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ehrnst

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35. What part of "not telling her staff she was going to announce for POTUS" is a "hit job?"
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:01 AM
Jan 2019
Campaign manager Rania Batrice and Gabbard’s consulting firm Revolution Messaging are set to depart after this weekend’s official kickoff in Hawaii, two sources familiar with the situation told POLITICO. Gabbard is leaning on her sister, Vrindavan, to fill the void.


Is reporting on what is actually going on in her staff "a hit job" and reporting on it "throwing it at her?"

At first, Gabbard had vendors and staffers working through Thanksgiving weekend to get ready for a campaign rollout, only to pull back. Over the next several weeks, Gabbard went up to the starting line again — signaling to her team that a green light was imminent — only to make repeated retreats.

The pattern of false starts continued through Christmas and New Year's, frustrating people who worked through the holidays.

When Gabbard did finally announce she would make a 2020 run, her team was blindsided. "I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week," she told CNN on a Friday night in a pre-taped interview for “The Van Jones Show.”

The Gabbard campaign website was not ready to go live; social media posts weren’t ready to be sent out. And Gabbard hadn’t signed off on the launch video.


How is that not "disarray?"

How is referring to her own words concerning Sen. Hirono "a hit job?" Here they are, in case you missed them:

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/01/09/breaking-news/gabbard-accuses-hirono-democratic-colleagues-of-religious-bigotry/

You're welcome.


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Gabbard yes. I don't think Sanders will fall quickly. Caliman73 Jan 2019 #13
I just don't see Bernie being a team player once he loses the primary in 2020. Blue_true Jan 2019 #17
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... NightWatcher Jan 2019 #7
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I was trying to comply with four paragraph rule Gothmog Jan 2019 #22
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What part of "not telling her staff she was going to announce for POTUS" is a "hit job?" ehrnst Jan 2019 #35
Tulsi Gabbard's campaign already loses campaign manager, consultants Gothmog Jan 2019 #34
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I like her TheFarseer Jan 2019 #41
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