Duckworth Votes Against Confirming Tulsi Gabbard to Serve as Director of National Intelligence

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)—released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard by a vote of 52-48 to serve as Director of National Intelligence:

“Tulsi Gabbard is not only wholly unqualified for this position, but she has an extremely concerning history of cozying up to our adversaries that makes her unfit for the job—whether it’s her close relationship with a Syrian dictator who gassed his own people, her pattern of spreading Putin’s propaganda or supporting and spreading conspiracy theories. She is not the kind of person who should be protecting our nation’s secrets—but unfortunately, my Republican colleagues would rather appease Donald Trump’s worst instincts than ensure our most sensitive intelligence is in safe, trustworthy hands. With this vote today, they’re once again proving they’re willing to put our national security and the safety of all Americans at risk out of concern for their political future.”

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