Posted on 10/06/2014 4:02:32 PM PDT by lowbridge
A House Democrat from Hawaii didn’t attend a hearing on veterans’ access to healthcare back in August because she was being profiled for an article and video profile about surfing by Yahoo News.
According to the Honolulu Civil Beat, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) originally told the paper that she missed the August 19 hearing because she was “delayed in another meeting.” But the paper later realized the hearing and her surfing interview were on the same day.
When asked again, her office acknowledged that Gabbard was hoping to attend both the surf profile and the hearing, but said the Yahoo crew was stuck in traffic, which led her to miss the VA hearing.
“Once Congresswoman Gabbard realized how late she would be, she decided not to go because she felt it would have been disruptive and disrespectful to just show up at the end,” her office told the Civil Beat.
Gabbard’s office said it is “reviewing our scheduling process” in light of the incident.
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Does she even have an opponent in the upcoming election? Not that it would make any difference unless there is more retired Military than I am thinking.
Because as part of her regular job, she had NO IDEA that anything like this was being talked about or voted on. So, she just went ahead and did the “All about me” thing.
“We’re waxing down our surfboards,
Can’t wait ‘til June....”
Democrat, classless, narcissist.......but I am being redundant.
She is smoking.... Combat vet, surfer. Only thing I can see that’s wrong with her is she is a democrat.
Is she not the one that Djou is running against?
That’s right - surfing takes priority over government every time. More surfing,less government
Well at least she’s not a golfer.
“All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine...”
No. He’s running in the other open seat.
Just another Fing RAT.
There is a pattern emerging from Hawaiian politicians.
Typical LIB.
Wish this had been out before the tahmooressi hearing. I was impressed that she was the only dem there. Guess she got word that her pics were going to be leaked and decided to go to make up for it.
Hawaii. Wasn’t there a major attack there?/s
The rule at Intel was/is that if you were late to a meeting it was worse than not attending. Either was a major problem. Three problems required a job search outside the company. The test and finish facility in Santa Cruz (an attempt to tap into a job market) was shut down because of the absentee rate when the surf was up.
No political problem for her.. Hawaii is owned and operated by the dems.
It's pathetic and at the expense of one who fought for our freedom. SHAME on her.
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