Partisan politics in Washington, D.C., apparently stops at the weight room.
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma says he got to know Tulsi Gabbard at the gym when they both served in the House of Representatives. At the time, Mullin was still a Republican and Gabbard was a Democrat, but the respect they built for each other in the weightroom bridged the political divide.
The pair have remained close friends ever since. Mullin is now a senator and Gabbard, who joined the Republican Party in October, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence.
As a senator, Mullin is in a key position to help boost his friend into the position of director of national intelligence, a role that Gabbard is well-qualified to hold, Mullin says in a new video alongside Gabbard.
“You know, Tulsi has been getting unfairly tagged as someone not qualified…
