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Kirsten Gillibrand Partied With Drag Queens at Iowa Gay Bar

The presidential hopeful posted the photos to her Twitter.

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April 21 2019 2:08 PM EST

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is certainly making a play for the LGBTQ vote in the Democratic primaries.

The presidential candidate tweeted on Friday that she spent the evening hanging out with drag queens at an Iowa gay bar called Blazing Saddle.

“Vana and the amazing queens at the Blazing Saddle in Des Moines invited me for a visit tonight before their show,” Gillibrand posted, along with several pictures of her with one of the queens, Vana B. Rosenberg.

\u201cVana and the amazing queens at the Blazing Saddle in Des Moines invited me for a visit tonight before their show. I felt underdressed, so I brought a dress I picked up yesterday\u2014turns out it fit me, but it fit Vana even better! Thank you for having me, ladies!\u201d
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@Kirsten Gillibrand) 1555730682

And this won’t be the last time part of Gillibrand’s campaign includes the drag community.

She has a fundraiser scheduled for May in New York, during which she will sit down and discuss LGBTQ issues with drag queen Marti Gould Cummings, a longtime activist who recently went viral for performing "Baby Shark" for a toddler at drag brunch.

“For the first time in the history of the United States a presidential candidate is sitting down one on one with a drag queen to discuss the issues,” Gould tweeted.

\u201cFor the first time in the history of the United States a presidential candidate is sitting down one on one with a drag queen to discuss the issues.\n\nThis is a huge moment in our history.\n\nJoin me as I speak with @SenGillibrand about lgbtq issues on May 2\n\nhttps://t.co/PEm8lqRG0H\u201d
— Marti (@Marti) 1555619369

Though Gillibrand currently isn’t anywhere near being one of the top contenders for the Democratic primary, these two campaign stops certainly speak to how much mainstream acceptance of the drag community has risen in the last few years. And hopefully it will inspire other presidential hopefuls to consider all members of the LGBTQ community as they are campaigning, as well.