Revisiting a harrowing exchange, in which Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar asked a Supreme Court nominee if she was Team Edward or Team Jacob
Amy Klobuchar. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images Throughout her 2020 presidential campaign, Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar has tried to play up her relatable, Midwestern likability by deploying humor, to varying degrees of success. There’s her bit about raising $17,000 by calling up ex-boyfriends, which is pretty good. There was that time, on the debate stage, when she compared Russian meddling in the 2016 election with her meddling in her daughter’s life. It was … fine.
These jokes, and others, are the subject of a New York Times report, which posits that Klobuchar can use humor to “disarm an opponent, charm a voter and, she hopes, undercut President Trump on the debate stage.
During a confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, Ms. Klobuchar asked Ms. Kagan whether she was on team Jacob or Edward, a reference to the Twilight series that was popular with teenage girls at the time. Ms. Klobuchar was simply trying to lighten the mood, but Ms. Kagan looked at her blankly and replied, “I wish you wouldn’t.
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