Hillary Clinton says Tulsi Gabbard is a 'Russian asset' groomed to ensure Trump reelection
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Hillary Clinton said that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is being groomed by Moscow to run as a third-party spoiler candidate in 2020 to help President Trump win reelection.
The former secretary of state pushed the theory on Campaign HQ podcast hosted by David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s campaign manager in 2008.
Plouffe and Clinton discussed hurdles the Democratic nominee would face and compared the 2020 race to Clinton’s loss to Trump in 2016. Plouffe asked Clinton about the part third-party candidates, such as Jill Stein of the Green Party, played in 2016, allowing Trump to secure key states.
"They are also going to do third party again," Clinton, 71, said. "I'm not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate," Clinton said, referring to Gabbard, without mentioning the Hawaii representative by name.
"She is a favorite of the Russians. 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 is also a Russian asset.
"They know they can't win without a third-party candidate, and so I do not know who it's going to be, but I can guarantee you they will have a vigorous third-party challenge in the key states that they most need it."
Gabbard, 38, has represented Hawaii in the House of Representatives since 2013. A major in the Hawaii Army National Guard, she served in a field medical unit of the in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009. This summer, she spent two weeks in Indonesia on a military training exercise.
In Tuesday's Democratic debate , Gabbard accused the New York Times of calling her a "Russian asset."
The newspaper published an Oct. 12 news article about Gabbard stating, "She is injecting a bit of chaos into her own party’s primary race, threatening to boycott that debate to protest what she sees as a 'rigging' of the 2020 election. That’s left some Democrats wondering what, exactly, she is up to in the race, while others worry about supportive signs from online bot activity and the Russian news media."
Gabbard said on the debate stage: "The New York Times and CNN have also smeared veterans like myself for calling for an end to this regime change war [in Syria]. Just two days ago, the New York Times put out an article saying that I’m a Russian asset and an Assad apologist, and all these different smears."
In 2016, Gabbard supported Bernie Sanders over Clinton. But she congratulated Clinton on becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, saying: "She becomes the first woman to lead a major political party into the general election. Say what you will about her, let's give credit where it due. This is one tough, smart woman. Most might wilt under the fire and criticism she's endured."
Gabbard faces a 2020 primary challenge for her House seat from Democratic state senator Kai Kahele.
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Not coincidental to BF seeding this article, Tulsi Gabbard is the Democratic candidate choice of libertarians and anarchists.
Googling “ tulsi gabbard libertarian ” will lead you to an entire galaxy of Libertarian newspapers, each singing her praises more fervently then the last .
BeingLibertarian.com eagerly lists us off all the reasons why Gabbard 2020 is a shoo-in, with a headline saying “Democrat Tulsi Gabbard Will Likely Be Next President.
ALibertarianFuture.com also goes to great effort to laud Tulsi for her willingness to work against Democratic interests, in this article explaining that Libertarian hero Rand Paul introduced Tulsi Gabbard’s Stop Arming Terrorists Act in the Senate.
Libertarian Christians sing her praises even louder, with these next words being a direct quote from the article. “Thank you, Mrs. Gabbard, for having the courage to tell the truth. I don’t have to share your ideology to share your human conscience. You are seeing through the double-bind foreign policy trap of our bipartisan war policy: Satan casting out Satan.
In today’s world, people who consider the United States satanic tend to be receiving money from Russia. But even aside from that, it makes you wonder how such a high-powered chameleon ended up with a reputation for being an uncompromising progressive. An examination of her recent polling trends reveal s he’s doing very nearly as well among people of both parties, and this is extremely troubling given the extreme and total decency gap existing between them. The Democrats gave us Obama. The Republicans gave us W. Bush and Trump.
Jacobin Magazine, long regarded as one of the most professional and serious left wing magazines out there, recently did an article on all this. They gave it the headline, “ Why Tulsi Gabbard isn’t your Friend .” And there it all was. The whole tangled web. Tulsi Gabbard is the all-purpose fishing lure being trotted out by the people so carelessly trying to realign the national power structure in their interest. She’s got something for everyone, and all of it is dishonest.
I didn't like Tulsi from the getgo. Something is not right about her attitude.
I also saw the video of Clinton and she didn't name Tulsi directly. It's chided it's who she's thinking.
I love it when people come to the defense of the Hillaryious Hag Hillary, Lets wait and see what Abula has to say in response to Tulsi calling her out shall we?
Everybody should pause when a candidate gets as much praise and support from the gop and Russians.
"Short memories" is the "IN THING" right now !
You got that right and the one thing it seems most closely linked to is Political Agenda.
Politicians are only out for their own selves.
Ever wonder how they come into congress as paupers, and leave as millionaires ?
AOC and the other 3 of the Taliban 4 can't wait for the bucks to roll in.
You know what sucks? Anarchists suck. Libertarians suck.
The idea that you arent a real liberal if you dont want to betray the Kurds is bizarre, and on the evil side of bizarre.
Tulsi Gabbard gave credence to Assad , the Syrian dictator who murdered hundreds of thousands of his own people. She didnt have to personally meet with him, but she did.
I like of some of what she says but she is not a Democrat , she is a mish mash of ideologies that appeals as much to libertarians as it does to progressives. Her campaign is going nowhere so she may be tempted to run as an independent to raise hell and try and help Trump. She has the ambition. If she does run as an independent you dont think Russia will be throwing love her way?
Of course Putin and the Russians want Trump to win. He's such a bumbling oaf they cant help but make out no matter what he does.
