Democrat senator and 2020 presidential nominee has been trying to respond to criticism of abusive behaviour toward staffers, and she seems to have settled on an slant( liquor warn ):
Amy Klobuchar defends her faculty therapy, says toughness needed when dealing with Putin https :// t.co/ rOu3 2SwJzx pic.twitter.com/ FHdlKjkNC8
— CNN (@ CNN) March 15, 2019
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Amy Klobuchar defends her staff therapy, says toughness needed when dealing with Putin- Our write off of @PoppyHarlowCNN‘s interview with the Minnesota Democrat: https :// t.co/ H5n3xhZ0gZ
— Dan Merica (@ merica) March 15, 2019
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Klobuchar to @PoppyHarlowCNN: “One can always do better … But I still think that you have to demand good product. When you're out there on the world stage and dealing with people like Vladimir Putin, yeah, you want someone who's tough. You want someone that demands the answers.” https :// t.co/ WSEQYCvQr1
— Dan Merica (@ merica) March 15, 2019
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LOL! So she’s not so much being hard on her staff as much as she’s practicing for dealing the Vladimir Putin?
No, genuinely, though, it feels very progress-y that a politician is utilize her habit of personally abusing staff as a credential https :// t.co/ 9MSgSnZBIN
— Allahpundit (@ allahpundit) March 15, 2019
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Abusing your subordinates does not, in fact, constitute foreign policy prowess https :// t.co/ 7T5k9pwANQ
— Natalie Shure (@ nataliesurely) March 15, 2019
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But Klobuchar truly hopes everything thinks it does, and she’s willing to bet her salad comb on it.
Abusing my staff to own the Russians https :// t.co/ hYKaxVu1 54
— Big A (@ austinsmatthews) March 15, 2019
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That’ll show Putin!
Mistreatment of staff is not a sign of toughness. https :// t.co/ vGznrCccBI
— RBe (@ RBPundit) March 15, 2019
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“Sure, I hurl binders at my staffers when they displease me — transmit THAT information to Valdimir! ” https :// t.co/ NIEE0MJyXn
— Sonny Bunch (@ SonnyBunch) March 15, 2019
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Mr. Gorbachev, hand me that fork. https :// t.co/ 9MZDtW7Fjf
— neontaster (@ neontaster) March 15, 2019
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I'm sure he'll bow right down when you shriek at him about punctuation& then chuck a binder at him https :// t.co/ D199BWHWP7
— Jim Hanson (@ Uncle_Jimbo) March 15, 2019
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“You know Vlad, it'd be a real shame if this binder slipped out of my hand…” https :// t.co/ sc4UWPKtkI
— Matt Gorman (@ mattsgorman) March 15, 2019
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Only problem … she isn't dealing with Putin, she is dealing with her own faculty.
— Eternal (@ Outside_8 5) March 15, 2019
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The moment Trump is no longer in office every bit of this Dem tough guy shtick toward Putin and Russia will disappear https :// t.co/ Of52oP8Yaj
— Noah Pollak (@ NoahPollak) March 15, 2019
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By then the Dems will be blowing the dust off the “re-set button” again.
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