Tintrlvr
Junior Chimp
Posts: 5,333
|
|
« on: September 20, 2017, 10:07:21 PM » |
|
|
« edited: September 20, 2017, 10:16:00 PM by Tintrlvr »
|
One point that I have not seen mentioned is that, last I heard, Gillibrand's husband was not a United States citizen, and I don't think there have been any moves recently for him to acquire citizenship. While almost certainly not going to be an issue in a Democratic primary, this seems like a prime line of attack (if totally unfair) in a general election and probably hurts her electability at least a little bit. Especially given he'd be a prospective first First Man, which for very obviously sexist reasons would be assumed by many to be a more politically involved position than some First Ladies (Melania being the clear contrast, although Laura Bush was also very much out of political view). Hillary Clinton and to a lesser degree Michelle Obama were relatively politically involved in ways where I can see there being some discomfort in the public with having a non-citizen making those calls. Gillibrand would at least have to shy away from talking about her family being a "team" from a governance perspective the way Clinton and Obama did. (I've never heard him speak so don't know what he sounds like but would be terrible on the campaign trail for him to speak with an English accent, too.)
|