That's an oxyMORONic comment.
Yep.
I'm not a fan of either one.
Then you must be really pissed a botox Pelosi.
Guess Pelosi isn't a "true" Democrat either. Of course that was when a Republican was in the White House; so it is all good./S
When did so-called liberals become such warmongers? Remember when people used to march for peace?
Meanwhile Hillary Clinton sure knows an awful lot about what Russian bots are up to. Is she just super paranoid? Is she senile? Does she get her information from her own Russian bots?
What is the point of trying to make these connections with Gabbard? It seems to me that she has the right of it. It's all about smearing her, which is odd because it's not like she's leading in the polls or something.
Maybe the party is just that terrified of someone who might be moderate on some issues or more classically liberal as opposed to irrationally progressive like so many of the other candidates.
Russia Russia Russia!
Is poor Hillary's desperate cry for attention...
SLOW DOWN !
No, Clinton did not say that. But, her statement could be true. After all, Putin's boy just handed the ME to Russia and Iran. Much is at stake here.
Try again. Her faulty thinking leaves a lot to be desired.
I campaigned for Gary Johnson in my very conservative area. The few votes for him that were cast would have gone to Trump instead; if only two Establishment party candidates were allowed. Johnson garnered far more votes than Jill Stein. Of course Hillary and her backers are vain enough to think she would have received all of the third party votes. Next step by the Establishment will be to try and change the rules to make it even more difficult for third party candidates to get on the ballot. Sure Hillary will be all in on that effort.
Right, keep dreaming. Obama opened the door for Russia and Iran in Syria. After he sent in US troops, and start a bombing campaign is when Russian, China, and Iran were invited in. Syria had to give up a port, military base, and air fields to Russia. Since Obama made no secret he wanted to remove Assad. Assad gave up Syrian assets to protect himself. Obama gift rapped Yemen to the Houthi. It was Bush Jr handed Iraq to Iran on a silver platter. But Trruuummmmppppp!!!!! Things went on long before Trump ever became president. But it seems the left have forgotten Obama's 8 years completely. They are even attributing some of Bush Jr's actions to Trump now.
You are correct. The mental well being of the entire left is at stake. Four more years of Trump and there might not be enough sky for them to scream at. No amount of Russian sponsored pink pussy hat protests and parades will make them feel whole. They will have broken all of their crayons, and their coloring books will have long past been filled (almost completely in orange and yellow). The puppies and kittens will have grown up and gone to loving homes. Whatever will they do?
I guess 11 Morons are better than the ONE "Smart" person on the Democrat stage ?
Tulsi Gabbard has a lot in common with some Trump supporters. She was a member of a cult too.
What about Jill Stein? She was also called a Russian asset. Let's see if I got it right - Stein worked for Russia as a third party candidate, but worked for the US Constitution when she demanded a recount after Trump won! Correct?
Common Vic.
You forgot the, "but Trruuummmmppppp!!!!!!"
Everything is acceptable so long as it is against Trump.
They've lost their conscience.
She has far more that is not in common with Trump supporters. She is a typical tax and spend Democrat that wants bigger more intrusive government, higher taxes and less personal freedom. All things Trump supporters are not going to support.
I don't think someone name "Lalita" is a very credible source.
Tulsi has adopted Hinduism, same as her her mother.
Is Hinduism a cult?
Gabbard is a veteran now being called a Russian asset because Clinton disagrees with her policy?
This is what happens when there is no accountability for the Russia hoax. Hopefully we get some action on that early next week.
So far not a single word of defense for Gabbard from her fellow (morally bankrupt) democrats!
what Russia hoax ?
No Worries.... , ?
what the Fck am i worried about again ?
You Lying about no Russian Hoax ?
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Well,
your right then, No worries.
He means the hoax that the Democrats and Hillary tried to portray as Trump colluding with Russia. When Russia is working both sides to divide the US. Mueller couldn't prove collusion between Trump and Russia even with a full staff of Hillary and Obama sycophants.
Or would you care to explain these anti Trump actions by Russia?
Putin must be a moron to try and squelch the power of his puppet in Washington.Trump can do so much for Russia when he is marginalized and has to constantly fight for survival./S
Would you care to explain why we've NEVER heard Trumpp, say a damn negative word about Putin, as if he had Trumpps balls in a vice.
Putin has shit on him, as no 'man' submits like that, especially one that is constantly arguing like a fifth grader, who was held back 3 times, but Daddy paid off school so now the 2nd grader is a first grade smack in our WH.
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Russia and Putin own our treasonous traitor, sooner you face reality, ah who am i kidding, you won't
Adam "Schifty" Schiff is going to let us know sooooon !
He has all that "Definitive" proof he's been claiming to have since 2016.
Now how 'bout those "Washington Nationals".
I sure wish the IGNORE feature still worked.
Hillaryious!
The title of this seed is:
The seeded article itself directly contradicts the title:
Clinton did NOT mention Gabbard by name and there are five Democratic women running for president this cycle: Gabbard, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Minnesota Sen. Amy Kloubuchar, California Sen. Kamala Harria and author Marianne Williamson.
The whole planet knows who she is talking about.
Hillary is the best Russian bot Putin has.
Isn't Hillary blather on what started this whole "Russia" complex the Democrats and the left have lived on since November 2016?
This bitch is like an STD. You just can't fucking get rid of her.
Hmm, why are the conservatives in such a snit about Tulsi? Since when is there a low they won't applaud? And like her or not, if she is being promoted by the bots and trolls, one has to ask why?