Former Staffers on coverage of Amy Klobuchar [View all]

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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

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