Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumNo, Rep. Gabbard. The Mueller report was not to investigage collusion;
it was to investigate whether Russia tried to influence the elections and even in Mueller's double and triple negatives and legalese, the answer was YES!
The WSJ has a positive op-ed about her:
Of all the Democratic presidential candidates, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard may most defy easy categorization. She fuses appeals to national honordrawn from her Army service in Iraqwith resolutely left-wing policy prescriptions, especially on foreign affairs. Yet she appears frequently on Fox News, has earned plaudits from Republican colleagues, and staunchly opposes impeachment proceedings against President Trump, which she warns would tear the country apart.
The whole reason the Mueller investigation started was to investigate collusion, she said in an interview between recent campaign stops in Manhattan. The special counsel was very clear in his report that there was no evidence found that collusion took place. But she is at pains to distinguish her reasoning from that of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose reticence about impeachment, Ms. Gabbard says, is rooted in partisan calculation: Thats exactly what people are sick and tired of.
Ms. Gabbard, who represents Hawaiis Second District, also doesnt belabor her sex, her ethnic background (Samoan) or her religion (Hindu). I think identity politics, again, is one of those things that is unfortunately being used to divide us. . . . [its] a dangerous road to walk down, Ms. Gabbard told me in a podcast interview, lamenting fellow Democrats and the media for often treating Americans as though we are the sum of the color of our skin.
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But shes found support from a popular alternative-media figure, Joe Rogan, who has hosted Ms. Gabbard twice on his video and audio podcastconsistently a top-ranked offering on YouTube and iTunes. Like Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Rogan is politically heterodox. Hes endorsed libertarian Republican Ron Paul, shuns ideological labels, and has a following among right-leaning listeners.
Perhaps because of her reliance on alternative media, Ms. Gabbard is unusually sympathetic to conservatives who complain of social-media censorship. Asked about YouTubes penalization of right-wing personality Steven Crowder, Ms. Gabbard says: I think it points to the dangerous level of power that these platforms have, and how they can seemingly arbitrarily make their own rules, and make decisions about what kind of free speech is acceptable. It amounts to a kind of monopoly, she argues: If you get cut out from YouTube, theres nowhere else youre going to be able to go.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-hawaii-democrats-surprising-views-11560714036 (paid subscription)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)If you get cut out from YouTube, theres nowhere else youre going to be able to go.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Ilsa
(61,695 posts)as it is to elect a president who can't or won't read.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Turin_C3PO
(14,004 posts)Shes the only candidate Id have to hold my nose to vote for. Thank God she has no chance at the nomination.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MBS
(9,688 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,323 posts)vote for her primary opponent in my District.. maybe someday it will take.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Cha
(297,323 posts)are even more "progressive".. and they don't have a record of hating on gays or going on fox news to bash President Obama.
You don't "understand" anything.. You have no idea what you're talking about.. just slinging insults.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Cha
(297,323 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden