Senate Intel Cmte. members from both parties praise Harris as a smart colleague & skilled questioner

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Kamala Harris is most famous in DC for her high-profile interrogations on the Senate Judiciary Committee. But her work on the Senate’s most secretive committee has gotten her colleagues’ notice, with even Republicans praising her technique.

How Kamala Harris Thrived On The Senate’s Powerful, Secretive Intelligence Committee
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee from both parties praise Harris as being “whip-smart” and a great interrogator behind closed doors.

___Kamala Harris, who has used her skills as a prosecutor to climb the ranks of the establishment, has used those same skills to great effect on the committee, according to her Senate colleagues — setting herself apart as an incisive interrogator. Behind the closed doors of the committee, she is mostly a bipartisan actor, focused on information gathering rather than scoring political points, senators told BuzzFeed News.

Despite being a relative rookie, Harris has been influential at key times in the committee’s high-profile investigation into Russian interference in the last presidential election. In one closed-door interview with a witness, Warner recalled, Harris captured the attention of the seasoned committee staff who were leading the questioning, offering pointers on how they should proceed. Not only did Democratic investigators turn to Harris for advice — Republicans did, too, he said...

Senators from both parties say that Harris, who has shaped much of her presidential campaign around her image as a sharp-tongued prosecutor, is the same person behind closed doors as she is in front of the television cameras at public hearings. She is a smart colleague and a skilled questioner, they said, who largely steers away from partisan posturing during their private hearings.

Harris joined the Intelligence panel "because of the importance of this committee’s work and of our intelligence community to America’s national security,” she said in a statement to BuzzFeed News last week.

She appreciates hearing from intelligence officials directly, she said. “I don't just want to read a memo about threats, I want to be able to ask questions and dig down deeper," Harris said. “I see part of my responsibility on the Committee as helping make sure no one is above the law."

read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/kamala-harris-intelligence-committee-russia-republicans-2020

[stonecutter357]

1. lol how smart is a whip ?

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2. wow

...you okay?


'Smart as a Whip' is analogous to the crack of a whip.

Meaning:

Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

Synonyms:

brainy; brilliant

Context examples:

some men dislike brainy women / a brilliant mind / a brilliant solution to the problem

[demmiblue]

3. OMG, brilliant question (not)!

Here, have a cookie.

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5. kick

Link to tweet

[Andy823]

6. K&R nt