Gabbard Admits Assad Meeting UPDATE: she's now in trouble re: ethics rules

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So the group that allegedly funded her trip no longer exists?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-tulsi-gabbard-became-assads-mouthpiece-in-washington/2017/01/29/215e9c70-e4bf-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

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It's the Washington Post, so who knows.

muh FAKE NEWS

you really are indistinguishable from a Trump supporter now

Not trusting the propaganda rag known as the Washington Post doesn't make you a Trump supporter.

Dude, I saw you throwing out anti-Hillary crap that was being posted by f[inks]ing Breitbart.

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So the group that allegedly funded her trip no longer exists?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-tulsi-gabbard-became-assads-mouthpiece-in-washington/2017/01/29/215e9c70-e4bf-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

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It's the Washington Post, so who knows.

muh FAKE NEWS

you really are indistinguishable from a Trump supporter now

Not trusting the propaganda rag known as the Washington Post doesn't make you a Trump supporter.

Dude, I saw you throwing out anti-Hillary crap that was being posted by f[inks]ing Breitbart.

I don't remember that.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So the group that allegedly funded her trip no longer exists?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-tulsi-gabbard-became-assads-mouthpiece-in-washington/2017/01/29/215e9c70-e4bf-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

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It's the Washington Post, so who knows.

muh FAKE NEWS

you really are indistinguishable from a Trump supporter now

Not trusting the propaganda rag known as the Washington Post doesn't make you a Trump supporter.

Dude, I saw you throwing out anti-Hillary crap that was being posted by f[inks]ing Breitbart.

I don't remember that.

Seeing how much anti-Hillary garbage you promoted that's not surprising.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

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So the group that allegedly funded her trip no longer exists?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-tulsi-gabbard-became-assads-mouthpiece-in-washington/2017/01/29/215e9c70-e4bf-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

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It's the Washington Post, so who knows.

muh FAKE NEWS

you really are indistinguishable from a Trump supporter now

Not trusting the propaganda rag known as the Washington Post doesn't make you a Trump supporter.

Dude, I saw you throwing out anti-Hillary crap that was being posted by f[inks]ing Breitbart.

I don't remember that.

Seeing how much anti-Hillary garbage you promoted that's not surprising.

I mean I'd try to avoid disreputable sites like that, but I don't know. Anyways, you're an idiot if you trust the Washington Post. First of all, that means you could never support Bernie since they attacked him 16 times a day.

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jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

I have no idea.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

I have no idea.

Well the only place I saw promoting that was Breitbart and some "leftist" cranks like Michael Tracey who remind me of you so much.

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jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

-No, as they'd pick someone more competent. Though I do think his behavior at the DNC was disgusting, and Trump should have attacked him five to ten times more strongly than he actually did.

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jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

I have no idea.

Well the only place I saw promoting that was Breitbart and some "leftist" cranks like Michael Tracey who remind me of you so much.

-Sometimes, I feel like Michael Tracey is the only journalist in America who has not lost his mind. He's a major FF.

[JerryArkansas]

jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

I have no idea.

Well the only place I saw promoting that was Breitbart and some "leftist" cranks like Michael Tracey who remind me of you so much.

-Sometimes, I feel like Michael Tracey is the only journalist in America who has not lost his mind. He's a major FF.

Of course you would think that.

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The funny thing about calling someone a Trump supporter if they don't like the Washington Post is that Jeff Bezos (now the 3rd richest person in the world) owns both it and Amazon, and many anti-Trump people are boycotting Amazon because they sell Trump products.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-related-businesses-boycotted-2016-11/#amazon-2

[GoTfan]

So the group that allegedly funded her trip no longer exists?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-tulsi-gabbard-became-assads-mouthpiece-in-washington/2017/01/29/215e9c70-e4bf-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

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It's the Washington Post, so who knows.

muh FAKE NEWS

you really are indistinguishable from a Trump supporter now

Not trusting the propaganda rag known as the Washington Post doesn't make you a Trump supporter.

Dude, I saw you throwing out anti-Hillary crap that was being posted by f[inks]ing Breitbart.

I don't remember that.

Seeing how much anti-Hillary garbage you promoted that's not surprising.

I mean I'd try to avoid disreputable sites like that, but I don't know. Anyways, you're an idiot if you trust the Washington Post. First of all, that means you could never support Bernie since they attacked him 16 times a day.

What was it again? 16 negative articles in 24 hours?

