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.