Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO who is exploring a run for the presidency as an independent, apologized to two Democratic candidates after claiming he had spent more time with the military than anyone else in the 2020 field
“In that moment I made something that should unite us all, about me. I made a mistake and I apologize.”Schultz was asked whether he was “competent to run the American military” during an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, who also noted that former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was previously on Starbucks’ board.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “I remember a Green Beans Coffee at the exchange at Bagram, and a decent espresso machine run by the Italian NATO element at ISAF HQ. But I don’t recall seeing any Starbucks over there,” Buttiegieg fired back in a tweet with Schultz’s quote.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was deployed from 2004 to 2005 to Iraq, where she served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard, and was also deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009.
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