Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) said on Monday night that Project Veritas&#8217; recent videos alleging a ballot harvesting scheme in Minneapolis were &#8220;further evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting&#8221; in elections to protect &#8220;our sacred right to vote.&#8221;
Gabbard&#8217;s remarks come after the Minneapolis Police Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-minneapolis-police-looking-into-explosive-voter-fraud-allegations-involving-ilhan-omar">announced</a> Monday afternoon that it was &#8220;looking into&#8221; and evaluating &#8220;allegations of voter fraud,&#8221; following the release of the first set of videos posted by Project Veritas,
&#8220;Congress needs to pass our bipartisan bill to ban ballot harvesting so no one can exploit our sacred right to vote,&#8221; Gabbard <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1310738736448180224">wrote</a> on Twitter, later <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1310768812883496966">adding</a>: &#8220;Project Veritas offers further evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting. It&#8217;s not a partisan issue. It&#8217;s been abused to help both R &amp; D candidates, including in North Carolina &amp; California. Please help by telling your congressional rep to pass our bipartisan bill HR8285.&#8221;
In making the remarks on Twitter, Gabbard also shared a video that she made over a week ago where she announced that she introduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to ban ballot harvesting.
&#8220;Hey, everybody, we’re getting closer and closer to election day now, and it is critical to remember that the strength of our democracy lies in the integrity of our elections, that every one of us has to have faith that our vote will count,&#8221; Gabbard says as the video begins. &#8220;But right now, there are still many states in our country that allow for something called ballot harvesting. This is a system that allows for third parties to collect and deliver ballots for other people, potentially large numbers of people. Unfortunately, ballot harvesting has allowed for fraud and abuse to occur by those who could tamper with or discard ballots to try to sway an election for or against a certain candidate or party.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, our vote is our voice. So whether in the midst of a pandemic, as we are now, where mail-in voting is likely to drastically increase, or even in a normal election, no one, no one should get in between a voter and the ballot box,&#8221; Gabbard continued. &#8220;Now, while some states have prohibited vote harvesting or ballot harvesting, many have not, which again allows for abuse from third parties collecting and mishandling ballots. This is something that we’ve actually seen happen in recent elections.&#8221;
&#8220;Now to protect the integrity of our vote in our elections, I’ve introduced legislation called the Election Fraud Prevention Act with my friend Representative Rodney Davis,&#8221; Gabbard concluded. &#8220;Our bipartisan bill protects the chain of custody for every one of our ballots by prohibiting funding from going to states that allow this practice of ballot harvesting to occur. This bill will actually encourage states to stop this practice that’s ripe for fraud, and that poses a serious threat to the integrity of our elections. And we urge our leaders in Congress to take up this legislation quickly to support and ensure the integrity of our elections.&#8221;
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Banning ballot harvesting is not a partisan issue. It&#39;s been used &amp; abused in states like North Carolina and California &amp; is ripe for fraud.
That&#39;s why I intro&#39;d HR8285, the Election Fraud Prevention Act w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/RodneyDavis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RodneyDavis</a> &#8211; to protect the integrity of our elections &amp; our democracy <a href="https://t.co/ltZhaenSVB">pic.twitter.com/ltZhaenSVB</a>
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined other Republicans in Congress on Friday to urge the Department of Justice to investigate Netflix after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walsh-many-mainstream-film-critics-have-come-out-in-defense-of-cuties-heres-why-their-arguments-are-wrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">backlash against &#8220;Cuties,&#8221;</a> a new movie that depicts young girls in sexually provocative ways.
Cruz tweeted a public letter he sent to Attorney General Bill Barr, writing on Saturday, &#8220;Following [Netflix]’s disturbing promotion of ‘Cuties,’ I sent a letter calling on [DOJ] to investigate whether Netflix, its executives, or the filmmakers violated any federal laws against the production and distribution of child pornography.&#8221;
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Following <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netflix</a>’s disturbing promotion of “Cuties,” I sent a letter calling on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> to investigate whether Netflix, its executives, or the filmmakers violated any federal laws against the production and distribution of child pornography. <a href="https://t.co/P7wLXixU6X">pic.twitter.com/P7wLXixU6X</a>
&mdash; Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1304754228477472768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cruz joined other lawmakers in his condemnation of Netflix, such as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who published an open letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Friday and tweeted, &#8220;[Netflix] should explain to the public why it is distributing a film, &#8216;Cuties,&#8217; that appears to sexually exploit children and endanger child welfare.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Netflix</a> should explain to the public why it is distributing a film, “Cuties,” that appears to sexually exploit children and endanger child welfare <a href="https://t.co/OZH4HCLy0Y">pic.twitter.com/OZH4HCLy0Y</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1304503913606000640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“There’s no excuse for the sexualization of children, and Netflix’s decision to promote the film ‘Cuties’ is disgusting at best and a serious crime at worst,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) told <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/11/gop-lawmakers-justice-department-netflix-cuties/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Caller</a>. “I urge the Department of Justice to take action against Netflix for their role in pushing explicit depictions of children into American homes.”
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Like any parent, I find ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netflix</a>⁩ decision to peddle child pornography disgusting. And it’s criminal. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a>⁩ should take swift action. <a href="https://t.co/ReEVk7F8t9">https://t.co/ReEVk7F8t9</a>
&mdash; Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1304763865637548034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indiana-congressman-introduces-bill-to-cut-off-federal-unemployment-funds-to-convicted-rioters" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rep. Jim Banks</a> (R-IN) also rebuked Netflix as a father, describing the show as &#8220;sickening&#8221; and calling on the DOJ to charge the company for distribution of child pornography. In a statement to The Daily Caller, Banks said:
<blockquote>As a father of young daughters, I find it sickening. Not only is this movie fodder for pedophiles, it encourages very young girls to defy their parents’ wishes and share pornographic images of themselves with strangers. Our culture has come a long way in recent years, recognizing the power of television, movies and magazines to affect young girls. The lessons taught in this film are not ones I want my daughters learning. The DOJ should be readying charges against Netflix for distribution of child pornography.</blockquote>
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As a father of three young daughters, I find “Cuties” sickening. Glad to join <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTomCotton</a> in calling on the DOJ to bring charges against Netflix for distribution of child pornography. <a href="https://t.co/xmHO3b1yLN">https://t.co/xmHO3b1yLN</a>
&mdash; Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1304556525789351937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Republicans weren&#8217;t the only ones to blast Netflix. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-now-complicit-tulsi-gabbard-blasts-netflix-for-promoting-child-porn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rep. Tulsi Gabbard</a> (D-HI) also condemned them with a personal anecdote, writing, &#8220;[Netflix] child porn &#8216;Cuties&#8217; will certainly whet the appetite of pedophiles &amp; help fuel the child sex trafficking trade. 1 in 4 victims of trafficking are children. It happened to my friend&#8217;s 13 year old daughter. Netflix, you are now complicit. #CancelNetflix.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netflix</a> child porn &quot;Cuties&quot; will certainly whet the appetite of pedophiles &amp; help fuel the child sex trafficking trade. 1 in 4 victims of trafficking are children. It happened to my friend&#39;s 13 year old daughter. Netflix, you are now complicit. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CancelNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CancelNetflix</a> <a href="https://t.co/GI8KFH7LFq">pic.twitter.com/GI8KFH7LFq</a>
&mdash; Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1304587833584226305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Netflix defended “Cuties&#8221; in a statement to <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/10/netflix-defends-cuties-outrage-girls-twerk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Caller News Foundation</a>, describing it as &#8220;a social commentary against the sexualization of young children. It’s an award winning film and a powerful story about the pressure young girls face on social media and from society more generally growing up – and we’d encourage anyone who cares about these important issues to watch the movie.&#8221;
Netflix has gotten in hot water before for releasing content many find offensive, such as a show that presented <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflixs-the-baby-sitters-club-reboot-features-a-transgender-9-year-old" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">transgender children</a> in a positive light, and another that depicted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-christmas-special-that-features-gay-jesus-weed-smoking-mary-sparks-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jesus as gay</a> and the Virgin Mary as a pothead. The hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1304062809198809094" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#CancelNetflix</a> was trending at the top of Twitter on Thursday.
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When Bailey comes down with a fever, Mary Anne rushes her to the hospital, where two doctors misgender her. Mary Anne firmly corrects them. 
Misgendering is traumatic. This is one of the baseline ways cisgender people can show up for the trans people in their life <a href="https://t.co/EyrenC5QDK">pic.twitter.com/EyrenC5QDK</a>
&mdash; Netflix (@netflix) <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1286390878546694149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-slide-is-greased-pastor-john-macarthur-slams-netflix-cuties-controversy-as-next-small-step-for-nation-without-a-conscience" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘The Slide Is Greased’: Pastor John MacArthur Slams Netflix ‘Cuties’ Controversy As ‘Next Small Step’ For ‘Nation Without A Conscience’</a>
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) slammed Netflix late on Friday evening for promoting &#8220;Cuties&#8221; — which has been widely accused of sexualizing children — calling the movie &#8220;child porn&#8221; and declaring that the company was &#8220;now complicit&#8221; in helping fuel the &#8220;child sex trafficking trade.&#8221;
“The movie focuses on a group of 11-year-old girls who form a twerking dance group, much to the chagrin of one character’s very conservative Senegalese family,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cuties-11-year-olds-sexual-dance-trending-cancel-netflix">reported</a>. “Netflix previously apologized after the poster for the French film showed the underage cast posing in a sexual manner. Now, there’s renewed criticism over the movie, which premiered at Sundance.”
&#8220;@netflix child porn &#8216;Cuties&#8217; will certainly whet the appetite of pedophiles &amp; help fuel the child sex trafficking trade,&#8221; Gabbard wrote on Twitter. &#8220;1 in 4 victims of trafficking are children. It happened to my friend&#8217;s 13 year old daughter. Netflix, you are now complicit. #CancelNetflix&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netflix</a> child porn &quot;Cuties&quot; will certainly whet the appetite of pedophiles &amp; help fuel the child sex trafficking trade. 1 in 4 victims of trafficking are children. It happened to my friend&#39;s 13 year old daughter. Netflix, you are now complicit. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CancelNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CancelNetflix</a> <a href="https://t.co/GI8KFH7LFq">pic.twitter.com/GI8KFH7LFq</a>
&mdash; Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1304587833584226305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Netflix defended the movie in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-defends-cuties-movie-accused-of-sexualizing-children-calling-it-a-powerful-story">statement</a> on Thursday, writing: “Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children. It’s an award winning film and a powerful story about the pressure young girls face on social media and from society more generally growing up &#8212; and we’d encourage anyone who cares about these important issues to watch the movie.”
Daily Wire columnist Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walsh-child-sexualizing-cuties-movie-on-netflix-is-even-worse-than-we-thought-its-time-to-cancel-netflix">wrote</a>:
<blockquote>Several weeks ago, Netflix began promoting a new film from French director Maimouna Doucoure called “Cuties.” The poster, featuring scantily clad children posing suggestively, caused well-deserved outrage. The Sundance Film Festival — which honored the film with a directing award — provided a synopsis that didn’t do much to quell the anger. According to Sundance, “Cuties” tells the story of an 11-year-old girl named Amy who, “through an ignited awareness of her burgeoning femininity, propels the group to enthusiastically embrace an increasingly sensual dance routine, sparking the girls’ hope to twerk their way to stardom at a local dance contest.” It is perhaps worth mentioning that Sundance was co-founded by a man who is now in prison for child sexual abuse. The film’s official description from Netflix was only slightly less grotesque-sounding: “Amy, 11, becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew. Hoping to join them, she starts to explore her femininity, defying her family’s traditions.”
After the backlash, Netflix apologized — not for the film itself, but simply for the “inappropriate artwork.” The streaming service also changed the synopsis, getting rid of any mention of “twerking” and instead calling it a “free-spirited dance crew.” Netflix did not bother to explain why they used that “inappropriate artwork” in their promotional materials in the first place. If it doesn’t actually reflect the content of the film, and if they are not trying to attract an audience of pedophiles who wish to see pubescent girls gyrate on camera, then what was the thought process behind the way it was originally marketed? We were never told.
The website Bustle said that the poster was simply “botched.” Well, I can understand “botching” a poster with a typo or some other error due to carelessness, but how do you “botch” something by accidentally turning it into softcore child porn? Many other media outlets rushed to the defense of the twerking children’s movie. An article by Anna Menta on The Decider scolded the film’s detractors, baselessly linking the criticism to the QAnon conspiracy theory, and insisting that we detractors owe the director an apology.  </blockquote>
Read Matt Walsh’s full column <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walsh-child-sexualizing-cuties-movie-on-netflix-is-even-worse-than-we-thought-its-time-to-cancel-netflix">here</a>.
This article has been updated to include additional information.
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‘YOU ARE NOW COMPLICIT’: Tulsi Gabbard Blasts Netflix For Promoting ‘Child Porn’

