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Mark Warner: “One of the reasons I voted against Tulsi Gabbard to be…”

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Senator Mark Warner Discusses Elon Musk's Influence and Concerns Over Trump Administration's Intelligence Politicization

Published | Video Starts at 06:27

A shocking accusation, Senator, please tell us more. Well, Jonathan, the one thing about intelligence, it's got to speak truth to power, you can't cook the books. And the irony is, and One of the reasons I voted against Tulsi Gabbard to be director of National Intelligence, when she said she would not politicize intelligence, I didn't believe that at all. So what we've got is the case of her chief of staff, Joe Kent, who she's now trying to promote to a different position, who went in and took what's … (06:27–06:36)

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Asserts disbelief in Tulsi Gabbard's claim of not politicizing intelligence, influencing his vote against her.

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