qualify for the first round.

I’m just hoping to survive two consecutive nights of debates.

APPARENTLY, YES SHE WILL: NRA takes a dig at Gillibrand: ‘She’ll say anything’ to get ahead.

“Gillibrand called us the worst org in the country, but when she represented NY20, she wrote us: ‘I appreciate the work that the NRA does to protect gun owners rights, and I look forward to working with you for many years,'” the NRA tweeted. “Now that she’s looking to crack 1%, she’ll say anything.”

Following its tweet, the NRA released an adulatory letter Gillibrand sent to the organization more than a decade ago. In it, Gillibrand expressed her appreciation for their work on protecting gun owner rights.

Oof.

TAKE A PANDER AT THIS: Gillibrand Plays Beer Pong In Ad.

Democratic New York Sen. and presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand released a new ad Monday on Twitter, in which she plays beer pong with water.

The video, which was shot in New Hampshire, starts off with Gillibrand standing at a beer pong table with water in the cups. She takes the shot and with the ball in mid-air, the video freezes.

Text appears, reading, “If Kirsten makes this shot… will you donate $1 to guarantee her spot on the Democratic debate stage?”

The text then disappears and she sinks the shot.

With water? Disqualifying.