{"id":15001,"date":"2017-09-04T11:55:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T15:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15001"},"modified":"2017-09-04T11:55:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T15:55:43","slug":"hilarity-from-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15001","title":{"rendered":"Hilarity from The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hopkins at The Hill opines, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/presidential-campaign\/349036-kamala-harris-and-kirsten-gillibrand-are-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand will lead Democrats to 2020 victory<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; As the Democratic party looks toward the 2020 presidential election, there are questions about who will take over the mantle of spokesperson and future leader of the party &#8230; Rising stars <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harris.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gillibrand.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)<\/a> seem to have the rare ability to unite the party and excite the various factions making up the base &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schumer.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer&#8217;s<\/a> mini-me while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-democrats-2020-657642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris is going full Bernie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; If Democrats have any hope of winning back the White House in 2020, we have to do more than just run a candidate, we must run a movement &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have<\/span> a movement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Black+Lives+Matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=AntiFa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AntiFa<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s based upon racism, sexism, anti-semitism, anti-intellectualism, and contempt for individuality.\u00a0 That&#8217;s why so many of them, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-brady-campaign-endorses-kamala-harris-1466780368-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">especially Harris<\/a>, are big supporters of gun control.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D15001&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15001\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15001\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15001\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hopkins at The Hill opines, &#8220;Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand will lead Democrats to 2020 victory&#8220;: &#8220;&#8230; As the Democratic party looks toward the 2020 presidential election, there are questions about who will take over the mantle of spokesperson and future leader of the party &#8230; Rising stars Sens. 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