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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who infamously blasted Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) on the 2020 primary debate stage last summer and went on to outlast her campaign by months and earn two delegates in the process, says she was not invited to attend the Democratic virtual convention this year.
Gabbard revealed the apparent snub on Thursday evening when responding to a Twitter user who claimed it was tradition for candidates who earn delegates during the Democratic primary to speak at the convention. The congresswoman responded to the Twitter user: “You&#8217;re correct &#8211; I was not invited to participate in any way.”
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You&#8217;re correct &#8211; I was not invited to participate in any way. <a href="https://t.co/zQBOQB8Zw7">https://t.co/zQBOQB8Zw7</a>
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1296591920538550273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
Other candidates who did earn delegates, such as former New York City Michael Bloomberg and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), were included at the convention. Even former Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who dropped out months before the first primary, was included in a Thursday evening round-table discussion with other former candidates, including businessman Andrew Yang and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) — neither of whom won any national delegates either.
Gabbard told CNN reporter Jake Tapper that she didn’t know why she was excluded from the convention line-up, but was currently en route to Alaska for an Army Reserve mission — which suggests she may not have agreed to speak live, or perhaps would have opted for a pre-recorded message instead of speaking live.
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Rep <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TulsiGabbard</a> tells me she was not invited to participate in the convention in any way, she was not told why. She’s currently on a plane headed to Alaska, on her way to an Army Reserve mission to help out a small Alaska Native tribe with some critical infrastructure issues.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1296612707567833091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
Gabbard has long been critical of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), both directly and indirectly through her actions. Back in 2016, she resigned as vice chairwoman of the DNC to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the 2016 primary. After the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-troll-democrats-into-oblivion-over-iowa-caucus-disaster-here-are-the-best-responses">Democratic Party’s Iowa Caucus debacle</a> in 2020, Gabbard called on DNC Chairman Tom Perez to resign during an interview with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO8FuHsdzJY">WMUR-TV</a>, also citing the “growing skepticism” among voters in the party concerned about the fairness of the primary.
Gabbard later dropped out, the last person in the Democratic primary race other than Sanders, and endorsed Biden, saying that “although I may not agree with the vice president on every issue, I know that he has a good heart, and he’s motivated by his love for our country and the American people,&#8221; reports <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/19/tulsi-gabbard-ends-white-house-bid-137242">Politico</a>. 
Despite her criticism of the status quo in the Democratic Party, the Hawaii congresswoman said she was “confident&#8221; the former vice president &#8220;will lead our country guided by the spirit of aloha, respect and compassion, and thus help heal the divisiveness that has been tearing our country apart,&#8221; reports the news agency.
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has dropped her defamation suit against former First Lady Hillary Clinton, who allegedly smeared her as a &#8220;Russian asset&#8221; for being the only moderate Democrat with some integrity on the debate stage during the presidential primary.
“While they remain certain of the action&#8217;s legal merit, they are just as certain that this new COVID and post-COVID world require them to focus their time and attention on other priorities, including defeating <a href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> in 2020, rather than righting the wrongs here,” Gabbard&#8217;s attorneys said when dismissing the legal action, as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tulsi-gabbard-drops-defamation-suit-against-hillary-clinton">Fox News</a>.
The lawsuit claimed, among other things, that Hillary Clinton was &#8220;extremely angry—to put it mildly—that Tulsi endorsed Senator Sanders over her&#8221; during the 2016 election while contending the former first lady had “no basis for making her false assertions.&#8221;
The feud between Gabbard and Clinton erupted into a social media firestorm last year when the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-lights-up-hillary-clinton-for-suggesting-shes-a-russian-asset-the-queen-of-warmongers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-lights-up-hillary-clinton-for-suggesting-shes-a-russian-asset-the-queen-of-warmongers&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571860422748000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0MbrzZXRAzII9O2Hc9vzTLtrkXg">former first lady said</a> that Russia was grooming a female Democratic candidate for a third-party run during an appearance on the podcast “Campaign HQ.” Though Clinton did not mention Gabbard by name, the implication was clear.
“I think they have got their eye on someone who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She is the favorite of the Russians,” Clinton said. “They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.”
“That’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she’s also a Russian asset. Yeah, she’s a Russian asset — I mean, totally,” she continued. “They know they can’t win without a third-party candidate. So I don’t know who it’s going to be, but I will guarantee you they will have a vigorous third-party challenge in the key states that they most needed.”
Gabbard immediately took to Twitter to blast Clinton as “the queen of warmongers.”
“Great! Thank you [Hillary Clinton],” Gabbard said. “You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain.”
“From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a concerted campaign to destroy my reputation. We wondered who was behind it and why,” she continued. “Now we know — it was always you, through your proxies and powerful allies in the corporate media and war machine, afraid of the threat I pose.”
Tulsi Gabbard ended her presidential campaign this past March and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden.
&#8220;It&#8217;s clear that Democratic primary voters have chosen, Vice President Joe Biden, to be the person who will take on President Trump in the general election,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/tulsi-gabbard-ends-presidential-run-endorses-biden-n1163851">she said</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m confident that he will lead our country, guided by the spirit of aloha respect and compassion, and thus help heal the divisiveness that has been tearing our country apart.&#8221;
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Tulsi Gabbard Drops Defamation Suit Against Hillary Clinton For Allegedly Calling Her A ‘Russian Asset’

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has dropped her defamation suit against former First Lady Hillary Clinton, who allegedly smeared her as a &quot;Russian asset&quot; for

Tulsi Gabbard Drops Defamation Suit Against Hillary Clinton For Allegedly Calling Her A &#039;Russian Asset&#039;

