There should be no question of Tulsi Gabbard’s patriotism, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told “Fox News Sunday.”

“I do hope, though, that we won’t see anyone questioning her patriotism,” Cotton said of President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence.

“You know, Hillary Clinton has basically called her a traitor in the past. [Gabbard has] served more than 20 years in our nation’s Army. She’s passed five different background checks. I reviewed the latest one; it’s clean as a whistle.

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