Gillibrand Says Bill Clinton Should Have Quit 20 Years Ago

By Rob Quinn

November 17, 2017

In today's climate, Bill Clinton wouldn't have been able to hang on as president after his inappropriate relationship with a young White House intern was exposed—and he should have stepped down 20 years ago, a prominent Democratic senator says. 

New York's Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has campaigned with both Clintons, tell the New York Times that resigning would have been the "appropriate response" to the Monica Lewinsky affair. 

"Things have changed today, and I think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction," she says. "And I think in light of this conversation, we should have a very different conversation about President Trump, and a very different conversation about allegations against him."

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