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Showing Original Post only (View all)Trump Nominee Tulsi Gabbard Has Inclination to Believe 'Most Outrageous Propaganda' Against US From Enemies, John Bolto [View all]
Source: latintimes
Former national security adviser John Bolton blasted Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI), saying she has shown "an inclination to believe the most outrageous propaganda against the United States by some of its strongest enemies."
Speaking to POLITICO, Bolton, who has repeatedly criticized Gabbard since her nomination, cited as an example the unfounded theory about the U.S. conducting biological warfare research in Ukraine.
Read more: https://www.latintimes.com/trump-nominee-tulsi-gabbard-has-inclination-believe-most-outrageous-propaganda-against-us-568419
Trump wants a toady to oversee our national secrets. Her affection for our enemies is worse than you imagine
Gabbard has cozied up to at least two vicious dictators who are Americas enemies: Syrias Bashar al-Assad, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of his own civilians, and Russias Vladimir Putin, whose deadly invasion of Ukraine has resulted in one million deaths. Instead of holding the guilty accountable, she has defended Assad and blamed the United States and NATO for the Ukraine War.
When she ran for president in 2019, Gabbard refused to call Assad a war criminal and most alarmingly of all declined to reply when asked if she would trust her own intelligence community if she were elected.
YES --TULSI IS A RUSSIAN ASS-et
-What the mainstream media wont say
1. Tulsi Gabbard's Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To right wing Koch-Funded Think Tank
https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/03/tulsi-gabbards-financial-disclosures-leave-out-ties-to-koch-funded-think-tank/
91. The Overwhelming Evidence in Support of Clintons Claims About Gabbard
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/10/22/the-overwhelming-evidence-in-support-of-clintons-claims-about-gabbard/
1. Tulsi Gabbard once touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html
99. Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Dem contender Tulsi Gabbard https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261
3. Tulsi Gabbard is rated "F" by Progressive Punch for voting with Republicans, despite the strong progressive lean of her district: https://imgur.com/wDhVNKq
6. Tulsi Gabbard was nearly a part of Trump's cabinet at Steve bannon's suggestion: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-consideration-trump-cabinet/story?id=43696303
5. Tulsi Gabbard has also been praised multiple times by Steve Bannon, Trump's former strategist and prolific white nationalist propagandist: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36352314/bannon-name-drops-hawaii-congresswoman-in-national-interview/
7. 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.": https://www.votetulsi.com/node/27796
8. Tulsi Gabbard copies the rhetoric of Republicans: Gabbard voted against condemning Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria, and was praised by conservative media for publicly challenging President Barack Obama over his refusal to use the term "Islamic extremism" when discussing terrorism: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/28/tulsi-gabbard-slams-obamas-refusal-to-say-islamic-/
9. Tulsi Gabbard also copies the policy of Republicans, voting with them to block Syrian refugees: https://medium.com/@pplswar/tulsi-gabbard-voted-to-make-it-virtually-impossible-for-syrian-refugees-to-come-to-the-u-s-11463d0a7a5a
11. Tulsi Gabbard has multiple connections to Hindu nationalists: https://readsludge.com/2018/12/26/tulsi-gabbard-took-thousands-from-members-of-right-wing-hindu-group/
12. Tulsi Gabbard frequently repeats Russian talking points and works to legitimize Assad: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-syria-democrats
11. Tulsi Gabbard was one of only 3 representatives to not condemn Assad for gassing Syrian civilians and the only Democrat: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/121/text
16. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation pushed by GOP-megadonor, Sheldon Adelson: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-adelson-idUSBREA2P0BJ20140326
18. Tulsi was later awarded a "Champions of Freedom" medal at Adelson's annual gala in 2016: https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-the-bernie-endorsing-congresswoman-who-trump-fans-can-love/
18. Tulsi Gabbards Deceptive Foreign Policy- The Hawaii congresswomans anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tulsi-gabbard-president-foreign-islam/
19. Eight house Dems absent from Russian sanction vote. One of the eight was Tulsi Gabbard.--H.J.Res. 30: Disapproving the Presidents proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h42
20. Tulsi was too busy being on TV to vote for a bill giving back pay to furloughed employees during the the Trump Republican government shutdown http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll028.xml#NV
22. The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi Gabbard Wont Support While Standing With Senate Dems (In A Selfie) on blacklivesmatter blm detroit https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-11-gun-bills-tulsi-gabbard-wont-supportwhile_b_57635ad1e4b0092652d744e9
34. Why Do White Nationalists Like Tulsi Gabbard So Much--**The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer took credit in April for Gabbard reaching the 65,000 donor threshold to qualify for the debates** https://forward.com/fast-forward/428962/tulsi-gabbard-neo-nazi-white-nationalist-support/
35. Trump confirms that Tulsi is not a Russian asset--lolgop Russian asset --code named "individual !" says what now
https://www.axios.com/trump-hannity-tulsi-gabbard-fox-news-13101b57-bac8-40d1-a976-67d4a5a7b552.html
98. **August 2019-Russian embassy defends Tulsi Gabbard. Have they done that for any other Democratic presidential candidate?
