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| | 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. |
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| − | 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-float|"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."}} |
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| − | ''BuzzFeed'' reported on Klobuchar's temper tantrums, comparing issues surrounding the Senate Judiciary hearings on [[Facebook]] to her selection of what clothes to wear: {{quotebox|Klobuchar’s [[behavior]] as a leader didn’t just affect her employees but limited their ability to conduct Senate work, creating a chaotic environment where staff were forced to devote as much time to managing their boss’s unpredictable [[anger]] as they did to governing.<br>“She can be just as mad about a crisis with Facebook” as she was about being given the wrong clothing for an event, said a second former staffer, pointing to the senator's work on issues surrounding Facebook. “It will take you just as much staff time and energy to put out that kind of [[crisis]] as you spend on [doing Senate Committee work investigating] Facebook.”<br>The employees all asked not to be named, most because of fear of retribution from Klobuchar.}} | + | ''BuzzFeed'' reported on Klobuchar's temper tantrums, comparing issues surrounding the Senate Judiciary hearings on [[Facebook]] to her selection of what clothes to wear: |
| | + | {{quotebox-float|Klobuchar’s [[behavior]] as a leader didn’t just affect her employees but limited their ability to conduct Senate work, creating a chaotic environment where staff were forced to devote as much time to managing their boss’s unpredictable [[anger]] as they did to governing.<br>“She can be just as mad about a crisis with Facebook” as she was about being given the wrong clothing for an event, said a second former staffer, pointing to the senator's work on issues surrounding Facebook. “It will take you just as much staff time and energy to put out that kind of [[crisis]] as you spend on [doing Senate Committee work investigating] Facebook.”<br>The employees all asked not to be named, most because of fear of retribution from Klobuchar.}} |
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