Edit: It was 16 negative articles in 16 hours.

[Mr. Morden]

More on the Khawams (who accompanied Gabbard and Kucinich on the trip):

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/26/democratic-congresswoman-used-affiliates-of-a-violent-anti-semitic-political-party-to-take-tea-with-assad.html

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[Mr. Morden]

Gabbard will reimburse the cost of her trip out of her pocket:

http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/homenews/house/317270-gabbard-to-repay-syria-trip-costs

[Mr. Morden]

Ethics committee problems stemming from this trip:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/07/tulsi-gabbard-in-new-trouble-over-her-syria-jaunt.html

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She now says that she’ll reimburse the cost of the trip, but she’s still required to report on who originally paid for it.  More:

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Why does she get so much hate on this forum? It seems like this website is dedicated to ensuring she loses every single election in the future and keeping her out of politics for as long as possible. THis is the same frothing-at-the-mouth hatred everyone had a go at Trump supporters for.

So what if she met Assad? He's a damn sight better that ISIS. No she is not a homophobe or Islamophobe. However, if we use that logic, we can call Hillary a white supremacist for being close with Robert Byrd or working for Barry Goldwater. Or we could call Obama a traitor because Jeremiah Wright.

Seriously, just lay off. You're all so obsessed with wanting to see her fail that soon enough, that will become your sole objective.

Sorry I have a serious problem with a U.S congresswoman meeting with a dictator currently in the middle of committing heinous war crimes.  Totally the same as Hillary meeting with a sitting senator though, sure.....

Well Byrd was a KKK member. Did the KKK not commit heinous crimes too? Or is all that just an invention of history?

I'm not denying that Assad is a bad person, but if he goes, ISIS takes over. It's that simple.

A phrase you should never say when talking about the middle east.

[Crumpets]

Ethics committee problems stemming from this trip:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/07/tulsi-gabbard-in-new-trouble-over-her-syria-jaunt.html

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She now says that she’ll reimburse the cost of the trip, but she’s still required to report on who originally paid for it.  More:

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IT'S JUST THE DWS CORPORATIST ESTABLISHMENT OUT TO DESTROY TRUE PROGRESSIVE GABBARD!!! #PoliticalRevolution #BernieOrBust

It's a real shame, though, seriously. I liked Gabbard before all this went down. There's very few people left who will both satiate the populist left and unite the party as a whole.

[GoTfan]

I could continue to defend her on this, but why would I when I just get shut down by people who froth at the mouth every time someone mentions her.

[Fusionmunster]

I could continue to defend her on this, but why would I when I just get shut down by people who froth at the mouth every time someone mentions her.

I'm still waiting for a defense.

[GoTfan]

I could continue to defend her on this, but why would I when I just get shut down by people who froth at the mouth every time someone mentions her.

I'm still waiting for a defense.

Why would I bother? Every time she's mentioned, about half of the Dems on the forum start to froth at the mouth and call for her to be primaried.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

I could continue to defend her on this, but why would I when I just get shut down by people who froth at the mouth every time someone mentions her.

I'm still waiting for a defense.

Why would I bother? Every time she's mentioned, about half of the Dems on the forum start to froth at the mouth and call for her to be primaried.

-Indeed. Not sure why they didn't do the same with Kaine, who was just as moderate.

[GoTfan]

I could continue to defend her on this, but why would I when I just get shut down by people who froth at the mouth every time someone mentions her.

I'm still waiting for a defense.

Why would I bother? Every time she's mentioned, about half of the Dems on the forum start to froth at the mouth and call for her to be primaried.

-Indeed. Not sure why they didn't do the same with Kaine, who was just as moderate.

Well there's issues where Gabbard's waaaay to the left of him. She recently reintroduced Glass-Steagall. She's pro-choice, is opposed to wars of regime change, and recently called out Trump for exploiting the fears of his supporters with regards to his recent Muslim ban.

Just thought I'd add that tidbit at the end to give pause to those who call her an Islamophobe for calling out radical Islam when she sees it. Really, the Democrats should be grateful she went to Syria; she did their job for them.

[MasterJedi]

I bet the money came from Russia.

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is opposed to wars of regime change,

According to the Hillary people that's a right-wing position.

[GoTfan]

is opposed to wars of regime change,

According to the Hillary people that's a right-wing position.

Well Democrats and Republicans seem one and the same. Heck, there's some Democrats on here who make the right look reasonable.