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In reply to the discussion: Tulsi Gabbard campaign in disarray [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)35. What part of "not telling her staff she was going to announce for POTUS" is a "hit job?"
Campaign manager Rania Batrice and Gabbards consulting firm Revolution Messaging are set to depart after this weekends 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 werent ready to be sent out. And Gabbard hadnt signed off on the launch video.
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 werent ready to be sent out. And Gabbard hadnt 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/
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So she has NOTHING on him. Her big selling point was being a Captain in the military. ant
Blue_true
Jan 2019
#19
I just don't see Bernie being a team player once he loses the primary in 2020.
Blue_true
Jan 2019
#17
her hero/secretive guru is threatening to sue everyone who breathes a word thast
msongs
Jan 2019
#11
I wouldn't likely vote for Gabbard over other choices in the primary but this piece sounds like
JCanete
Jan 2019
#31