Gillibrand jabs Trump: ‘Female jobs he created were Democratic women in Congress’

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) jabbed at President Trump late Tuesday, saying he “seems not to understand” that the jobs his administration has created for women were for women in Congress. 

“President Trump seems not to understand that the female jobs he created were Democratic women in Congress,” Gillibrand wrote on Twitter.

President Trump seems not to understand that the female jobs he created were Democratic women in Congress.

— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) February 5, 2019

{mosads}Gillibrand’s comments came after Trump during his State of the Union address touted workforce gains for women during his presidency.

“No one has benefited more from our thriving economy than women, who have filled 58 percent of the newly created jobs last year,” Trump said.

The comment prompted a group of Democratic female lawmakers to stand up and applaud.

Trump said in response that the women “weren’t supposed to do that.”

The current Congress has 127 female lawmakers, a record high. The new Congress has also brought a number of firsts for women.

Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) are the first African-American women to represent their states in Congress. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is the first Somali-American to serve in Congress. Additionally, she and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) are the first Muslim women elected to Congress.

Trump during his speech later acknowledged the record amount of women in the current Congress.

“At exactly one century after Congress passed the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote, we also have more women serving in Congress than at any time before,” he said.

Dressed in white, a nod to women’s suffrage movement, female lawmakers celebrate Pres. Trump’s statement that “we have more women serving in Congress than at any time before.” https://t.co/aiCxLU221a #SOTU pic.twitter.com/rPApihkS8G

— ABC News (@ABC) February 5, 2019