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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Aug 29, 2014, 11:26 AM Aug 2014

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand talks weight struggles, sexism in new book

GLENN BLAIN

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has taken abuse from her colleagues in Congress about her weight - but New York's junior senator can give as good as she gets.

A male colleague once said to Gillibrand when he saw her in the congressional gym: "Good thing you're working out, because you wouldn't want to get porky!"

Gillibrand’s response "Thanks, a--hole,” according to an excerpt from her new book, "Off the Sidelines," published in People magazine this week.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sen-kirsten-gillibrand-talks-weight-struggles-sexism-new-book-article-1.1919242