The Latest: Gillibrand labels Trump tweet a 'sexual smear'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and sexual harassment (all times local):7:45 a.m.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) says she interprets President Donald Trump's tweet aimed at her as "a sexual smear intended to silence me."
Trump tweeted on Tuesday that Gillibrand had once gone to his New York business office "begging" for a political contribution and — in Trump's words — "would do anything" to get it.
Trump's press secretary has said people who viewed the tweet as a sexual slur must have had their minds "in the gutter."
Gillibrand was asked on NBC's "Today" show whether she'd misread the meaning of Trump's tweet. Her answer: "No.