Walking through the rainbow-adorned East Village Friday in Des Moines, Kirsten Gillibrand pointed at the Blazing Saddle like a local, turned to the gaggle of people following her and asked, “Anybody want a drink inside? I’ll buy.”

Kicking off the start of her three-day trip to Iowa, the Democratic presidential candidate returned to the Blazing Saddle following an April trip to the Des Moines gay bar. Her trip coincides with Des Moines’ Capital City Pride, where other presidential candidates also made planned stops, including Pete Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten, who spoke with Gillibrand at Raygun earlier in the day.

Wearing a rainbow “Love is Brave” campaign T-shirt, Gillibrand was a drink-slinging bartender at the packed Blazing Saddle for the first day of the pride weekend. Going around the bar, she shook hands with fluorescent-dressed bargoers and talked about her love of pride.

Barb Andersen was sitting at the bar when she told Gillibrand she doesn’t drink. The drink the New York senator offered? A club soda with a splash of cranberry and a little lime.

“The drinks are delicious,” said Andersen of Des Moines, who came to the bar to speak with Gillibrand about climate change.

While behind the bar, Gillibrand played two roles: Bartender and seasoned politician. As she provided drinks, she shared details about her presidential campaign and answered policy questions from immigration to the Mueller Report.

Addressing the crowd at the bar, Gillibrand shared an LGBTQ policy she unveiled earlier in June in a Medium post. She talked about federally recognizing “third gender” on identification documents, which would allow people to use an “X” designation if they don’t identify as either male or female.

Gillibrand traded dresses with Vana E. Rosenberg during an April trip to the bar and met up with Rosenberg again Friday. They took photos together and talked about their planned outfits for the weekend. Gillibrand spoke about her all-white outfit, while Rosenberg shared details about a blue dress.

Rosenberg said she appreciates that Gillibrand supports the transgender community and human rights.

“She’s such a strong, female, warrior princess,” Rosenberg said.