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Why Tulsi Gabbard Ultimately Left the Democratic Party

October 18, 2022 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Jonathan Bernstein: “You can be excused for thinking her announcement amounted to nothing more than an effort by an oddball political figure to grab a bit of attention amid a fading career.”

“I think that misses something important, which is that Democrats tend not to tolerate demagogues. Gabbard has been selling unorthodox views of various types for some time. She never quite lived down a 2017 meeting with brutal Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. While she was able to hold on to her House seat, it turned out there simply wasn’t much of a market in the Democratic Party for indulging authoritarians.”

“This isn’t because rank-and-file Democrats automatically reject extremism. Instead, it’s because influential Democrats enforce something like a minimal level of responsible behavior. Those who can’t abide by it find themselves ostracized by both the party and media organizations such as MSNBC.”

This isn’t the case in the Republican Party — and hasn’t been for a while.

Filed Under: Democrats Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Clinton

May 27, 2020 at 12:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) dropped her $50 million defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, citing the coronavirus pandemic and importance of defeating President Trump in November, the New York Daily News reports.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton

January 22, 2020 at 9:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) sued former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday for allegedly defaming her by suggesting the Hawaii congresswoman is a “Russian asset,” CNBC reports.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign, Clinton Legacy Tagged With: Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard


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Tulsi Gabbard Wins Push-Up Contest

January 17, 2020 at 11:56 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) was challenged to a push-up contest by a man at a presidential primary town hall event. She won.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Kucinich Endorses Tulsi Gabbard

December 23, 2019 at 2:21 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) endorsed Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) in the 2020 Democratic presidential race.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

What’s Tulsi Gabbard Up To?

December 19, 2019 at 12:21 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) voted “present” last night on both articles of impeachment against President Trump. She put out a statement saying that she believed it was best for voters to decide Trump’s fate.

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Filed Under: 2020 Campaign, Members Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Trump Defends Tulsi Gabbard from Clinton Attacks

October 21, 2019 at 1:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump slammed Hillary Clinton for suggesting Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is Russia’s favorite in the 2020 presidential race, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “Hillary Clinton, I don’t know if you’ve heard of her, she’s the one accusing everybody of being a Russian agent. Anybody that is opposed to her is a Russian agent. That’s a scam that was pretty much put down.”

He added: “I don’t know Tulsi, but she’s not a Russian agent. I don’t know Jill Stein. I know she likes environment. I don’t think she likes Russians. If she does like them, I know she’s not an asset. These people are sick. There’s something wrong with them.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Clinton Suggests Tulsi Gabbard Is a Russian Asset

October 18, 2019 at 1:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton said the Russians are currently “grooming” a Democrat running in the presidential primary to run as a third-party candidate and champion their interests, CNN reports.

The comment appears to be directed at Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

Said Clinton: “I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She’s the favorite of the Russians.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard Backs Off Threat to Boycott Debate

October 14, 2019 at 8:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) said she will attend this week’s Democratic debate after earlier suggesting she might boycott the event over perceived unfair treatment, The Hill reports.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard May Boycott Next Week’s Debate

October 10, 2019 at 10:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) says she may boycott the Democratic presidential debate next week, accusing the Democratic National Committee and media of “rigging” the primary contest against outsider candidates such as herself, The Hill reports.

Gabbard pointed to what she described as “arbitrary” and nontransparent qualification requirements as evidence party leaders “are trying to hijack the entire election process.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard Now Backs Impeachment Inquiry

September 27, 2019 at 1:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) reversed herself and now backs an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, stating that her review of the whistleblower complaint, the memo of Trump’s July call with Ukraine’s president and Trump’s comments over the past few days swayed her decision, Axios reports.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard Qualifies for Next Debate

September 24, 2019 at 1:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has qualified for the October Democratic presidential primary debate, making her the twelfth candidate to hit the Democratic National Committee’s thresholds, Politico reports.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Quote of the Day

September 16, 2019 at 1:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Having our country act as Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First.'”

— Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), saying on Twitter that President Trump is awaiting “instructions from his Saudi masters.”

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Paying This Obscure Consultant?

September 9, 2019 at 1:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Honolulu Civil Beat: “Deep in the Washington state wilderness, a highly paid political consultant is raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s presidential campaign. It’s the kind of money usually spent on national name-brand political operatives with bustling offices and large staffs based in Washington, D.C., or New York.”

“But few people in the business have ever heard of Kris Robinson, the owner of Northwest Digital, a web design and internet marketing firm working for Gabbard’s campaign. His company address is a PO box here in Stehekin, a remote village in the Northern Cascades mountains that’s famous for its isolation.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

The Enduring Mystery of Tulsi Gabbard

September 5, 2019 at 4:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Atlantic runs a must-read profile of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI):

“Good politicians are smooth. Gabbard is beyond smooth. She’s unflappable to the point of being confounding, even to the many people I spoke with who have worked with her for years in Washington, D.C., and at home in Hawaii. She may be the most elusive candidate running for president, with a campaign that has followed none of the rules of conventional or contemporary politics, and a small but committed group of supporters.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard Won’t Run as an Independent

August 29, 2019 at 11:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) told CNN that she will not run as an independent candidate if she fails to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

Said Gabbard: “I will not. No, I have ruled that out.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard Challenges DNC Debate Requirements

August 23, 2019 at 2:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-HI) presidential campaign is calling on the DNC to revise its list of debate qualifying polls in an effort to help the congresswoman qualify for the third Democratic debate, ABC News reports.

“The Gabbard team is citing what they describe as several irregularities in the selection and timing of the DNC sponsored polls. The campaign points out Gabbard has exceeded 2% support in 26 polls, but only two of them are on the DNC’s ‘certified’ list.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

Neo-Nazi Website Took Credit for Tulsi Gabbard

August 5, 2019 at 3:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Jewish Insider: “A neo-Nazi website took credit for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-HI) qualification for the first two Democratic primary debates. The Daily Stormer, a notorious white supremacist and antisemitic website, proclaimed in April ‘we did it” — after the Hawaii congresswoman reached the 65,000 donor threshold needed to participate in the first two debates.”

“The Gabbard campaign did not respond to repeated requests for comment.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Tulsi Gabbard

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