Tulsi Gabbard’s Campaign Already Loses Campaign Manager, Consultants

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 17: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, holds a news conference with female members of the House Armed Services Committee in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, on a resolution honoring ... UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 17: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, holds a news conference with female members of the House Armed Services Committee in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, on a resolution honoring Army Ranger women graduates. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-HI) rollout of her presidential campaign has been anything but smooth.

After weeks of fits and starts, she decided to announce her intention to run out of the blue on “The Van Jones Show” — without telling her staff. She has spent most of her early days as a possible candidate apologizing for her homophobic history, has picked a fight with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) back on Capitol Hill and has already drawn a primary challenger for her House seat.

And now, according to Politico, she’s losing her campaign manager, Rania Batrice, and her consulting firm, Revolution Messaging.

Though the campaign hasn’t officially launched yet, the young congresswoman has effectively lost any early momentum in the likely crowded Democratic field.

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  1. …and likely loses her seat next election.

  2. “the young congresswoman has effectively lost any early momentum in the likely crowded Democratic field.”

    She never had any early momentum.

  3. Don’t worry.

    I’m sure Uncle Vlad will get his boys and girls to secure the Green Party nod for Tulsi

    Remember folks that GREEN =

    Getting
    Republicans
    Elected
    Every
    November

  4. It remains to be seen.

  5. Well that didn’t take very long…

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