| Line 22: |
Line 22: |
| | Klobuchar announced her candidacy for the [[2020 presidential election]] making [[global warming]] and the Green New Deal her number one issue under [[blizzard]] conditions during record snowfalls in February 2019. | | Klobuchar announced her candidacy for the [[2020 presidential election]] making [[global warming]] and the Green New Deal her number one issue under [[blizzard]] conditions during record snowfalls in February 2019. |
| | | | |
| − | At least three people withdrew from consideration as Klobuchar’s presidential campaign manager.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/amy-klobuchar-abuse-staff-2020_us_5c5a1cb1e4b0871047588649</ref> [[Obama]] campaign manager [[David Axelrod]] remarked: {{quotebox|"My fear for the Democratic Party is that people are going to see who can be the most virulent, anti-Trump person — and that is his game; his game is to be angry and snide. I think people are exhausted. I think people want to believe that we can be better than that.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-2020-election.html</ref>}} ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' reported {{quotebox|“The way Sen. Klobuchar behaves in private with her staff is very different than when she’s in the public eye, and that kind of cruelty shouldn’t be acceptable for anyone.”<ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/amy-klobuchar-staff-2020-election</ref>}} ''[[Huffington Post]]'' reported on her reputation for cruelty and [[emotion]]al abuse. ''Vanity Fair'' claims ''"Terrified aides say Amy Klobuchar is just like Trump,"''<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/senator-klobuchar-temper-rumors</ref> and that veteran Senate staffers have refused to work on her presidential campaign staff. Klobuchar has had the highest turnover rate of staffers of any Senator between 2000 and 2016. Commenting on [[Eric Holder]]'s advocacy of [[violence]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' quoted Klobuchar as saying, "when they go low, we have to respond,” and responding "means continuing to push your own agenda." Klobuchar's agenda includes the New Green Deal, the [[War on Cow Flatulence]], and the communist [[Medicare for All]] proposal. | + | At least three people withdrew from consideration as Klobuchar's presidential campaign manager.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/amy-klobuchar-abuse-staff-2020_us_5c5a1cb1e4b0871047588649</ref> [[Obama]] campaign manager [[David Axelrod]] remarked: {{quotebox|"My fear for the Democratic Party is that people are going to see who can be the most virulent, anti-Trump person — and that is his game; his game is to be angry and snide. I think people are exhausted. I think people want to believe that we can be better than that.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-2020-election.html</ref>}} ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' reported {{quotebox|“The way Sen. Klobuchar behaves in private with her staff is very different than when she’s in the public eye, and that kind of cruelty shouldn’t be acceptable for anyone.”<ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/amy-klobuchar-staff-2020-election</ref>}} ''[[Huffington Post]]'' reported on her reputation for cruelty and [[emotion]]al abuse. ''Vanity Fair'' claims ''"Terrified aides say Amy Klobuchar is just like Trump,"''<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/senator-klobuchar-temper-rumors</ref> and that veteran Senate staffers have refused to work on her presidential campaign staff. Klobuchar has had the highest turnover rate of staffers of any Senator between 2000 and 2016. Commenting on [[Eric Holder]]'s advocacy of [[violence]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' quoted Klobuchar as saying, "when they go low, we have to respond,” and responding "means continuing to push your own agenda." Klobuchar's agenda includes the New Green Deal, the [[War on Cow Flatulence]], and the communist [[Medicare for All]] proposal. |
| | | | |
| | ===Temperament=== | | ===Temperament=== |
| − | Seasoned ex-staffers describe Klobuchar as "unbearable" and "worse" than the reputation Klobuchar garnered before taking jobs her office.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/worst-bosses-congress-476729</ref> Anything can set her temper off, and it is unpredictable. Among the things that staffers said prompted fits of rage from Klobuchar: minor grammar mistakes, the use of the word “community” in press releases, or failing to charge her iPad. Klobuchar’s temper also affected her own ability to do her job, making it difficult to prep her for interviews or distracting her in the moments before a Committee hearing. | + | Seasoned ex-staffers describe Klobuchar as "unbearable" and "worse" than the reputation Klobuchar garnered before taking jobs her office.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/worst-bosses-congress-476729</ref> Anything can set her temper off, and it is unpredictable. Among the things that staffers said prompted fits of rage from Klobuchar: minor grammar mistakes, the use of the word “community” in press releases, or failing to charge her iPad. Klobuchar's temper also affected her own ability to do her job, making it difficult to prep her for interviews or distracting her in the moments before a Committee hearing. |
| | | | |
| − | Female staffers don't buy the [[progressive]] robot Klobuchar machine line that criticism is "sexist," saying that if a male lawmaker had abused staffers as Klobuchar has done, it would have been written about. ''HuffPost'' obtained an eight-page memo from Klobuchar’s 2006 Senate run, detailing the responsibilities and challenges of working with Klobuchar: {{quotebox|"if she is EXTREMELY upset about something, let her rant through it, DON’T interupt her unless ABSOLUTELY necessary and be careful when trying to calm her down … Often she just needs to talk things out in the open and is not interested in other people’s opinions."}} | + | Female staffers don't buy the [[progressive]] robot Klobuchar machine line that criticism is "sexist," saying that if a male lawmaker had abused staffers as Klobuchar has done, it would have been written about. ''HuffPost'' obtained an eight-page memo from Klobuchar's 2006 Senate run, detailing the responsibilities and challenges of working with Klobuchar: {{quotebox|"if she is EXTREMELY upset about something, let her rant through it, DON’T interupt her unless ABSOLUTELY necessary and be careful when trying to calm her down … Often she just needs to talk things out in the open and is not interested in other people’s opinions."}} |
| | [[File:JD Sunrise GND Rez 84H11SCoSponsors Announce 1200x1200 021318.png|right|350px|thumb|Klobuchar is one of the original sponors of the communist New Green Deal.<ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/12/11/congressional-support-for-a-green-new-deal</ref>]] | | [[File:JD Sunrise GND Rez 84H11SCoSponsors Announce 1200x1200 021318.png|right|350px|thumb|Klobuchar is one of the original sponors of the communist New Green Deal.<ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/12/11/congressional-support-for-a-green-new-deal</ref>]] |
| | ===Green New Deal=== | | ===Green New Deal=== |