March 18 (UPI) — Two months after Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced her exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential bid, the New York lawmaker officially kicked off her candidacy Sunday.
Gillibrand made the announcement in a video entitled Brave Wins posted online early Sunday. The video starts with an attack on the policies of President Donald Trump.
In a follow-up tweet, Gillibrand teased a campaign event next Sunday at Trump International in New York City. “I’m fighting for an America where we lead with bravery and compassion, not fear and greed — and I’m taking that fight straight to President Trump’s doorstep,” she said.
The video makes several references to policies Gillibrand supports, including providing so-called Medicare For All, expanding paid family leave, and passing a Green New Deal legislation to address climate change.
“None of this is impossible,” Gillibrand says in the video.
The New York senator joins a crowded field of Democrats vying for their party’s nomination to oust Trump from office in the 2020 election. Three of her Democratic Senate colleagues — Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota — have announced they are running, as has Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, has also announced a campaign bid.
In mid-January, Gillibrand announced the formation of her exploratory committee for a presidential run while on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
