Armed Services Committee Member, Aspiring Commander in Chief Kirsten Gillibrand Doesn’t Understand Nuclear Weapons

During a meet and greet at a local coffee shop in Dover, New Hampshire 2020 hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand struggled with “tactical” vs. “tactile” in referencing nuclear weapons:

Kirsten Gillibrand Twice Refers To Tactical Nuclear Weapons As ‘Tactile’
Washington Free Beacon

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) called tactical nuclear weapons “tactile” twice Friday during a meet-and-greet in New Hampshire.

Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke at Flight Coffee in Dover, where she discussed her opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.

“We used to say we don’t worry about a first strike because a first strike would end in complete devastation of the person who fired nuclear weapons,” Gillibrand said. “When you say you want to develop low-yield nuclear weapons that are tactile, what you’re saying is you want to use them.”

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