Kirsten Gillibrand apologizes to Zohran Mamdani over “global jihad” remark
“Gillibrand said she believes Mr. Mamdani is sincere when he says he wants to protect all New Yorkers and combat antisemitism,” according to a readout of the call
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Fast Forward Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls on Zohran Mamdani to denounce ‘globalize the intifada’ following primary win
'As a leader of a city as diverse as New York City, with 8 million people, as the largest Jewish population in the country, he should denounce it,' said Gillibrand
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Fast Forward Many police departments withhold hate crime data. This U.S. senator wants that to stop
Kirsten Gillibrand and others ask Justice Dept. to find out why the information is missing
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News Kirsten Gillibrand returns from Israel ‘optimistic’ about Netanyahu’s plan for Mideast peace
‘I think the Jewish community in New York expects that I'm a leader on issues related to Israel,’ the U.S. senator said in an interview
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News Jewish constituents put renewed focus on Sen. Gillibrand. She welcomes it.
Chuck Schumer is a hard act to follow. The 70-year-old Senate Majority Leader imbues all he does with his scrappy Brooklyn Jewish upbringing. Kristen Gillibrand, the junior senator from upstate New York who was raised Catholic, has a much more nuanced relationship with her state’s Jewish citizens. In an interview after the inauguration of Joe…
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News 5 Jewish Things To Know About Kirsten Gillibrand
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Kirsten Gillibrand running in a crowded field for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 would seem familiar as well as alien to the Kirsten Gillibrand who won an upset campaign for Congress in 2006. Like Kirsten Gillibrand 1.0, the latest model was earthy and down to brass tacks in her January…
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Fast Forward Gillibrand Says She’ll ‘Engage Iran’ On Day One As President
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said at a debate in Miami on Thursday that the top foreign relationship she’d like to reset as president is with Iran. “You’re likely going to have to reset a relationship between America and another country or entity if you become president… What is the first…
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Fast Forward Soros Won’t Back Gillibrand In 2020 Over Her Role In Franken’s Resignation
Billionaire financier and Democratic donor George Soros told The Washington Post on Friday that he was rooting against New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to get the party’s nomination for president in 2020 because of what he saw as her role in the resignation of fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken. Gillibrand, along with several other female…
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