Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community, repeatedly refused to call NSA leaker Edward Snowden a traitor during her confirmation hearing on Thursday, a fact some Republicans are privately admitting could threaten her chances of advancing out of committee.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle gave the former Democratic congresswoman turned GOP Trump cabinet nominee more than a half-dozen chances to withdraw her past support of Snowden during her confirmation hearing, but she didn’t take them.