Readers—And Former Staffers—Discuss Amy Klobuchar’s Behavior

The Anger of Amy Klobuchar

After Amy Klobuchar announced her bid for president, multiple media organizations reported that the senator from Minnesota had a history of mistreating her subordinates. Last week, Caitlin Flanagan wrote that the allegations have been met with “a kind of sexism.” Klobuchar, she argued, has survived reports that a man never would:

“It’s shameful to humiliate and mistreat employees, no matter your gender … Trying to sell cruelty and pathological behavior as a feminist victory is yet another reason that so many women who care deeply about equality don’t identify themselves as feminists.”

I was somewhere between disappointed with and deeply angry at Caitlin Flanagan’s article on Amy Klobuchar. The accusations against the senator may or may not be true; my dismay is at the rather cavalier psychoanalysis Flanagan offers. Even from the opening: “Amy Klobuchar