The other Republican swing vote on the intelligence panel is Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., who was displeased with Gabbard's responses regarding Snowden during her confirmation hearing last week, The Hill reported. When asked three times, she refused to call Snowden a "traitor," stating only that he broke the law.
Gabbard on Monday pushed back on the controversy over her responses to those questions about Snowden.
Gabbard said that she declined to call Snowden a "traitor" because she doesn't use the word "casually," adding that, "Snowden should have raised his concerns about illegal surveillance through authorized channels, such as the inspector general or the Intelligence Committee, instead of leaking to the media."