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Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard told Fox News on Wednesday night that every member of Congress needs to get tested for the coronavirus after two congressman tested positive for the virus this week.
&#8220;I think that every member of Congress should get tested,&#8221; Gabbard said. &#8220;I think that more people in this country should get tested, both those who have symptoms and who are concerned, maybe those who don&#8217;t have symptoms but who have been exposed to someone who has, or who’ve traveled to some of these other &#8212; not only other countries but communities in this country who are experiencing some of these outbreaks.&#8221;
Gabbard&#8217;s remarks come after Reps. Ben McAdams (D-UT) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) both announced earlier in the day that they had been infected with the coronavirus.
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<blockquote>SHANNON BREAM, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: In addition to signing the latest coronavirus response package sent to him by Congress, the president also signed the Defense Production Act today and it could invoke wartime authority over production of certain equipment.
Joining us now to talk about what role the military might eventually play, Congresswoman, Presidential Candidate, and Major in the Hawaii National Guard, Tulsi Gabbard.
Good to have you with us live.
REP. TULSI GABBARD (D-HI), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thanks, Shannon. Great to see you.
BREAM: OK. So, you know, as somebody who still deploys and activates as a National Guardsman, what this could mean. And I know that there’s a hesitance from some people who say, listen, some of the people that we need are key in their civilian lives, too. They’re medical professionals. Or like you, a lawmaker, or doing other important things.
What would it mean to have more of the National Guard mobilized?
GABBARD: Look, I think that this is going on a state-by-state as-needed basis. But this is literally the role and the function of the National Guard, to be able to step up and to provide essential services during times of crisis just like this. My first four years in the Hawaii Army National Guard were spent serving in a medical unit, deployed to Iraq, we were there for nearly a year.
I served with amazing medics and doctors, P.A.s, nurses and dentists, all of whom, yes, they have civilian jobs here but who are ready to respond in a way that sometimes only the National Guard is best equipped to do so. And like (ph) states across the country, I know here in my home state, people are standing ready should that activation occur, myself included.
BREAM: OK. So, you are a multi-tasker. You’ve been here in town in Washington where the Senate has now finally passed &#8212; the House package with some technical corrections to it. And now, we’re looking at a third package already.
There are concerns about the price tag for this, and some people saying, hey, let&#8217;s put the brakes on, let’s see where we are. Let’s get a little perspective on this before we commit billions, trillions of future funds down the road.
Where are you in this whole process as now, we&#8217;re talking about the third package?
GABBARD: Yes, we’re talking about people&#8217;s lives here. We&#8217;re talking about their health and safety and well-being. And I think if people are looking for perspective, look at what’s happening in some of these other countries around the world, and let that be a warning to our leaders to say, hey, we need to take action now.
We need to take action to make sure that we have the medical equipment that we have. The masks, the testing kits, the ventilators, that we have what is necessary to ensure the health and well-being of the people of this country, number one.
And number two, for those who are getting impacted, those who are getting laid off &#8212; freelancers, Uber drivers, contractors, people who are losing their livelihoods because of this global pandemic, we need to provide this direct aid. I introduced a resolution last week before leaving Washington saying that we need to provide a minimum of $1,000 a month to every adult American, tax free in this country, to cut the red tape and bureaucracy, get this aid directly in their hands so they can make the best decisions for themselves and their families.
And I’m glad to see President Trump, Democrats and Republicans really starting to push for this kind of direct emergency assistance.
BREAM: All right. A couple of other questions for you. First of all, as we had Congressman Nunes on a little bit earlier, there are now two members of Congress who have tested positive for the virus. You’ve all been working together, working around the clock in very close quarters.
Will you get tested? Do you have any concerns for yourself?
GABBARD: I think that every member of Congress should get tested. I think that more people in this country should get tested both those who have symptoms and who are concerned, maybe those who don&#8217;t have symptoms but who have been exposed to someone who has, or who’ve traveled to some of these other &#8212; not only other countries but communities in this country who are experiencing some of these outbreaks.
We &#8212; we have to learn from what we’ve seen has worked in South Korea, for example, where they’ve tested hundreds of thousands of people and therefore better able to contain this virus and reduce the threat. And they’re one of the few countries at this time of a global pandemic that are actually seeing their numbers drastically decrease.
I think it&#8217;s important for Congress to exercise that leadership.
The CDC, the FDA, they’ve got to break through the red tape, get rid of this very narrow testing criteria that’s standing in the way of larger scale testing across this country and do whatever it takes to be able to make sure that these tests are available for free, easily accessible, without bureaucracy, doctor referrals, or any of these other things that are standing in the way of people being able to keep themselves and their loved ones and communities safe.
BREAM: OK. And very quickly, you’re still a part of the presidential race, the Democratic field. There’s growing now very verbal push on Senator Sanders to drop out and to allow the former vice president to simply become the nominee at this point. What are your thoughts on that?
GABBARD: Senator Sanders will make his own decisions. I’ll be making an announcement about the future of my campaign tomorrow morning.
BREAM: OK, that’s a tease. We will tune in.
Congresswoman, thank you for coming back. Always good to see you.
GABBARD: Thank you, Shannon.</blockquote>

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Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Every Member Of Congress Should Get Tested’ For The Coronavirus

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Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard told Fox News on Wednesday night that every member of Congress needs to get tested for the coronavirus

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Continuing her crusade against the Democratic establishment, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) ripped into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and &#8220;their corporate media partners&#8221; Tuesday for changing the rules of the next Democratic presidential debate, shutting her out of the event.
&#8220;You hear a lot of talk. We just celebrated International Women&#8217;s Day and the progress that women are making around the world,&#8221; Gabbard said on &#8220;Fox News at Night,&#8221; as reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/486827-gabbard-slams-the-dnc-and-their-corporate-media-partners-for-shutting-her-out">The Hill</a>. &#8220;But when it comes to actually making sure that — in this presidential primary — that the only woman candidate left in the race, the only woman of color, and the first female combat veteran ever to run for the presidency has a voice, the DNC and their corporate media partners say, &#8216;No thanks. Actually, that&#8217;s not what we want the American people to hear.&#8221;
Under previous DNC rules, Gabbard would have been allowed to participate in the next debate, given that she earned one delegate on Super Tuesday in American Samoa&#8217;s primary.
Gabbard further argued that the DNC&#8217;s decision, barring her from the debate, simply ensures that voters will &#8220;not have the opportunity to make that best-informed decision about who our next commander in chief should be.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re not seeing these other candidates bringing to the forefront the issues that I am about the need to bring, this sea change in our foreign policy, to stop waging these wasteful regime change wars toppling dictators in other countries, the new Cold War nuclear arms race, all of which are not making us any safer,&#8221; Gabbard continued. &#8220;And instead, redirect our taxpayer dollars towards really serving the very urgent pressing needs that the American people here at home all across the country are very concerned about. Things like the coronavirus, for example.&#8221;
Tulsi Gabbard has been at war with the Democratic Party establishment ever since failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tacitly referred to her as a &#8220;Russian asset.&#8221;
“I think they have got their eye on someone who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She is the favorite of the Russians,” Clinton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-backs-hillarys-tulsi-gabbard-smear-shes-a-useful-idiot">said last year </a>without specifically mentioning Gabbard by name.  “They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.”
“That’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she’s also a Russian asset. Yeah, she’s a Russian asset — I mean, totally,” she continued. “They know they can’t win without a third-party candidate. So I don’t know who it’s going to be, but I will guarantee you they will have a vigorous third-party challenge in the key states that they most needed.”
Gabbard immediately took to Twitter to blast Clinton as “the queen of warmongers.”
“Great! Thank you [Hillary Clinton],” Gabbard said. “You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain.”
“From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a concerted campaign to destroy my reputation. We wondered who was behind it and why,” she continued. “Now we know — it was always you, through your proxies and powerful allies in the corporate media and war machine, afraid of the threat I pose.”

Tulsi Gabbard Rips DNC For Shutting Her Out Of Next Debate

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Continuing her crusade against the Democratic establishment, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) ripped into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and &quot;their

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Though one female candidate remains in the 2020 presidential race, the contest has really come down to three 70-something males. The Democrats&#8217; dream of electing the first female President of the United States has died a painful death this week as both Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) faced the reality that they&#8217;d failed to gain any national traction. Though Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) remains in the race, she&#8217;s tracking <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html">below 2%</a> in the national Democratic polls and has acquired only one delegate. What was once the &#8220;most diverse&#8221; field of Democratic presidential candidates is now down to two elderly straight white men.
After announcing that she was officially ending her campaign on Thursday, Warren was asked about the role of gender in the election, and made clear that she believes sexism certainly played a role in her demise.
&#8220;Gender in this race, you know, that is the trap question,&#8221; said Warren <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-dropping-out-of-presidential-race-after-disappointing-super-tuesday-finish/">told</a> reporters Thursday. &#8220;If you say, &#8216;Yeah, there was sexism in this race,&#8217; everyone says, &#8216;Whiner!&#8217; And if you say, &#8216;No, there was no sexism,&#8217; about a bajillion women think, &#8216;What planet do you live on?'&#8221;
Asked about the issue during a press conference Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) agreed with Warren that &#8220;misogyny&#8221; is part of the reason that the 2020 election will not result in a female president.
&#8220;But I do think that there is a certain element of misogyny that is there,&#8221; Pelosi told reporters. &#8220;And some of it isn&#8217;t really mean-spirited, it just isn&#8217;t their experience. But any of them will tell you they had a strong mom, they had strong sisters, they have strong daughters, but, but, they have their own &#8230; insecurities.&#8221;
Blaze Media&#8217;s Jason Howerton tweeted out a clip of the moment that has gone viral:
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Nancy Pelosi:
Part of the reason we won&#39;t have a woman president in 2020 is because our voters are misogynist.
LOL. Let her keep talking. Please, let her keep talking. <a href="https://t.co/RU5aeWYJbJ">pic.twitter.com/RU5aeWYJbJ</a>
&mdash; Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) <a href="https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1235631947289776128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Pelosi&#8217;s blaming of misogyny on the male-headlined 2020 election has prompted a flood of responses, particularly from the right, with many conservatives pointing out what Pelosi, like Warren, just implied about Democratic voters.
One of those conservatives who weighed in on Pelosi&#8217;s &#8220;misogyny&#8221; comment was counselor to the president and the first female to run a successful presidential campaign, Kellyanne Conway, who helpfully finished the thought for the Democrat leader.
&#8220;If true that Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris &amp; Amy Klobuchar lost &#8216;because they are women&#8217;, then the [Democrats] aren’t just hapless, they’re sexist. These women lost among Democrat voters in Democrat primaries &amp; caucuses.&#8221;
Conway then made clear where she stands on the question of why Warren, Gillibrand, Harris and Klobuchar&#8217;s campaigns ultimately flopped: &#8220;Pro tip: it wasn’t their gender,&#8221; she added.
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If true that Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris &amp; Amy Klobuchar lost “because they are women”, then the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Democrats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Democrats</a> aren’t just hapless, they’re sexist. These women lost among Democrat voters in Democrat primaries &amp; caucuses. 
(Pro tip: it wasn’t their gender)
&mdash; Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1235618175976214529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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As <a href="https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/03/05/great-point-kellyanne-conway-serves-up-a-pro-tip-for-dems-about-the-real-reason-warren-gillibrand-harris-and-klobuchar-didnt-win/">Twitchy</a> highlights, Conway wasn&#8217;t the only voice on the right to offer a &#8220;pro tip&#8221; to Pelosi and the &#8220;sexism&#8221;-minded Democrats. A few other responses to Howerton&#8217;s post: 
&#8220;No, honey. America won&#8217;t have a woman president 2020 because the candidates were not very good,&#8221; wrote one follower. &#8220;And for all the people whining about &#8216;old, white men&#8217;, well&#8230;unfortunately those same people voted for them so&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;She does realize she is talking about voters in her party, right? RIGHT?&#8221; asked another follower.
&#8220;Hey Nancy, I have no insecurities that keep me from voting for a woman who wants to raise my taxes and take away my ability to choose my own health insurance,&#8221; wrote another.

