Wild times in Washington D.C.
Wild times in Washington D.C. as Donald J.
Trump’s second week as President of the United States nears its
end. Many executive orders signed. Much confirmation hearings on
Capitol Hill with cabinet hopefuls facing off against dubious
senators. Last week saw Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, Bobby Kennedy Jr.
and Tulsi Gabbard facing a barrage of questions. Gabbard, wishing
to become the Director of National Intelligence, is considered a
50-50 bet to make it through though her odds received a cruel blow
after a stunning revelation.
Asked during her hearing if she considered the whistleblower
Edward Snowden a traitor, the 43-year-old answered, “My heart is
with my commitment to our Constitution and our nation’s security. I
have shown throughout my almost 22 years of service in the
military, as well as my time in Congress, how seriously I take the
privilege of having access to classified information and our
nation’s secrets, and that’s why I’m committed, if confirmed as
director of national intelligence, to joining you in making sure
that there is no future Snowden-type leak.”
Asked again, she responded, “Senator, I’m focused on the future
and how we can prevent something like this from happening
again.”
Many officials inside the White House were “rattled” by
Gabbard’s response to the Snowden question, a person familiar with
the White House’s thinking said, adding that she seemed
unprepared.
The Snowden moment caught President Donald Trump’s
attention, according to another person familiar with the White
House’s thinking. As he watched a clip of it, Trump wondered aloud
how her lack of a direct answer would play out, this person
said.
“He was curious about how it would affect her chances at
nomination or if it wouldn’t matter at all,” this person
said.
That rattle grew much fiercer after the stunning bombshell
dropped that Gabbard’s husband, Abraham Williams, loves his
surfboard as much as he does her.
The Irish Star,
examining the relationship, learned that the two met after Williams
offered to take photos of Gabbard’s campaign, reporting:
The two quickly hit it off, bonding over their shared love
for water sports. Surfing has always been a passion of Gabbard’s,
something she makes time for amidst her busy political career.
Williams, also hailing from Gabbard’s home state of Hawaii, was as
devoted to his surfboard as he was to his wife. “Pretty soon, we
were going on hikes, going surfing and spending as much time
together as we could. Oftentimes that meant an early-morning surf
before work,” Gabbard shared. During a surf session, Williams
proposed to Gabbard and the two had a casual island wedding in
2015.
Boy oh boy.
We, here, all enjoy the surfing life but have you ever gone on
the record to say that you are as devoted to your surfboard as you
are to your spouse?
Would you trust someone whose spouse was as devoted to them as
they were to their surfboard?
Like I stated, wild times.
