THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK – AT 11:41 P.M. ET:   The title "senator from New York" used to be a title of distinction.  Not all have been stellar, but New York has had a tradition of sending eminent figures, whether one agrees with them or not, to the Senate:  Aaron Burr, Dewitt Clinton, Martin Van Buren, Hamilton Fish, William H. Seward, Elihu Root, Robert F. Wagner, John Foster Dulles, Herbert H. Lehman, Robert Kennedy, Jacob Javits, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and, yes, Hillary Clinton.

And then there's Kirsten Gillibrand.  Talk about a public embarrassment.  She's one of our two current senators, the other being Chuck Schumer.  She's an endless source of shame to New York, having changed her views on virtually every issue of public interest.  I've never seen her take the same position twice. In addition, she could walk into almost any venue in New York, and no one would know who she is. 

Now she has outdone herself.  From Fox: 

The future may be female, but critics say Kirsten Gillibrand's role may be limited.

The Democratic U.S. senator from New York was widely mocked Wednesday after saying the future is “female” and “intersectional,” in a wink to the progressive wing of her party.

“Our future is: Female, Intersectional, Powered by our belief in one another. And we’re just getting started,” Gillibrand wrote in a tweet.

Critics claimed Gillibrand was trying to pander to progressives ahead of a likely run for president in 2020, looking to portray herself as a feminist firebrand.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for one, fired back at Gillibrand, saying “our future is: AMERICAN.”  “An identity based not on gender, race, ethnicity or religion. But on the powerful truth that all people are created equal with a God given right to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness,” he added.

Others also criticized the Democrat for embracing “toxic” identity politics rather than viewing everyone as equal.

“Everyone should be viewed as equals, regardless of immutable characteristics. Now we keep hearing how one group should replace another- women vs. men, etc. It's completely backwards,” said one Twitter user.

Others have also pointed out Gillibrand’s political transformation from a centrist Democrat liked by the establishment to a progressive.

COMMENT:  She wants to be president.  Maybe she can be president of a student government.  Of an elementary school.  In Beverly Hills.

December 6, 2018