Report: Three People Pass On Klobuchar Campaign Due To Her Treatment Of Staff

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" — a reference to the Senate's Democratic leader. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country thro... Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" — a reference to the Senate's Democratic leader. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
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At least three potential campaign leaders have pulled themselves out of consideration for Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) burgeoning presidential effort due to her history of angry outbursts and public humiliation of her staff, according to a Wednesday HuffPost report.

Anonymous former staffers told HuffPost that she was frequently demeaning and harsh, telling them their work was “the worst,” then copying other staff members on the email.

Other staffers starkly contradict those accounts and say that she was tough and demanding but that working from her was rewarding.

“I’ve heard people say she’s tough to work for and I sometimes cringe when I hear it because I rarely hear that said about male bosses in Congress despite the fact that half of Congress is tough to work for,” former aide Tristan Brown told HuffPost. “[She’s] probably the most brilliant, hardworking person I’ve had the privilege to work for.”

However, Klobuchar’s office has frequently ranked among the highest in terms of turnover, and she has run into difficulty in the past when hiring a new chief of staff.

Her nascent campaign maintains that Klobuchar loves her staff and has had some aides on board for years.

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  1. Her treatment of staff disqualifies her from running for anything.

  2. Avatar for gbark gbark says:

    Minneapolis, we have a problem.

  3. She sounds like a tough boss. OK by me. Sure, some staffers can’t take the heat, but she seems able to find those who can.

    Politics ain’t beanbag.

  4. Hey power can go to everyone’s head male or female. And although depicted in the past of really going to women’s, that was because men were writing the story and wanted to keep women out.

  5. Wait, what happened to Minnesota Nice™?

    I am so disillusioned.

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