I admit it back in 2020 primary season I was a supporter of Tulsi Gabbard basically because of her antiwar positions…..and apparently I was hoodwinked, which does not happen often, in supporting her run for the nomination.
Since her exit from politics after she dropped out of the 2020 race she has become this person that bears no relation to the candidate of the 2020 election…..she has now started showing her true colors….
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent in the 2020 presidential election and linking herself to critiques of Vice President Kamala Harris and the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal. Gabbard, a National Guard veteran who served two tours of duty in the Middle East before representing Hawaii in the House, said Trump “understands the grave responsibility that a president and commander in chief bears for every single one of our lives,” per the AP.
Gabbard appeared with Trump in Detroit on Monday at the National Guard Association of the United States on the third anniversary of the 2021 suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which killed 13 US service members and more than 100 Afghans. Gabbard, now an independent, praised Trump for “having the courage to meet with adversaries, dictators, allies, and partners alike in the pursuit of peace, seeing war as a last resort.” She condemned the Democratic White House for the US now “facing multiple wars on multiple fronts in regions around the world and closer to the brink of nuclear war than we ever have been before.”
Gabbard was known during her four House terms for taking positions at odds with her own party’s establishment. She was an early and vocal supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential primary run, which made her popular with progressives. Not seeking reelection in 2020, Gabbard ran for president herself instead, saying that US wars in the Middle East destabilized the region, made the US less safe, and cost thousands of American lives, and that Democrats and Republicans shared the blame. She tore into Harris’ record during a primary debate and ultimately outlasted her in that race. Also Monday, Trump’s team said Gabbard would moderate a town hall with Trump on Thursday in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Seriously?
How does a person go from supporting a progressive like Bernie to endorsing a far Right candidate like Trump?
I can no longer take her and her words seriously.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Gabbard strikes me as a bit of a Kyrsten Sinema type — she’s mostly about getting attention by being performatively “maverick”-y, not about upholding consistent principles.
She is an example of a typical politician….chuq
There is something hypnotic about pure evil so maybe we cannot blame the poor woman
No she knew what she was doing….like all politicians. chuq
I refer you my prior comment on your prior post on are you ready to die regarding foreign police of Harris. Expansionist and in favor on continuous conflict and war. Trump is in favor of isolation and non involvement in affairs of other countries. Tulsi is s one issue woman.
Trump is a con man….he is no more isolationist than Harris or Biden…..chuq
They all show their true colours eventually, if they stay around long enough. We have just been completely betrayed here by the new Labour Government who swindled the electorate by reneging on all their policy promises within three weeks of winning the election.
Best wishes, Pete.
Sounds so damn familiar and yet they are believed by the voters even aft6er years of lies and broken promises. chuq
Or launching into a wave of distractions to try to fool voters into thinking they’re actually doing something when they’re not, a favorite tactic here in the US. The lead article on the Guardian this morning was something about Starmer proposing an outdoor smoking ban. Seriously? That’s the most important thing he has on his plate at the moment? Not the fact that just about every water company in the UK is dumping raw sewage into rivers, that the NHS is collapsing, that the rail network is falling apart… Oh, no. An outdoor smoking ban, that’s what we need to focus on… Sigh… I used to have friends in the UK offering me a room to stay in in case I got fed up with the crap over here. Now some of them are asking if I could put them up for a while.
The Labour Party celebrated the election win by removing the winter fuel allowance from old age pensioners. Even though members of parliament are still allowed to claim all their electricity and gas bills on expenses. Now they are considering increasing petrol duty and some other personal taxes. But no hint of taxing the obscene profits of oil companies and big tech companies. Say one thing to get elected, do another when you win. The smoking in public ban is very much a diversion from the real big hits on our wallets, Grouchy.
Best wishes, Pete.