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The third installment of NBC’s so-called “Big Idea” series, which they already admitted was designed to only help Democratic 2020 candidates, featured floundering New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and her bid to implement a national paid family leave program.
After anchor Lester Holt once again reminded viewers the network was only interested in boosting Democratic campaigns, correspondent Harry Smith used the kid gloves as he highlighted of Gillibrand’s record:
HARRY SMITH: What's your big idea?
SEN. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND: My big idea is having national paid family leave. We're the only industrialized country in the whole world that doesn't have national paid leave.
SMITH: Why do you think America is so far behind on this?
GILLIBRAND: Because there’s not enough women in Congress.
SMITH: Kristen Gillibrand has been a stalwart of the #MeToo movement. And the Senator likes to point out she has voted against President Trump's legislative initiatives more than anyone else in the upper chamber.
Of course, there was no mention of Gillibrand’s decades-long support for the Clintons despite knowing of Bill’s transgressions against women.
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