When I made light of Hillary Clinton’s allegations that Tulsi Gabbard and Jill Stein are Russian assets, a friend sent me this list of reports that seem to point to Gabbard not being the staunch defender of democratic principles that she purports to be, which really surprised me. What do you think?
- Said “it’s time to move on” from the Mueller Report immediately after Barr’s deplorable 4 page summary of lies.
- Said indicting Trump would lead to a Civil War
- Said there is “no compelling cause” for impeachment and that “Congress needs to exercise oversight over the information that’s been leaked” and that, regarding impeachment, “what I think most people will see is, ‘Hey, this is another move by Democrats to get rid of Donald Trump,’ further deepening the already hyperpartisan divides that we have in this country.”
- Lawsuit against Google for the false claim of ‘only defending liberals’
- Attacked, then resigned from, the DNC (likely in preparation for a 3rd party run)
- Said she would drop Julian Assange charges (Via Newsweek, 2019)
- Defended WikiLeaks in their 2016 interference: ‘spurred some necessary change’ (Via APNews, 2019)
- Touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy (Via CNN, 2019)
- During the 4th democratic debate in 2019, Gabbard parroted Russian disinformation claiming the US was arming Al Queda in Syria.
- During the 4th democratic debate, she called for ending sanctions against the genocidal Bashar al-Assad. Assad is America’s enemy and Russia’s close ally.
- In 2017, Tulsi went to Syria and met with Bashar al-Assad, who is America’s enemy and Russia’s close ally
- Went on Fox’s Tucker Carlson’s show and used Project Veritas as proof
- She’s an Islamophobe. Each stance she takes is usually one that involves making people more fearful of Muslims. She also has ties to the RSS in India, a group founded based off of Nazi ideals.
- Tulsi Gabbard comes from a family of conservative activists, most famous for their opposition to gay marriage in Hawaii
- Tulsi Gabbard is rated “F” by Progressive Punch for voting with Republicans, despite the strong progressive lean of her district
- Tulsi Gabbard was vetted to be in Trump’s cabinet at Steve Bannon’s suggestion
- Tulsi Gabbard has also been praised multiple times by Steve Bannon, Trump’s former strategist and prolific white nationalist propagandist
- Tulsi Gabbard declined to join 169 Democrats in condemning Trump for appointing Steve Bannon to his cabinet.
- Tulsi Gabbard isn’t anti-war. She’s a self-described hawk against terrorists. Her narrow objections center around efforts to spread democracy: “In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I’m a hawk,” Gabbard said. “When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I’m a dove.”
- Tulsi Gabbard was praised by conservative media for publicly challenging President Barack Obama over his refusal to use the term “Islamic extremism” when discussing terrorism.
- Tulsi Gabbard voted with Republicans to block Syrian refugees
- Tulsi Gabbard has multiple connections to Hindu nationalists
- Tulsi Gabbard was one of only 3 representatives to not condemn Assad for gassing Syrian civilians and the only Democrat/
- Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation pushed by GOP-megadonor, Sheldon Adelson
- Tulsi was later awarded a “Champions of Freedom” medal at Adelson’s annual gala in 2016
- Tulsi was endorsed by David Duke for 2020
Hat tip to Dvd Avins for the list of links.