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WATCH: Pelosi Says We Won’t Have Female President In 2020 Because Of ‘Misogyny’; Conservatives Finish The Thought For Her

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Democrat presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI) repeatedly refused to answer questions on whether she desired to legalize all drugs, including heroin, when she was asked about the issue by Fox News&#8217; Sean Hannity on Monday night.
When asked whether there was anything that she wishes she could work with President Donald Trump on, Gabbard answered, &#8220;There&#8217;s far more we want to do on criminal justice reform. I would love to be able to work with President Trump on ending this failed war on drugs.&#8221;
Hannity proceeded to ask Gabbard two times whether she wanted to legalize all drugs and six times whether she wanted to legalize heroin, but Gabbard refused to answer any of the questions.
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HANNITY: Do you want to legalize heroin?
DEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD: Refuses to answer
H: Heroin?
G:—
H: Heroin?
G:—
H: Would you legalize heroin?
G:—
H: Would you legalize heroin? Don’t make me be a jerk
G:—
H: Heroin, would you legalize it? Would you legalize it?
G:— <a href="https://t.co/d9z9f91PWK">pic.twitter.com/d9z9f91PWK</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1227134360333082624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Gabbard is currently running a presidential campaign that is struggling to stay afloat. Real Clear Politics&#8217; average of national polls currently gives the congresswoman only <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html">2 percent</a> of the Democratic vote and she has failed to gain traction in early primary states.
Below is an excerpt of Daily Wire Editor at Large Josh Hammer&#8217;s profile piece about Gabbard highlighting her background and policy views:
<blockquote>Tulsi Gabbard has served since 2013 as the U.S. congresswoman for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District — a sprawling district that covers large swaths of Oahu/Honolulu County and the entire state outside Oahu. A member of the Democratic Party, Gabbard served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 to 2016. Prior to her service in Congress, Gabbard served in the Hawaii state legislature and as a member of the Honolulu City Council. At the time of her initial successful run for the state legislature, Gabbard was only 21 years old.
Gabbard was born in American Samoa and is of mixed ethnic/religious background. Her Samoan father is a Catholic, and her Hoosier State native mother is a practicing Hindu; Gabbard herself is a practicing Hindu. Gabbard, who has a bachelor degree from Hawaii Pacific University, is a member of the Hawaii Army National Guard. She was deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 as part of a medical field unit, and was subsequently deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009.
Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate, is known for being a full-spectrum, far-left progressive who embraces social leftism, far-left economic policies, and a staunchly non-interventionist foreign policy. Perhaps above all else, she is known for her longstanding and unusually collegial ties with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who is supported by the Iranian and Russian regimes.
Electoral History: Gabbard first sought elected office in 2002, when she won her first election to the Hawaii state legislature. Gabbard was only 21 years old at the time. She served in the Hawaii House of Representatives until 2004, and subsequently served as a member of the Honolulu City Council from 2011 to 2012. She spent part of her time between the two political stints deployed in the Middle East with the Hawaii Army National Guard. She attained the rank of major in the National Guard in 2015.
Gabbard first ran for Congress in November 2012, shortly after being featured as a speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She was elected in a landslide in Hawaii’s deep-blue 2nd Congressional District. The seat had been previously occupied by Mazie Hirono, who is now the state’s junior U.S. senator. Gabbard was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2014, 2016, and 2018.</blockquote>
Continue reading: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-tulsi-gabbard-stand-issues-heres-josh-hammer">Where Does Tulsi Gabbard Stand On The Issues? Here’s Everything You Need To Know.</a>

WATCH: Tulsi Gabbard Asked 6 Times If She Wants To Legalize Heroin

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Democrat presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI) repeatedly refused to answer questions on whether she desired to legalize all drugs, including

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) defended President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to fire two brothers at the National Security Council (NSC) and an ambassador on Friday in an interview on Fox News.
Late on Friday, news broke that the Trump administration removed Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and attorney Yevgeny Vindman from the NSC, and also recalled U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland.
&#8220;You know, the president yesterday, as you probably know, Congresswoman, fired Gordon Sondland, our Ambassador to Ukraine, and Alexander Vindman, top security official,&#8221; host Neil Cavuto said. &#8220;A lot of people were likening it to another, you know, Friday night massacre akin to what Richard Nixon did back in the ‘70s. Do you agree with that?&#8221;
&#8220;Ultimately, whether people like or not, there are consequences to elections,&#8221; Gabbard responded. &#8220;And the president has, within his purview, to make the decisions about who he’d like serving in his cabinet.&#8221;
At an earlier point in the interview, Gabbard took aim at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg when asked what she thought about the DNC making the rules easier for Bloomberg to qualify for the debates.
&#8220;It’s wrong. It’s wrong,&#8221; Gabbard responded. &#8220;The fact that a billionaire can come in and have that kind of influence to change the rules of the DNC all of a sudden, not coincidently, to be able to benefit Michael Bloomberg while voters here in New Hampshire and across the country are saying, hey, we want to be able to make the best informed decision possible before we go in and cast our vote, understanding the seriousness of this election.&#8221;
&#8220;But they’re not able to do so so long as both the DNC and some of the corporate media partners are enacting these rules where they are playing favorites,&#8221; Gabbard responded. &#8220;They are picking winners and losers before voters have the opportunity to do so.&#8221;
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<blockquote>NEIL CAVUTO, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: So poking around the state here, we’re seeing a lot of the candidates show up at various rallies and events, including Joe Biden who is busy crisscrossing the state as well. A lot of the candidates will be doing that, including my next guest, the Hawaii Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard who joins us right now in the flesh.
Good to see you.
REP. TULSI GABBARD (D-HI), 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Good to see you. Thanks for having me.
CAVUTO: You saw this debate over what happened in Iowa.
GABBARD: Yes.
CAVUTO: A lot of people think even Tom Perez, the head of the Democratic National Committee, he should go. What do you think?
GABBARD: I think first, they should actually solve some of the problems. I think the more we learn about all of the things that went wrong really are a disservice to the voters in Iowa who went and they spent their time to let their voices be heard. And yet, their voices have not been heard in a resounding and very clear way.
I would think that, whether it’s the Iowa caucus chair working in concert with the DNC chair, they would proactively, themselves, want to go and make sure that those results are accurately counted to best serve the residents of Iowa.
CAVUTO: You know &#8212; as you know, Iowa holds a unique position as the first in the nation contest. Do you think it should have that four years from now?
GABBARD: That’s up to the states to decide. The states determine when they hold their primary elections. What I’ve been advocating for now for years are some very key reforms to our Democratic primaries. I think they should be open primaries.
I think they should allow same-day registration so you don’t have people in New York, for example, who if they didn’t register, I don’t know, something like five months before election day, they can’t go and vote. And I think we need to get rid of superdelegates.
Once again, this is continuing to be an issue of concern to voters here in New Hampshire who are worried about their vote actually being counted and how they don’t want it to be overruled by a small group of individuals who can come in and say, you know what, I don’t &#8212; I don’t think you guys know what you’re doing. We’re going to come in and decide &#8212;
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CAVUTO: Well, you know they’re talking that way again &#8212;
(CROSSTALK)
GABBARD: &#8212; this election &#8212;
CAVUTO: &#8212; Congresswoman, right?
GABBARD: That’s the concern &#8212;
CAVUTO: I mean, since the emergence of Bernie Sanders as a possible nominee, they’re revisiting this rule in place now &#8212;
GABBARD: Yes.
CAVUTO: &#8212; that superdelegates can’t vote on the first ballot. If they do that &#8212; change that, what do you think?
GABBARD: Well, the issue is &#8212; you know, I think, moving it back from the first ballot to the second ballot was a very small step in the right direction. But I want to be clear, we’ve got to get rid of superdelegates all together. And that change was not anywhere near enough, once again, to make sure that we as Democrats are standing by the decision that voters make on who our Democratic nominee should be.
CAVUTO: And you like the idea of an open primary where this way &#8212; you know, not just anyone in any party &#8212; any stream (ph) would be able to vote. If that were the math, I mean, you would poll a lot better because Conservatives are drawn to you, Independents are drawn to you. But in some of these rules, you’re kind of between a rock and a hard place.
GABBARD: Well, this is bigger than &#8212; this is not about me or my campaign. This is something I’ve been calling for for years, since the 2016 primary elections where I saw and I heard and met with people who are Democrat, who are Independents &#8212; who are here in New Hampshire &#8212; who are undeclared and who want to make sure that their voice is heard. We need to make it as easy and as accessible as possible for people to go in and participate in our democracy.
CAVUTO: How do you feel &#8212; and let’s say, you weren’t able to participate in the debate last night and yet they recently made rules in the party to all but grease the skids for Michael Bloomberg being able to debate. What do you think of that?
GABBARD: It’s wrong. It’s wrong. The fact that a billionaire can come in and have that kind of influence to change the rules of the DNC all of a sudden, not coincidently, to be able to benefit Michael Bloomberg while voters here in New Hampshire and across the country are saying, hey, we want to be able to make the best informed decision possible before we go in and cast our vote, understanding the seriousness of this election. But they’re not able to do so so long as both the DNC and some of the corporate media partners are enacting these rules where they are playing favorites. They are picking winners and losers before voters have the opportunity to do so.
CAVUTO: Do you think you’re just the odd-woman-out in this environment, though, that going after Hillary Clinton, now suing Hillary Clinton out, for saying you’re an agent of the Russians and all that &#8212; challenging the way they go about establishing a nominee and the process they use, that it’s an uphill battle for you &#8212;
GABBARD: Of course.
CAVUTO: &#8212; that you’re going against the tide &#8212;
GABBARD: We’re &#8212; I think it’s how you determine what the tide is. If you’re looking at the powerful elite in Washington, absolutely. I and so many people across the country are challenging the powerful elite who have shown they are not working for the best interests of the people.
So we’re calling for the truth, we’re calling for a straight-forward process for voters to make sure that their voices are heard in this democracy and so that we can actually have a government that’s of, by, and for the people &#8212; not of, by, and for the powerful elite in Washington.
CAVUTO: All right. You’re up against, you know, a fundraising disadvantage. I was noticing, Congresswoman, in this state Tom Steyer has already spent north of $15.5 billion if you include New Hampshire and surrounding media markets.
GABBARD: Yes.
CAVUTO: Michael Bloomberg, who essentially is getting &#8212; you know, not focusing on this state. He’s spent $6.2 million, Bernie Sanders $3.7 million, Mayor Pete, at recently $1.4 million. You are at about $390,000.
GABBARD: We are at a disadvantage. I’ll take the opportunity now to ask your viewers if you’d like to contribute to my campaign &#8212; go to tulsi2020.com because we really are &#8212; I’m focused on really delivering my message directly to voters here in New Hampshire and across the country, understand what &#8212;
CAVUTO: Could you accept any of those other candidates, though &#8212; if any one of them became the nominee, could you support them?
GABBARD: I’m focused &#8212; I’m focused on &#8212; on winning.
CAVUTO: No, I’m sure you are but &#8212;
GABBARD: And here’s why &#8212; and here’s why &#8212;
CAVUTO: You don’t join the camp that says a socialist in Bernie Sanders is the nominee is political suicide?
GABBARD: No, I don’t. I don’t believe that.
CAVUTO: OK.
GABBARD: What I believe and what I hear from voters here is that they want a new generation of leadership. But they also want someone who has experience &#8212; experience to walk in on day one prepared to lead and to serve as Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces and experience to be able to work with Congress to be &#8212; to actually be able to get things done, to solve problems.
And what I bring to the table is experience in both of those areas, having served at the federal, state, and local levels of government, serving in Congress now for seven, going on eight, years, and having served in the military for 17 years and deploying twice to the Middle East, able to bring people together, heal these divides in our country where while we can agree to disagree on certain issues, even strongly, we stand together motivated by this love for our country and an understanding that when we stand and work side-by-side as Americans, we can accomplish anything.
CAVUTO: You know, the president yesterday, as you probably know, Congresswoman, fired Gordon Sondland, our Ambassador to Ukraine, and Alexander Vindman, top security official. A lot of people were likening it to another, you know, Friday night massacre akin to what Richard Nixon did back in the ‘70s. Do you agree with that?
GABBARD: Look, I disagree with so many of Trump’s decisions, especially as it relates to foreign policy. I’ve been very outspoken in that area. Ultimately, whether people like or not, there are consequences to elections. And the president has, within his purview, to make the decisions about who he’d like serving in his cabinet.
CAVUTO: All right. Congresswoman, thank you very much.
GABBARD: Thank you very much.
(CROSSTALK)
CAVUTO: And you have a long day &#8212;
GABBARD: Good to see you, Neil.
CAVUTO: &#8212; days of campaigning &#8212;
GABBARD: Yes, we do. Seventy-two hours.
CAVUTO: All right. Tulsi Gabbard, thank you very, very much.</blockquote>

