Washington • Pushing into the sexual harassment debate, President Donald Trump laced into Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday, tweeting that the New York Democrat had begged him for campaign contributions in the past and “would do anything” to get them. Democrats accused the president of comments that were crude and worse.
Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who had called for Trump’s resignation a day earlier while citing allegations of sexual misconduct, called Trump’s attack a “sexist smear attempting to silence my voice.”
“I will not be silenced on this issue,” Gillibrand insisted. “Neither will the women who stood up to the president yesterday,” referring to women who have accused the president of sexual misconduct.