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question everything

(47,487 posts)
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 12:38 PM Jun 2019

No, 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 honor—drawn from her Army service in Iraq—with 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: “That’s exactly what people are sick and tired of.”

Ms. Gabbard, who represents Hawaii’s Second District, also doesn’t 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. . . . [it’s] 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.”

(snip)

But she’s found support from a popular alternative-media figure, Joe Rogan, who has hosted Ms. Gabbard twice on his video and audio podcast—consistently a top-ranked offering on YouTube and iTunes. Like Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Rogan is politically heterodox. He’s 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 YouTube’s 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, there’s nowhere else you’re going to be able to go.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-hawaii-democrats-surprising-views-11560714036 (paid subscription)

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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No, Rep. Gabbard. The Mueller report was not to investigage collusion; (Original Post) question everything Jun 2019 OP
There's always 4Chan and 8Chan saidsimplesimon Jun 2019 #1
It doesn't surprise me that the anti-gay Gabbard sympathizes with the anti-gay Steven Crowder. Drunken Irishman Jun 2019 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #6
It's just as dangerous to elect a president with reading comprehension deficits Ilsa Jun 2019 #3
She's so full of shit. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #4
My feelings exactly. n/t MBS Jun 2019 #5
Exponentially. I always Cha Jun 2019 #7
Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #8
Oh please.. gabbard's primary opponents Cha Jun 2019 #9
Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #11
... Cha Jun 2019 #12
 

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
1. There's always 4Chan and 8Chan
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 12:41 PM
Jun 2019

“If you get cut out from YouTube, there’s nowhere else you’re going to be able to go.”


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
2. It doesn't surprise me that the anti-gay Gabbard sympathizes with the anti-gay Steven Crowder.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 12:48 PM
Jun 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

Response to Drunken Irishman (Reply #2)

 

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
3. It's just as dangerous to elect a president with reading comprehension deficits
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 12:54 PM
Jun 2019

as it is to elect a president who can't or won't read.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Turin_C3PO

(14,004 posts)
4. She's so full of shit.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:00 PM
Jun 2019

She’s the only candidate I’d have to hold my nose to vote for. Thank God she has no chance at the nomination.

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MBS

(9,688 posts)
5. My feelings exactly. n/t
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:48 PM
Jun 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(297,323 posts)
7. Exponentially. I always
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 08:23 PM
Jun 2019

vote for her primary opponent in my District.. maybe someday it will take.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

Response to Cha (Reply #7)

 

Cha

(297,323 posts)
9. Oh please.. gabbard's primary opponents
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 08:36 PM
Jun 2019

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.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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