Tulsi Gabbard Defends Trump Firing Vindman Brothers, Sondland. Rips DNC, Bloomberg.

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Political nerds, rejoice! We here at The Daily Wire have been looking forward to this day for seemingly forever. We have been tracking presidential primary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/who-will-win-democratic-primary-latest-2020-josh-hammer">polling and analytical trends</a>. We started a weekly election/impeachment-themed newsletter for our subscribers (<a href="http://lp.dailywire.com/getelectionwire/">sign up here!</a>). We prepared <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-joe-biden-stand-issues-heres-everything-josh-hammer">detailed</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-bernie-sanders-stand-issues-heres-josh-hammer">profiles</a> for all the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-elizabeth-warren-stand-issues-heres-josh-hammer">leading</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-pete-buttigieg-stand-issues-heres-josh-hammer">candidates</a> in the Democratic Party&#8217;s 2020 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-andrew-yang-stand-issues-heres-josh-hammer">presidential</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">primary</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-amy-klobuchar-stand-issues-heres-josh-hammer">field</a>.
And now we are finally here. The <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/02/03/iowa-caucus-election-2020-live-coverage-democratic-candidates-results-photos-video/4618248002/">Iowa caucuses tonight</a> will provide politicos across the country with the first tangible results of this already-chaotic process. We will finally move beyond the realm of mere armchair quarterback punditry and enter the realm of numbers, percentages, and statistics.
Here is what I will personally be watching for tonight.
1. Will Bernie Sanders position himself to win Iowa and New Hampshire back-to-back? The Soviet Union-honeymooning socialist leads by 4% over Joe Biden in the RealClearPolitics statewide <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ia/iowa_democratic_presidential_caucus-6731.html">polling average</a>, as we enter caucus day. Sanders is now also the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/nh/new_hampshire_democratic_presidential_primary-6276.html">firm and unequivocal favorite</a> for next week&#8217;s first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, and all eyes will be attuned tonight to see if he can position himself well to open this primary season by wining the first two states in back-to-back fashion. Since the advent of the modern presidential primary process in 1972, no candidate who has won both Iowa and New Hampshire in back-to-back fashion has gone on to lose his/her party&#8217;s presidential nomination. If Sanders can pull off the feat, then we can bet on the more &#8220;moderate&#8221;/Clintonian forces of the Democratic National Committee establishment entering something closely akin to a state of depression.
2. Can Joe Biden pull it out and re-emerge as the field&#8217;s clear frontrunner? Ever since the unofficial start of the primary process, and certainly since the first Democratic presidential debate last summer, Biden has been viewed (with the perhaps brief exception of a September/October 2019 surge from Elizabeth Warren) as the frontrunner for his party&#8217;s 2020 presidential nomination. It is no longer clear if that is the case — Sanders leads in both Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden&#8217;s South Carolina &#8220;firewall&#8221; seems like an increasingly risky wager (harkening us all back to Rudy Giuliani in Florida in 2008), and election betting market PredictIt now features Sanders as an <a href="https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3633/Who-will-win-the-2020-Democratic-presidential-nomination">increasingly clear favorite</a> over Biden. Biden could really use a victory tonight to stanch the bleeding, and anything worse than a runner-up finish to Sanders would surely be viewed as a disaster at Biden campaign headquarters.
3. Will Elizabeth Warren resuscitate her ailing campaign? Warren emerged over the latter parts of the summer and early fall as a frontrunner in both Iowa and New Hampshire, and many pundits accordingly pegged her as the de facto favorite to ultimately secure the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Suffice it to say those predictions have not aged well. Warren&#8217;s campaign has been in something of a prolonged free fall since October, and she enters caucus night in a disappointing fourth place in the RealClearPolitics statewide <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ia/iowa_democratic_presidential_caucus-6731.html">polling average</a>. A surprising victory is not out of the realm of possibility, but merely beating Biden or Sanders, at this point, would surely be seen as a moral victory for Warren that would buttress her chances in New Hampshire.
4. Will Pete Buttigieg beat one of the &#8220;big three?&#8221; Buttigieg has surpassed Warren in the statewide polling average in Iowa, but in many respects, his national momentum is lagging and it seems that his moment has passed. The former South Bend, Indiana mayor is a native Midwesterner, and over-performing tonight in Iowa is something that Buttigieg likely would need to feel even remotely confident about his languishing chances for the nomination.
5. Can Amy Klobuchar crack the top four? Klobuchar, from Iowa&#8217;s neighboring state Minnesota, has staked much of her long-shot bid on a strong Iowa finish. She consistently over-performs in televised debate formats and is a favorite of her party&#8217;s intellectual chattering class — as perhaps best embodied by her recent co-endorsement from The New York Times&#8217; influential editorial board. If Klobuchar can beat at least Buttigieg or Warren tonight, that will amount to a big victory for her.
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On Thursday morning, Hillary Clinton decided to weigh in on the impeachment trial of President Trump, tweeting this deathless quote: “In America, no one is above the law.”
Clinton’s tweet was in reference to the impeachment trial of President Trump; her full tweet read, &#8220;Richard Nixon once made this argument:‘When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.’ He was forced to resign in disgrace. In America, no one is above the law.”
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Richard Nixon once made this argument: &quot;When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.&quot; 
He was forced to resign in disgrace. 
In America, no one is above the law. <a href="https://t.co/MXctxLr1sj">https://t.co/MXctxLr1sj</a>
&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1222905260215324672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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But also on Thursday this tidbit of news was released to the public: Tulsi Gabbard’s attorney, Brian Dunne, stated that Clinton has twice refused to accept the legal documents that a process server attempted to deliver to her from the defamation lawsuit filed against her by Gabbard.
Dunne told <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/01/29/hillary-clinton-refuses-to-be-served-tulsi-gabbards-defamation-lawsuit/">The New York Post</a>,  “I find it rather unbelievable that Hillary Clinton is so intimidated by Tulsi Gabbard that she won’t accept service of process. But I guess here we are.”
The Post added, “Dunne said their process server first attempted to effect service at Clinton’s house in Chappaqua on Tuesday afternoon — but was turned away by Secret Service agents. The agents directed the server to Clinton’s lawyer, David Kendall, who on Wednesday claimed at his Washington, DC, firm, Williams &amp; Connolly, that he was unable to accept service on Clinton’s behalf, said Dunne.&#8221;
Last week, Gabbard sued Clinton for $50 million after Clinton had referred to Gabbard as a “Russian asset” on President Barack Obama&#8217;s former campaign manager David Plouffe’s podcast &#8220;Campaign HQ&#8221; last fall.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-gets-lawyers-involved-accuses-hillary-of-defamation-demands-retraction/">The Daily Wire</a> reported, Clinton had stated:
<blockquote>I think they have got their eye on someone who is currently in the Democratic primary  and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She is the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.
That&#8217;s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she&#8217;s also a Russian asset. Yeah, she&#8217;s a Russian asset — I mean, totally. They know they can&#8217;t win without a third-party candidate. So I don&#8217;t know who it&#8217;s going to be, but I will guarantee you they will have a vigorous third-party challenge in the key states that they most needed.</blockquote>
Although Clinton did not mention Gabbard’s name, when he was asked whether Clinton was indeed referring to Gabbard, Clinton&#8217;s spokesman Nick Merrill confirmed Clinton was referring to Gabbard,  huffing, &#8220;If the nesting doll fits &#8230;”
Gabbard fired back, calling Clinton &#8220;the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long.&#8221;
Gabbard’s legal counsel <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gabbard-campaign-accuses-clinton-of-defamation-over-fabricated-russian-asset-claim-demands-retraction">blasted Clinton</a>, writing that Clinton knew she was telling an untruth:
<blockquote>In making the statement, you knew it was false. Congresswoman Gabbard is not a Russian asset and is not being groomed by Russia. Besides your statement, no law enforcement or intelligence agencies have claimed, much less presented any evidence, that Congresswoman Gabbard is a Russian asset. This fabricated story is so facially improbable that it is actionable as defamation.</blockquote>

