Kirsten Gillibrand announces campaign for 2020 US presidential election

“I’m going to run for President of the United States because as a young mom I am going to fight for other people’s kids as hard as I would fight for my own,” said Ms. Kirsten Gillibrand, who made her announcement on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on  CBS national television.

She listed a series of issues she'd tackle as President, including better health care for families, stronger public schools and more accessible job training.

Gillibrand is the second US senator, and second female senator to announce plans to begin the legal process of running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The 52-year-old is one of the most active and outspoken critics of President Trump and she earned acclaim from party activists when she began voting against all of the President's Cabinet and senior government nominees in early 2017.

Ms. Kirsten Gillibrand, is an American attorney serving as the junior US senator from New York since January 2009. She previously held the position of US Representative for New York's 20th congressional district from 2007 until her Senate appointment./.