Despite employee turnover that perennially ranks near the highest in the Senate, Ms. Klobuchar has defenders among her former staff. “That wasn’t O.K.,” she recalled Ms. Klobuchar telling her. “It made me feel valued,” Ms. Knuti said. Many of the aides said they had worked for both men and women, for lawmakers both compassionate and unkind, without encountering anyone else like Ms. Klobuchar. Ms. Klobuchar is among them, but former aides said they were especially troubled by her willingness — in excess of other senators’, they said — to embarrass staff members over minor missteps or with odd requests.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2019 19:12 UTC