Former Staffers on coverage of Amy Klobuchar

[DesertRat]

Open Letter to the Editors on the Recent Coverage of Amy Klobuchar

We previously worked for Senator Klobuchar and some of us were among the former staffers contacted by the New York Times and other media outlets to share our experiences about working in her office. Unfortunately, the positive anecdotes and stories we experienced have not been fully reported by the Times and other media. We do not believe these reports adequately describe our thoughts on Amy Klobuchar, many of which we shared with the authors.

Amy would be there for us after a loss in the family or help make an important call instrumental to our careers. She’d celebrate our professional accomplishments and be part of our lives, whether it was dancing at our weddings or visiting us after we brought our newborns home. She was there for us in the hard times, too. And at the office, she pushed us to be better professionals and public servants. We remain grateful for our time in Senator Klobuchar’s office and still consider Amy a mentor and friend. Sadly, this was not fully conveyed in the recent news reports.

Signed,
Ben Alsdurf
Lane Ayres
Jonathan Becker
Gabe Bluestone
Greg Bohrer
Paula Breuer
David Brown
Tristan Brown
Francesca Capodilupo
Deb Calvert
Mark Chapin
Sam Clark
Ross Corson
Sarah Elkins Craighill
Kali Cruz
Aram Desteian
Dave Frederickson
Matt Freeman
Tamara Fucile
Kayla Gardner
Christopher Garcia
Erick Garcia Luna
Becky Groen
David Hough
Andrew Hu
Jim Jacobson
Craig Kalkut
Nick Kimball
Anne Knapke
Megan Lahr
Andy LeFevour
Martin Ludden
Matt Manning
Christi Mayer
Andrea Mokros
Tim Molino
Martin Munic
Erika Nelson
Howard Orenstein
Naveen Parmar
Tom Perron
Charlie Poster
Hannah Quinn
Joe Radosevich
Sean Richardson
Zach Rodvold
Dan Rogan
Kaleb Rumicho
Asal Sayas
C. Scott Cooper
Jon Schweitzer
Susan Segal
Kristin Sharp
Megan Scannell Sharp
Lee Sheehy
Jake Spano
Zack Stephenson
Jake Sullivan
Rose Sullivan
Tom Sullivan
Lolita Ulloa
Mychal Vlatkovich
Tommy Walker
Jodie Wierimaa
Emma Youngquist
Paul Zygmunt

https://medium.com/@erick.garcia.luna/open-letter-to-the-editors-e65482976de7

[apcalc]

1. Damn right.

[delisen]

28. Very impressive

[elleng]

2. Thanks

[badhair77]

3. Guess it's more exciting to describe her eating a salad with a comb.

Thanks for the link. I appreciate the truth.

[BusyBeingBest]

4. Someone really wanted her out of the race right from the start.

[krissey]

5. One of the lamest attacks in this campaign. A couple snot nose X employees mouthing off.

We have watched Klobuchar the last 6 months. We would know if there was an explosive temper and abusive person.

[PupCamo]

8. wasn't there something about a salad and a staffer

[DesertRat]

25. That was the story that the media ran with

That's why these staffers wanted to set the record straight.

[jimfields33]

32. Glad they did

But why not the day after the story broke? Could have helped big time. Now? We’ll see.

[PupCamo]

34. I only heard bits and pieces

if she was a total bitch, there would have been a lot more stories than just that

[Mme. Defarge]

13. Yes, early days.

So glad to see this endorsement signed by so many.

[jmg257]

6. Lovely - thanks!!

[Zeus69]

7. Nice!

Would run to the polls to vote for her.

[Chicagogrl1]

9. I am confused

Why does she have so many ex-staffers??

[Blue_true]

11. A lot of people move on to other positions or into the private sector.

Likely not that uncommon. The pay was not all that good. I think a lot of them start on the office as young people, do things like get married and have kids, buy houses, their needs change and they move on.

[2naSalit]

31. Not to mention interns. ...nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. There's a ton of churn in political staffs. I see a lot of names I know on there from campaigns,

from staffs and campaigns for other politicians, that kind of thing. Also, when a politician moves from one role to another, they don't always bring people with them.

[pnwmom]

15. Because she's been in Congress a long time, and most of those jobs are taken by young people

for just a few years at a time. This is NOT unusual. The job is a steppingstone to something bigger.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Possibly expensive to live there.

[relayerbob]

10. Thank you!!!

[mcar]

14. Kick

[emmaverybo]

16. It's nice if she's nice to people who work for her, but unless she's going to be my employer, I

don’t care—exceptions might be cruel behavior. I always took the mean Amy stories with a grain
of salt. How closely she conforms to the social demand that she, as a woman, please people and be a nurturing employer, does not sway me one way or another. Some tough conductors get beautiful music out of musicians. I wouldn’t respect willful abusiveness, but c’mon.

Does Amy Klobuchar have the qualifications, temperament, knowledge, and relevant experience to lead our nation and the world at this time in history? Many of you feel she does. Her growing numbers of supporters agree too.

Glad to see a resounding rebuttal, however.

[calimary]

17. That's a long list.

All those people can’t be wrong.

[LiberalFighter]

18. Who was it that did the negative on her?

[fleabiscuit]

21. That kinda answers the question.

65 people on that list. One not on it got butt hurt and said shit. That's doing darn good as a boss IMHO.

[apcalc]

29. I saw it on Huffpost,who regularly kneecaps those who are not their

Chosen favorite. Came originally from the NY Times I think. Bullshit story to begin with.

[Hulk]

20. The Town Hall was GREAT!!

When each candidate came on, I was so impressed, I want to vote for them ALL.

[squirecam]

23. People need to look into things for themselves

And not just accept the smears. Too many people with agendas at this time of year.

[AllyCat]

24. Our media and their damn horse race

Completely disingenuous reporting.

[NJCher]

26. I always thought that story was "iffy"

I am glad they spoke up, but why wait until now?

[apcalc]

30. They spoke up and published this letter , or similar, months ago.

It had a run of about one day. Thanks MSM.

[squirecam]

33. Yep

Nt

[Laelth]

27. That's good to see. Thank you. n/t

-Laelth

[betsuni]

35. K&R

[ibegurpard]

36. That story was just bizarre

Who was pushing it? the amount of coverage that it got was completely out of proportion to her viability as a candidate at the time it came out.

[DesertRat]

37. I agree.

I still see it being pushed on twitter. Who knows who was pushing it... But it seemed to be overblown.

[hangaleft]

38. I've been all in for Warren from Day 1

But, golly gee, I’m switching to Klobuchar now, she’s a dayum nice person!