Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Tuesday said she still thinks President Donald Trump should resign, while she herself hasn't yet ruled out mounting a challenge for the White House in the 2020 election.
"We have to ask ourselves what can you do to push against this horribleness that President Trump put into the world," the New York Democrat told MSNBC's 'Morning Joe. "The hate, the divisiveness, the anxiety he's created has called me to fight as hard as I possibly can to restore that moral compass."
When it comes to running for the presidency, Gillibrand said she'll give that "strong consideration." Meanwhile, she called on Americans to fight back any way they can, as "what President Trump has done to this country is destroying the fabric of who we are."
Gillibrand said about a year ago, when several women accused Trump of sexual assault, that he needed to resign and on Tuesday, she said she still thinks that.
"That's why 2018 was an important election for all of us," said Gillibrand. "It was a wake up for America to fight for what you believe in and restore America to its foundings."
And if Trump doesn't resign, then he must be held accountable by lawmakers, she said.
"First of all, we need to protect the Mueller investigation," she said. "The most important thing that the Senate can do is pass our bipartisan bill that will preserve the investigation, making sure documents can't be destroyed. Making sure if he's fired, he's fired for cause."
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