November 10, 2026
On Tuesday morning, during a Zoom call with reporters, we asked U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her thoughts on President Donald Trump saying that the Iran War was “effectively over” and his decision of wanting to keep “the status quo” (meaning, not pulling U.S. military forces out of that region). Gillibrand gave us the following statement: “He does not speak to someone who actually knows what’s happening. The war has to end. It is not essentially over. It’s still going on, they are still doing military operations. The troops are still in harms way. He has no exit strategy, he has no plan, he does not have the approval of the American people. So, we need to end it. We should have a vote on ending the Iran War and we should make sure no resources are appropriated for the Iran War.”
Also, a reporter from WNYC asked Gillibrand for her thoughts on who the next Senate Majority Leader will be. “I support Senator Schumer, he’s done a great job marshalling our caucuses these past two years, to be laser focused on cost, corruption and chaos,” Gillibrand stated. “The unanimity with which our caucus helped each of the senate candidates across the country with campaigning, with fundraising, with amplifying their voices, by reposting all of their content, to get the message out that these were transformational, inspiring candidates that could represent red and purple places across America well. That was a unified effort and that was led by Senator Schumer. He raised over half a billion dollars and he really helped to keep the caucus aligned on message and what we were bringing to the American people and helping these candidates deliver. So, I think a lot of people have a lot of gratitude towards Senator Schumer and I think he’ll win any majority leader race, he has.”