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) announced Wednesday morning that she has filed a defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton for the former secretary of state’s claims that Gabbard is a “Russian asset.”
In a <a href="https://www.tulsi2020.com/press/2020-01-22-rep-tulsi-gabbard-files-lawsuit-against-hillary-clinton-over-defamatory-statements">press release</a> published to Gabbard’s presidential election campaign website, Gabbard claimed Clinton “deliberately and maliciously made false statements in an attempt to derail Rep. Gabbard’s campaign.” Clinton made the remarks about Gabbard during an October 17, 2019 interview, saying, “somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary … [is a] favorite of the Russians… Yeah, she’s a Russian asset.”
Gabbard’s press release notes that after Clinton’s comments, the media “extensively republished and disseminated these statements, which were interpreted widely as Clinton asserting that Gabbard is a Russian asset.”
In <a href="https://d3ba7j4nna908t.cloudfront.net/attachments/Tulsi-HRC_2020-01-22_Complaint_filed.pdf">the lawsuit</a> itself, Gabbards attorneys at Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price &amp; Hecht LLP allege that Clinton possibly made the remarks “out of personal animus, political enmity, or fear of real change within a political party Clinton and her allies have long dominated.” They allege Clinton lied about Gabbard “publicly, unambiguously, and with obvious malicious intent” and that the claims have harmed Gabbard.
The lawsuit calls Clinton “a cutthroat politician by any account,” who held a grudge against Gabbard because the Hawaiian politician endorsed Clinton’s presidential rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), in 2016. Clinton went on to lose the election to President Donald Trump.
“Clinton had no basis for making her false assertions about Tulsi—and indeed, there is no factual basis for Clinton’s conspiracy theory. Clinton’s peddling of this theory has harmed Tulsi, has harmed American voters, and has harmed American democracy. Tulsi brings this lawsuit to ensure that the truth prevails and to ensure this country’s political elites are held accountable for intentionally trying to distort the truth in the midst of a critical Presidential election,” the lawsuit says.
Clinton made her now infamous allegations against Gabbard during an interview in October 2019 with former President Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe on his podcast “Campaign HQ.” Clinton’s remarks in full stated:
<blockquote>She’s the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far. And, that’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she’s also a Russian asset. Yeah, she’s a Russian asset.</blockquote>
The lawsuit alleges that Clinton then “doubled down” on the defamatory statements the next day when her official spokesman, Nick Merrill, told CNN “If the nesting doll fits” when asked whether Clinton had been referring to Gabbard. “This is not some outlandish claim. This is reality,” Merrill continued.
Gabbard’s attorneys claim Clinton’s allegations immediately harmed their client, as “[m]illions of Americans heard (or read about) a well-known authority figure, Clinton, stating as fact that Tulsi was a ‘Russian asset’ and ‘the favorite of the Russians.’” They allege Clinton’s claims were “accepted as true by millions of Americans, including large numbers of voters in battleground Presidential primary states.”
Gabbard claims in her lawsuit that Clinton refused to retract the claim, even though several prominent public figures – as well as Gabbard – asked. Gabbard says she wrote to Clinton to explain how the comments were false and ask for a retraction, but that Clinton refused “and instead stood by them.”
“Tulsi is not a Russian asset. No one—Russia or anyone else—controls her or her presidential campaign,” the lawsuit says. “Instead, Tulsi is a loyal American servant, declaring her allegiance to the United States of America both as a soldier and as a member of Congress. She has been serving for over sixteen years in the United States Army National Guard and has voluntarily deployed twice to war zones in the Middle East.”
While Gabbard’s attorneys claim Clinton’s remarks harmed their client, it will be difficult to prove that in court. The bar for proving defamation against a public figure like Clinton is high, and Gabbard’s lawsuit presents no evidence of actual harm to her or her campaign. They don’t include poll numbers or fundraising numbers as evidence that Clinton’s remarks had any negative effect on the campaign – or any evidence that anyone even remembered what Clinton say four months ago. Still, the lawsuit claims Gabbard “has suffered significant actual damages, personally and professionally, that are estimated to exceed $50 million—and continue to this day.”
The complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), a long-shot 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, called America&#8217;s killing of Iranian terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani a &#8220;tit-for-tat&#8221; response to Soleimani&#8217;s terrorism against American soldiers, saying that killing terrorists like Soleimani who are planning terrorist attacks against the United States &#8220;undermines our national security.&#8221;
&#8220;This was very clearly an act of war by this president without any kind of authorization or declaration of war from Congress, clearly violating the Constitution,&#8221; Gabbard told Fox News. &#8220;It further escalates this tit-for-tat that&#8217;s going on and on and on. It will elicit a very serious response from Iran and pushing us deeper and deeper into this quagmire and it really begs this question, for what? What are we trying to accomplish? What is the end state and the goal here?&#8221;
&#8220;Look, I’ve said for a long time that going to war with Iran would make the war in Iraq and even Afghanistan look like a picnic,&#8221; Gabbard continued. &#8220;It will be far more costly and devastating in American lives and in taxpayer dollars. And I don’t believe the American people want to go to war with Iran. They understand how serious this is.&#8221;
&#8220;Congresswoman, how do you justify it when you lack at the statistics?&#8221; Fox News co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked. &#8220;The State Department says 17% of all U.S. Deaths in Iraq from 2003-2011 were orchestrated by Qasem Soleimani. When they attack our embassy, are we supposed to just stand by and let the Iranian-backed militias invade our territory and possibly kill Americans?&#8221;
&#8220;No, look, there is no question about how evil this guy is. No one should shed a single tear for his death. But that’s not really the question here. The real question is what are we trying to accomplish here in this country, and where will this decision that this president made to escalate this, these tensions and this crisis and commit this act of war without congressional authorization?&#8221; Gabbard said. &#8220;It will lead us to an outcome that actually further undermines our national security and needlessly sends more of our troops into harm’s way.&#8221;
&#8220;So when you look at their influence in Iran, when you look — excuse me, in Syria, when you look at Iran’s influence in Lebanon, when you look at Iran’s influence in Iraq, when you look at their influence throughout the region and now their pursuit, covert and overt of a nuclear weapon, are you comfortable with us just pulling back and watching, sitting in the stands and saying pass the popcorn?&#8221; Fox News co-host Brian Kilmeade asked.
&#8220;No. I think we need to figure out why and how we’ve gotten to this point where Iran has a much greater level of influence and presence in Iraq and Syria,&#8221; Gabbard responded. &#8220;As you mentioned, it was because of our regime change wars in Iraq and Libya and Syria that we’ve seen these countries, Iraq and Syria especially turn more towards Iran for help and for assistance, strengthening their partnerships and allowing for Iran to gain far greater influence and presence in many different respects in these countries. Really the question that we need to ask ourselves now is, we have men and women in harm’s way today in these countries, and what purpose are they serving?&#8221;
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During a Saturday campaign stop in Hudson, New Hampshire, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) told a voter that the impeachment effort against President Trump will only “embolden” him.
During a question and answer session, a male voter stood up and, after noting that Gabbard didn’t “toe the party line” with her vote on impeachment, asked the congresswoman the following question:
<blockquote>If there was incontrovertible evidence of a high crime or misdemeanor, would you have voted “yes” on those articles of impeachment?</blockquote>
“Yeah,” Gabbard replied, before explaining to the man the issues she has with the impeachment effort against the president:
<blockquote>This is part of the problem, though, is that throughout this process, it was and continues to be extremely partisan, and this is something that the Founders warned against in the Federalist Papers &#8230; they feared that the process would result in a conclusion that was based on the strength of one party over another, rather than an objective assessment of innocence or guilt, and that such an outcome would only further divide our country.</blockquote>
Gabbard said that she voted “present” in order to “take a stand for our country.”
The congresswoman further stated that President Trump should be defeated “for his multiple wrong doings,” which is why she has proposed a “censure resolution” that charges the president with engaging in “unconstitutional” behavior like “dropping bombs in another country without congressional approval.”
She continued, noting her misgivings about the way in which the process might actually help the president:
<blockquote>I do not want to see Donald Trump further emboldened and strengthened as he will be, as the Senate will exonerate Trump, they will proclaim his innocence, and he&#8217;ll then take that message across the country, and unfortunately, we&#8217;re likely to see his support grow as a result of that.</blockquote>
The man posed a follow-up question, asking Gabbard if she doesn’t believe there is incontrovertible evidence in the Trump impeachment case, to which Gabbard replied:
<blockquote>I&#8217;m saying that the process was flawed. The entire process was flawed, which is why I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no. Trump has committed many acts of wrongdoing that I believe have made our country less safe and [that do] not serve the interests of the American people – it&#8217;s why I&#8217;m so committed to defeating him, and working to earn the support of Americans across the country, so that we can remove him from office in November of 2020.</blockquote>
Gabbard concluded by stating that the issues with the “process” prevented a “clear look” at what was or wasn’t done by the president.
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Also on Saturday, the congresswoman articulated a similar point to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/476146-gabbard-says-impeachment-will-only-embolden-trump">ABC</a>: “I think impeachment, unfortunately, will only further embolden Donald Trump, increase his support and the likelihood that he&#8217;ll have a better shot at getting elected while also seeing the likelihood that the House will lose a lot of seats to Republicans.”
On December 18, the House of Representatives <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-heaps-praise-on-tulsi-gabbard-for-voting-present-on-impeachment-she-knew-it-was-wrong">voted to impeach</a> President Trump. While nearly every Democrat voted in favor of the first and second articles of impeachment, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was the only Democrat to vote “present.”
In a lengthy statement, Gabbard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-heaps-praise-on-tulsi-gabbard-for-voting-present-on-impeachment-she-knew-it-was-wrong">explained</a> that she voted “present” because “removal of a sitting President must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities&#8230;”
President Trump later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-heaps-praise-on-tulsi-gabbard-for-voting-present-on-impeachment-she-knew-it-was-wrong">praised</a> Gabbard for her decision, telling a crowd in Florida:
<blockquote>Then [Hillary Clinton] said Tulsi Gabbard is a weapon of Russia. And they lost all credibility because we know that Tulsi Gabbard – and I give her respect – she didn’t vote the other day. I give her a lot of respect. Because she knew it was wrong, she took a pass. But I don’t know [her], but I know one thing – she is not an agent of Russia.</blockquote>
Whether or not impeachment will “strengthen” the president remains to be seen, but polls indicate that his support is rock steady.
The average of ten “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-trump-says-impeachment-process-looks-very-good-for-him-politically">job approval</a>” polls prior to the launching of the impeachment inquiry on September 24 has President Trump at 44.7% approval. As of December 29, the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average has the president at 44.3% approval.
The president’s disapproval numbers have actually gone down, moving from an average of 52.6% in the ten polls leading up to the inquiry announcement to 52.2% as of December 29.
Even after months of negative mainstream media coverage, Trump has experienced a statistically insignificant 0.4% drop in approval and an equally insignificant 0.4% downtick in disapproval.

