Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has admitted that President Donald Trump’s policies are “popular” but claims she can’t support them because he’s apparently too “divisive.”
said during a Wednesday podcast that she struggles to back President Donald Trump’s “popular” ideas because she believes he is cruel.
Trump has championed policies with broad public support.
His popular policies include banning males from female sports, deporting illegal aliens, and cutting government waste.
During an appearence on the podcast “On Brand with Donny Deutsch,” Gillibrand acknowledged the popularity of Trump’s agenda.
However, criticized his style and said she couldn’t support Trump’s ideas because she claims he’s too mean and “divisive.”
“Interestingly, when he first ran last time, he ran on a lot of Democratic ideas,” Gillibrand said.
“Like he ran on middle-class tax cuts, and he ran on paid leave.
“He was much more of a Democrat then.
“And I feel like he got shut down on a lot of the bipartisan things he wanted to do in his first presidency by the Republicans around him.
“And he’s really leaned into this populism, which is, as is typical, populism is popular.”
“And what has been hardest for a lot of people like me to deal with is that he’s so disingenuous.
“He doesn’t mean it,” she claimed.
“And he says things that could be popular with everyone but then does it in the meanest, most divisive way possible.
“And he just takes that oxygen out of the room every time.
“So it’s just disappointing.
“You want a president to be a president for all people, and he keeps choosing not to be that guy.”
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On Wednesday, former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza said that Trump’s Tuesday congressional address was potent because he took widely supported stances on issues.
“Time and time again, he created moments, he created drama, he created things that you could share, and he did it around issues that are what I would call 80/20 issues — issues where 80% of the public agrees with him, 20% of the public disagrees,” Cillizza said.
For instance, he pointed to Trump highlighting 19-year-old Payton McNabb.
McNabb suffered a traumatic brain injury after a biological man spiked a volleyball into her head.
She was in the audience for Trump’s speech.
“Biological boys playing girls’ sports is an 80/20 issue, 80% of people — Democrats, Republicans, Independents — do not think biological males should be allowed to play,” Cillizza said.
Cillizza also said that the president touting the Laken Riley Act was another instance of an “extremely popular” issue he raised during the address.
“So, this is a young 20-something girl who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant,” he said.
“Trump helped push that.
“It was the first law he signed into law as president.
“This is extremely popular — 80/20.
“Democrats even voted for this in the Senate … Laken Riley’s sister and mom were there — very powerful.”
