POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [12-12-17] criticized a Democratic U.S. senator who has called for his resignation over allegations of sexual misconduct as a ‘total flunky’ while dismissing the accusations as ‘fabricated.’
In a pair of tweets Tuesday morning, Mr. Trump accused Democrats of promoting the allegations of more than a dozen women that he engaged in sexual misconduct. He targeted New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who in a CNN interview Monday said the allegations against the president were credible and heartbreaking and said Mr. Trump should resign…
The White House didn’t respond to a question about what the president meant by saying Ms. Gillibrand ‘would do anything for’ campaign contributions. Ms. Gillibrand is one of four Democratic senators who have so far called for Mr. Trump to resign or consider doing so; she is the only woman in that group.
Ms. Gillibrand replied on Twitter: ‘You cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the Oval Office.’ In a news conference later Tuesday, she called the tweet a ‘sexist smear attempting to silence my voice.’ “
-Rebecca Ballhaus, “Trump Rips Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Over Her Calls for His Resignation,” The Wall Street Journal online, Dec. 12, 2017 11:54am