whether or not people can relate to them, within the file feel like they can have a beer with them. that that person understands the concerns they feel. that s a bipartisan issue. i think the question that do the brain in particular faces isn t the likability question, but a credibility problem. kirsten gillibrand, the comments when they got elected in the early 2000s, she was endorsed by the and ra. it was a very she billed us of is my view of conservative democrat. the senator gillibrand i got elected is now antigun, anti-wall street. kennedy: i want to bring harris end. harris: i will yields you can finish her sentence. kennedy, thinker. sean: i think that s issue she will face. it s a credibility issue. but her comments and what she s fighting for, it made the case for president trump s reelection. he s a candidate fighting every day. if that s a standard she wants to talk about, i think you just made the case for term 2020.
lot of tests. the likability question was sort of the first one. i saw her this week in the senate and asked her whether she thought this was sexism. she didn t want to go into the issue. but that s something she s not going to be able to do this entire race. so there will be difficult situations that come up. a lot of people in washington were pretty dismayed with how she even some of her supporters, with how she handled the dna issue. she s going to be tested again and again. that s what running for president is. part of the likability came about when she released this video on instagram. hold on a sec. i m going to get me a beer. hey. my husband bruce is now in here. you want a beer? i ll pass on the beer for now. you sure? so this is my sweetie.
credentials and her own experience. mike, sit tight. let me come back to the panel for a moment. as you heard mike mention, she is positioning herself as leader of the pack, being more grassroots and in opposition to president trump even though she did not mention the president by name. let s go for a few tweets now with regard to this whole likability question. i know we never talk he twoots. never, ever. might as well. how elizabeth warren avoid a clinton redux, written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground? then you have this tweet where she says i hear women candidates are most likable in the quiet car, referring to the interview she did with rachel maddow earlier this week. what does this likability thing mean for female candidates? i always worry about reading too much into these matters, but i also worry about not reading enough into them, like the way we talk about women and women s
my point is you were in texas when i came home to the state convention of the texas federation of republican women and you saw the reaction of in that case the women back home who enthusiastically appreciated someone who was standing and fighting for them. i absolutely did, but the white house isn t in texas, it s in washington. that s part of the problem. well, but you have to work with with if you want to be president of the united states, you re going to live in the white house and work within the confines of the government. you re asking people about the constitution in texas. you don t want to change the system that much so within those confines as president how do you change that? how do you get to a place where you would be likeable enough and have relationships enough to actually get things done? well, let me draw a distinction on the likability question that you re raising. there s a distinction between how you treat people and what it is you say and do. in my time i
and you saw the reaction of in that case the women back home who enthusiastically appreciated someone who was standing and fighting for them. i absolutely did, but the white house isn t in texas, it s in washington. that s part of the problem. well but you have to work with with if you want to be president of the united states you re going to live in the white house and work within the confines of the government. you re asking people about the constitution. you don t want to change the system that much so within those confines as president how do you change that? how do you get to a place where you would be likeable enough and have relationships enough to actually get things done? well let me draw a distinction on the likability question that you re raising. there s a distinction between how you treat people and what it is you say and do. in my time in the senate there have been more than a few rocks tossed my direction, from democrats and republicans, and yet in my entire ti