Tulsi Gabbard.

Gabbard Warns: Trump Will Be ‘Emboldened And Strengthened’ By Impeachment Effort

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During a Saturday campaign stop in Hudson, New Hampshire, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) told a voter that the

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On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee released a new ad promoting its &#8220;Democratic Unity Fund&#8221; that featured 10 presidential candidates all reciting the same message, but strangely enough, one candidate who has taken on her party by criticizing party darlings Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kamala Harris as well as refusing to vote for impeaching President Trump was not included.
That’s correct; as Joseph Wulfsohn noted for <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-snubs-tulsi-gabbard-from-2020-unity-ad">Fox News</a>, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) was unceremoniously dumped from the list. Lest there be protests that Gabbard’s poll numbers have been low, let it be noted that one of the candidates reciting the pledge was former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, whose latest numbers in a Fox News poll languished at 0%.
The candidates include former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-VT), South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D-MA), former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, (D-MN)., tech businessman Andrew Yang, Sen. Cory Booker, (D-NJ)  billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer, and Patrick.
All of them stated, &#8220;I&#8217;m running to be your nominee, but no matter who ends up on that stage as our nominee in the convention, we need the whole Democratic Party to unite if we want to take back the White House and win seats all across the country and deliver a presidency consistent with our Democratic values. Unity is what this moment in history demands of us right now because the stakes have never been higher. As Democrats, we know there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And next year, we have the opportunity to make sure that our shared values are represented.&#8221;
Clinton had claimed Gabbard was being groomed by the Russians as a third-party candidate, telling <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-clinton-appears-to-claim-russians-grooming-tulsi-gabbard-to-run-as-third-party-candidate">The Daily Beast</a>. &#8220;I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on someone who’s currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She’s the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.&#8221;
Gabbard <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1185289627936219136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1185289627936219136&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D56674%26action%3Dedit">fired back on Twitter</a>, writing, &#8220;Great! Thank you @Hillary Clinton. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a concerted campaign to destroy my reputation. We wondered who was behind it and why. Now we know — it was always you, through your proxies and powerful allies in the corporate media and war machine, afraid of the threat I pose.&#8221;
Harris was on the receiving end of withering questions from Gabbard in a July presidential debate which resulted in Harris’ poll numbers plunging and never recovering.  Gabbard fired at Harris:
<blockquote>I want to bring the conversation back to the broken criminal justice system that is disproportionately negatively impacting black and brown people all across this country today. Now Senator Harris says she’s proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she’ll be a prosecutor president. But I’m deeply concerned about this record. There are too many examples to cite but she put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence — she blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California.</blockquote>
Gabbard’s exclusion did not go unnoticed on social media:
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So Deval Patrick gets included by <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TulsiGabbard</a> does not? <a href="https://t.co/1iCAHCFmvf">https://t.co/1iCAHCFmvf</a>
&mdash; Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) <a href="https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1209188648270221312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Democrats come together in “Unity” to exclude Tulsi: <a href="https://t.co/2mU21C3xxZ">https://t.co/2mU21C3xxZ</a>
&mdash; Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1209210076977864705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Strange, a certain woman of color is missing from this video <a href="https://t.co/WakJQ2pWUN">https://t.co/WakJQ2pWUN</a>
&mdash; Michael Tracey (@mtracey) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1209175900421533696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Democratic Presidential Candidates Participate In Debate In Atlanta, Georgia

DNC Promotes Unity In New Ad With 10 Presidential Candidates. Gabbard’s Not Invited.

On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee released a new ad promoting its &quot;Democratic Unity Fund&quot; that featured 10 presidential candidates all

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On Monday, former Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, a Democrat, called on Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) to resign from Congress after she had refused to vote for the impeachment of President Trump.
Abercrombie snapped, “I feel very strongly the 2nd District of Hawaii must be fully represented,” according to the <a href="https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/12/former-hawaii-governor-calls-on-tulsi-gabbard-to-resign/">Honolulu Civil Beat</a>. That would force a special election to fill Gabbard’s seat, as <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/475777-former-hawaii-democratic-governor-calls-on-gabbard-to-resign">The Hill</a> noted.
The Civil Beat added, Abercrombie emphasized that Gabbard has already said she will not be seeking reelection for her congressional seat, which represents rural Oahu and the neighbor islands. He also noted her voting record, including missing votes on several appropriations bills following the impeachment.”
Ilihia Gionson, Gabbard’s Hawaii Island communications director, responded to Abercrombie, asserting, “Hawaii is Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s home and her heart. Her pursuit of the highest office in the land has not compromised her and her team’s commitment to serving the people of Hawaii in her fourth term in Congress.”
Gabbard’s office additionally cited her “major legislative wins” for her home district, such as “opportunities for defense contracting for Native Hawaiian companies” and “better reporting on Red Hill aquifer protection.”
Abercrombie has not been alone among Hawaii Democrats who have slammed Gabbard for her “present” vote when the House voted to impeach Trump; Sen. <a href="https://thehill.com/people/mazie-hirono">Mazie Hirono</a> blathered to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/475545-gabbard-under-fire-for-present-vote-on-impeachment">The Hill</a>,  “She apparently can&#8217;t decide whether the president has shaken down the president of another country for his own political purposes. She hasn&#8217;t been able to decide whether that&#8217;s okay or not.”
After the House vote, as the <a href="https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/12/18/breaking-news/tulsi-gabbard-releases-statement-on-voting-present-for-trump-impeachment/">Star Advertiser</a> reported, Gabbard explained:
<blockquote>After doing my due diligence in reviewing the 658-page impeachment report, I came to the conclusion that I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no. I am standing in the center and have decided to vote Present. I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing. I also could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country.</blockquote>
Gabbard had <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1207753618935308288">elaborated further</a> in a video, stating:
<blockquote>Here’s the deal. Politics should not be a zero-sum game, but tragically, that’s exactly what it has become, and it’s polluted the whole nature of our politics. The point of politics should not be about doing maximum damage to your opponents just to win, because all that’s happened, as has in the case of our current America, is that people get hurt and nothing gets done. My stance yesterday, my vote, was opting out of this zero-sum game mindset and back into one of negotiation and compromise. We are stuck right now in this terrible scenario where everyone is trying to exact maximum hurt from their opponent for a “win.”
My “present” vote was not passive; it was an active protest against the terrible fallout of this zero-sum mindset that the two opposing political parties have trapped America in. There’s no winning here. Everyone is losing. Our country is losing. If we, we, don’t break this stalemate we find ourselves in, America is done for. My vote and my campaign for president is about freeing our country from this damaging mindset so that we can work side by side to usher in a brighter future for all Americans.</blockquote>
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Former Hawaii Gov: Gabbard Should Resign From Congress After Refusing To Vote for Impeachment

On Monday, former Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, a Democrat, called on Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) to resign from Congress after she had refused to vote for

