Gillibrand denies interest in WH bid

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) says she has no aspirations to become president one day, despite speculation she’s hoping to parlay her high-profile work in Congress into something more.

“No, no,” Gillibrand told MSNBC on Monday when asked point-blank if she wanted to run for the Oval Office. “I feel so lucky I get to do my job in the Senate.”

{mosads}The senator said in 2016, she’d be supporting Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of State. Gillibrand replaced Clinton to represent New York in the upper chamber.

“I think she’s the most qualified, dynamic candidate you could possibly support from our party,” Gillibrand said. “I’m going to work very hard to make sure she gets elected. I think she would be an extraordinary president.”

In the interview, Gillibrand also discounted reports of a rift between her and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) over their competing legislation to address sexual assault in the military. 

“Well, there’s no rift; it was just a policy disagreement,” Gillibrand said.

She also suggested that the conflict had drawn more attention because both lawmakers were female.

“I can tell you, I disagree with my male colleagues all the time,” she said.