88. Tulsi Gabbard did not join a letter signed by 169 House Democrats condemning Trump adviser White Supremacist Monger Steve Bannons White House appointment https://mauitime.com/news/politics/why-didnt-rep-tulsi-gabbard-join-169-of-her-colleagues-in-denouncing-trump-appointee-stephen-bannon/)
99. Gabbard's Base: Overwhelmingly Male, Mostly Conservative https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/gabbards-base-overwhelmingly-male-mostly-conservative/?mobile=1
22. Democrats dont like Tulsi Gabbard, but the alt-right does https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/what-california-can-learn-from-australias-fire-warning-system/democrats-dont-like-tulsi-gabbard-but-the-alt-right-does
31. Heres Exactly How Much Russian Media Loves Tulsi Gabbard and Hates Biden--The 2020 candidate's "slamming of U.S. establishment leaders is a wonderful vehicle for the Kremlin to divide the political left.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5anj/heres-how-much-russian-media-loves-tulsi-gabbard-and-hates-biden
32. Tulsi Gabbard Is The Only Democratic Candidate That Russia Views Favorably https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/23/tulsi-gabbard-only-democratic-candidate-russia-views-favorably.html
34. Buttigieg Slams Gabbard on Assad: I Have Better Judgment Than to Meet With 'A Murderous Dictator' https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/buttigieg-slams-gabbard-on-assad-1.8159812
53. Internet rips Tulsi Gabbard for spewing Russian conspiracy garbage about Syria https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/internet-rips-tulsi-gabbard-for-spewing-russian-conspiracy-garbage-about-syria/
47. Gabbard and her campaign staff have refused to talk about Robinson and what specifically he has done to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars,Robinson, who is Australian, does not appear to have any background in politics or digital advertising. https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/why-is-tulsi-gabbard-paying-this-obscure-consultant-big-bucks/
36. New York Times changes story admitting they misquoted Clinton saying Russians were grooming Tulsi Gabbard https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/new-york-times-changes-story-admitting-they-misquoted-clinton-saying-russians-were-grooming-tulsi-gabbard/
38. Tulsi Gabbard votes present on both counts of Trump impeachment--- she placed herself in a sort of no-mans-land, where people paralyzed by fear of public opinion languish https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/politics/tulsi-gabbard-present-impeachment/index.html
39. **Trump Praises Gabbard for Not Voting to Impeach: I Give Her a Lot of Respect** https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-praises-tulsi-gabbard-not-voting-impeachment.html
40. **Tulsi Gabbard missed 85% of House votes this fall 2019. Hawaii's ex-governor wants her to resign--immediately** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-who-missed-85-of-house-votes-this-fall-should-resign-says-ex-hawaii-governor-neil-abercrombie/
41. She does not represent her district--Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment--https://apnews.com/c9b93bfb34004616f04fd5fd1ae3709b
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