CRINGE: Democrat 2020 Hopeful Awkwardly ‘Preaches’ to Church Congregation

DES MOINES, IA - JANUARY 19: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks to a large crowd at a Women's March at Capitol, on January 19, 2019 in Des Moines, United States. Gillibrand recently announced she is a Democratic candidate for President in 2020. (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)

FAITHWIRE/ Tré Goins-Phillips

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) apparently took pandering lessons from Hillary Clinton.

Following in the footsteps of the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, Gillibrand — an aspiring president herself — awkwardly “preached” to a black church congregation last week in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

Gillibrand was at the church delivering a speech for the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s King Day Public Policy Forum. Continue reading…