As I have said a few times, I am an enthusiastic supporter of Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence.
She and Kash Patel face the most difficult tasks of all of Trump’s senior appointments, both in getting over the finish line of Senate approval and reforming the agencies they are tasked with rebuilding.
JFK is being opposed by Big Pharma–a formidable foe with trillions of dollars to back up their power. Patel and Gabbard face an even more formidable set of foes: the intelligence community, whose tendrils of power extend everywhere.
Gabbard went into the hearing with guns blazing, just as Patel did with his. What stood out to me was her direct attack–even before the questioning began–on the lies and smears she would face and the Democrats who would be pushing them.
“Those that oppose my nomination — are accusing me of being…