Kirsten Gillibrand in ABC This Week interviews during 2020

On Foreign Policy: Israel went in wrong direction barring Congressional visit

Q: What about foreign aid to Israel and others in the Middle East?

GILLIBRAND: Congress has a duty to make decisions about whether we give aid, how we protect allies such as Israel with qualitative military edge. I don't know why Netanyahu would want to deny members of Congress to come to Israel if they expect us to be that never-ending partner and friend.

Q: They talk about the BDS movement ("Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions" directed against Israel)..

GILLIBRAND: In this country, we don't deny people the right to participate in conversations about their views and their values. Unfortunately, Netanyahu has allowed a law that says if you support the BDS movement they can prevent you. Any time you are undermining basic free speech rights and human rights you're going in the wrong direction.

Source: ABC This Week interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 18, 2019

On Free Trade: NAFTA 2.0 is a disaster; trade war harms producers

Q: Are you worried about a recession?

GILLIBRAND: I'm concerned because I think NAFTA 2.0 is a disaster. I think it was a giveaway to drug companies in Mexico. It's going to harm our jobs. President Trump said no bad trade deals. Not only has he entered into them, but he's started a trade war with China. And it's really harming producers.

Source: ABC This Week interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 18, 2019

On Gun Control: Machine gun registration is framework for assault weapons

what you want to use is the current law that has placed different types of weapons, required registration, like machine guns. We did this in the past, and we made machine guns illegal. And, if you owned them, they had to be registered, and they had to have certain kinds of fingerprinting for anyone who owns it. So you can use the same framework. Source: ABC This Week interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 18, 2019

The above quotations are from ABC This Week interviews during 2020 (Martha Raddatz interviewing candidates for 2020 races). Click here for other excerpts from ABC This Week interviews during 2020 (Martha Raddatz interviewing candidates for 2020 races). Click here for other excerpts by Kirsten Gillibrand. Click here for a profile of Kirsten Gillibrand.
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