Tulsi Gabbard’s Chances of Getting Confirmed in Jeopardy: Report [Video]

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Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard faces an uphill battle to become Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, after reportedly failing to woo senators on Capitol Hill last week.

On Tuesday, Reuters reported that eight Republican senators had expressed doubts about Trump’s nomination of Gabbard to lead the nation’s intelligence community.

Citing three unnamed sources, one within the Trump team and two with knowledge of the transition, the report said there were serious doubts about Gabbard’s qualifications and her ability to secure the necessary votes in the Senate during her confirmation process.

Newsweek was unable to independently verify Reuters’ reporting and contacted the Trump transition team and Gabbard for comment via email outside normal business hours.

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