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On Saturday, President Trump spoke at a Turning Point USA conference in Florida where he heaped praise on Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) for her “present” vote on impeachment.
<blockquote>They knew a few days into the Russian witch hunt that it was nothing. It didn’t exist. Did you the see the other day? Crooked Hillary came out &#8230; she said that Jill Stein from the Green Party, she said Jill Stein was a Russian agent. Now, I don’t know Jill Stein, I’m sure she’s a fine woman, but I know she’s not a Russian agent.
Then she said Tulsi Gabbard is a weapon of Russia. And they lost all credibility because we know that Tulsi Gabbard – and I give her respect – she didn’t vote the other day. I give her a lot of respect. Because she knew it was wrong, she took a pass. But I don’t know [her], but I know one thing – she is not an agent of Russia.</blockquote>
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On Wednesday, the House voted to impeach President Trump.
The vote fell mostly along party lines. 229 Democrats <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll695.xml">voted</a> in favor of Article I and 228 Democrats <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll696.xml">voted</a> in favor of Article II. 195 Republicans voted against both articles of impeachment (two Republicans didn’t vote). However, several Democrats voted with Republicans against impeachment.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard voted “present” for both articles. She was the only Democrat to do so.
In a statement released following her vote, Gabbard <a href="https://www.tulsi2020.com/press/2019-12-19-tulsi-gabbard-releases-statement-impeachment-president-trump?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=impeachment_vote">explained</a> her thought process as it pertained to her “present” vote:
<blockquote>Throughout my life, whether through serving in the military or in Congress, I’ve always worked to do what is in the best interests of our country. Not what’s best for me politically or what’s best for my political party. I have always put our country first. One may not always agree with my decision, but everyone should know that I will always do what I believe to be right for the country that I love.
After doing my due diligence in reviewing the 658-page impeachment report, I came to the conclusion that I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no.
I am standing in the center and have decided to vote Present. I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing.
I also could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting President must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country. When I cast my vote in support of the impeachment inquiry nearly three months ago, I said that in order to maintain the integrity of this solemn undertaking, it must not be a partisan endeavor. Tragically, that’s what it has been.
On the one side – The president’s defenders insist that he has done nothing wrong. They agree with the absurd proclamation that his conduct was “perfect.” They have abdicated their responsibility to exercise legitimate oversight, and instead blindly do the bidding of their party’s leader.
On the other side – The president’s opponents insist that if we do not impeach, our country will collapse into dictatorship. All but explicitly, they accuse him of treason. Such extreme rhetoric was never conducive to an impartial fact-finding process.</blockquote>
Gabbard went on to speak about how the Founders warned against partisan impeachment, citing Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. The congresswoman added that she has “introduced a censure resolution that will send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked, while leaving the question of removing Trump from office to the voters to decide.”
The censure resolution can be read <a href="https://gabbard.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-tulsi-gabbard-calls-house-censure-president-putting-personal-political-gain">here</a>.
Additionally, Gabbard posted a video to Twitter explaining her vote:
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My ‘present’ vote was an active protest against the zero-sum game the two opposing political sides have trapped America in. My vote and campaign is about freeing our country from this damaging mindset so we can work side-by-side to usher in a bright future for all <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithTulsi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithTulsi</a> <a href="https://t.co/nmhEL5bi4Q">pic.twitter.com/nmhEL5bi4Q</a>
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1207753618935308288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote>
President Trump has defended Gabbard before.
During an October interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump <a href="https://youtu.be/FdAF7Gn58kA">stated</a>: “Hillary Clinton said &#8230; Jill Stein is a Russian asset. Now I don’t know Jill Stein. I know her as an environmentalist, okay, and probably a good woman. The last thing she is is a Russian asset. I don’t know Tulsi Gabbard but I know one thing – she is not an asset of Russia. These people are sick. There’s something wrong with them.”

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Trump Heaps Praise On Tulsi Gabbard For Voting ‘Present’ On Impeachment: ‘She Knew It Was Wrong’

On Saturday, President Trump spoke at a Turning Point USA conference in Florida where he heaped praise on Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi

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On Thursday afternoon, former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien ripped Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for refusing to vote for the impeachment of President Trump on Wednesday, tweeting that Gabbard is an “American Coward.”
Gabbard, as a member of the Hawaii National Guard, served in a field medical unit in a combat zone in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009.
Gabbard had simply voted “present” when the vote was taken. In the video to which O’Brien responded, she explained:
<blockquote>Here’s the deal. Politics should not be a zero-sum game, but tragically, that’s exactly what it has become, and it’s polluted the whole nature of our politics. The point of politics should not be about doing maximum damage to your opponents just to win, because all that’s happened, as has in the case of our current America, is that people get hurt and nothing gets done. My stance yesterday, my vote, was opting out of this zero-sum game mindset and back into one of negotiation and compromise. We are stuck right now in this terrible scenario where everyone is trying to exact maximum hurt from their opponent for a “win.”</blockquote>
She continued, “My ‘present’ vote was not passive; it was an active protest against the terrible fallout of this zero-sum mindset that the two opposing political parties have trapped America in. There’s no winning here. Everyone is losing. Our country is losing. If we, we, don’t break this stalemate we find ourselves in, America is done for. My vote and my campaign for president is about freeing our country from this damaging mindset so that we can work side by side to usher in a brighter future for all Americans.&#8221;
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American Coward <a href="https://t.co/7RTJyKyqhO">https://t.co/7RTJyKyqhO</a>
&mdash; Soledad O&#39;Brien (@soledadobrien) <a href="https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1207802388414898179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-tulsi-gabbard-explains-why-she-couldnt-vote-yes-on-trump-impeachment-aoc-rips-her">The Daily Wire</a> noted that according to the <a href="https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/12/18/breaking-news/tulsi-gabbard-releases-statement-on-voting-present-for-trump-impeachment/">Star Advertiser</a>, Gabbard said after the vote:
<blockquote>After doing my due diligence in reviewing the 658-page impeachment report, I came to the conclusion that I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no. I am standing in the center and have decided to vote Present. I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing. I also could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country.</blockquote>
In November, O’Brien slammed President Trump, as she told <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-soledad-obrien-became-cnn-and-the-mainstream-medias-most-outspoken-critic">The Daily Beast</a>, “What drives me more nutty than the president—who I think is obviously a terrible human being in a lot of ways—is the way in which the media does not know how to handle him. Quoting people who are saying lies is a really bad strategy. When President Trump says the moon is made of cheese, well, it’s not. &#8230; What drives me really crazy is to see all the mistakes the media makes around [the problem of], how do you report on somebody who’s a liar, who won’t hold press conferences in a place where you can ask real questions?”

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Gabbard Wouldn’t Vote For Impeachment. Former CNN Anchor Calls Her ‘American Coward.’

Soledad O'Brien

On Thursday afternoon, former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien ripped Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for refusing to vote for the impeachment of President Trump on

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On Wednesday, 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) voted &#8220;present&#8221; on both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The Democrat was the only representative to avoid a &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221; vote by voting present.
&#8220;After doing my due diligence in reviewing the 658-page impeachment report, I came to the conclusion that I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no,&#8221; Gabbard said in a statement following the vote, according to the <a href="https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/12/18/breaking-news/tulsi-gabbard-releases-statement-on-voting-present-for-trump-impeachment/">Star Advertiser</a>.
“I am standing in the center and have decided to vote Present. I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing,&#8221; the candidate explained. &#8220;I also could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country.&#8221;
Far-left freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (AOC) took a shot at Gabbard for not taking a side, suggesting it was demonstrative of poor leadership from Gabbard.
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&#8220;Today was very consequential. And to not take a stand one way or another in a day of such grave consequence to this country is quite difficult. We’re sent here to lead,” AOC said, according to <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/tulsi-gabbard-impeach-trump-present?bftwnews&amp;utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc">BuzzFeed News</a>.
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Gabbard, who voted in support of the impeachment inquiry, introduced a <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/766?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22censure+trump%22%5D%7D&amp;s=2&amp;r=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">resolution</a> to censure the president earlier this week, seemingly as some sort of compromise in lieu of formal impeachment.
“Donald Trump has violated public trust. Congress must be unequivocal in denouncing the president’s misconduct and stand up for the American people and our democracy,&#8221; Gabbard&#8217;s statement explained. &#8220;To this end, I have introduced a censure resolution that will send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked, while leaving the question of removing Trump from office to the voters to decide.&#8221;
“I am confident that the American people will decide to deliver a resounding rebuke of President Trump’s innumerable improprieties and abuses,&#8221; added the Democrat. &#8220;And they will express that judgment at the ballot box. That is the way real and lasting change has always occurred in this great country: through the forcefully expressed will of the people.&#8221;
The vote on both articles of impeachment, “abuse of power” and “obstruction of Congress,&#8221; was expectedly cast along party lines. While not a single Republican voted in support of either article, some Democrats defected from the largely party-line vote.
“On the first article of impeachment, ‘abuse of power,’ Democrats voted 228–2, Republicans voted 0–195, and the one independent member of Congress voted for impeachment,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-multiple-democrats-vote-against-impeachment-only-democrats-vote-for-it">The Daily Wire</a> reported. On “obstruction of Congress,” “Democrats voted 228–3, Republicans voted 0–195, and the one independent member of Congress voted for impeachment.”
President Trump held a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan during the impeachment voting.
“With today’s illegal, unconstitutional and partisan impeachment, House Democrats are declaring their deep hatred and disdain for American Voters,” the president said during the rally. “This lawless and partisan impeachment is a political suicide march for the Democrat Party!”
WATCH:
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A house divided cannot stand. Sadly, our nation is terribly divided. My vote today is a vote for much needed reconciliation and hope that together we can heal our country to usher in a bright future for the American people, our country, and our nation. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Impeachment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Impeachment</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TulsiGabbard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TulsiGabbard</a> <a href="https://t.co/BJddNuhkk7">pic.twitter.com/BJddNuhkk7</a>
&mdash; Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1207547421745528833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

WATCH: Tulsi Gabbard Explains Why She Couldn’t Vote ‘Yes’ On Trump Impeachment. AOC Rips Her.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. House of Representatives

On Wednesday, 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) voted &quot;present&quot; on both articles of impeachment against President

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