Tulsi Gabbard Says She Would Drop Julian Assange Charges And Pardon Edward Snowden

[brooklynite]

Newsweek

Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate, said the U.S. should drop criminal charges against Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.

The military veteran said during a lengthy interview on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast this week that WikiLeaks founder Assange and national security whistleblower Snowden should not be prosecuted for disclosing information.

“What would you do about Julian Assange, what would you do about Edward Snowden?” Rogan asked. Gabbard said, if elected, she would drop the Assange charges and pardon Snowden.

“We have got to address why [Snowden] did things the way that he did them,” she said. “You hear the same thing from Chelsea Manning, how there is not an actual channel for whistleblowers like them to bring forward information that exposes egregious abuses of our constitutional rights and liberties, period. There was not a channel for that to happen in a real way, and that’s why they ended up taking the path that they did, and suffering the consequences.”

I'm sure there's a niche voter market for this somewhere...

[NurseJackie]

1. ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Insufficient. This requires the Godzilla facepalm.

[rogue emissary]

7. I think a double Picard is warranted.

[mcar]

32. The double Picard!

That says it all.

[Cha]

27. LoL.. you're

bloody well right!

[stonecutter357]

2. lol WTF !

[Cha]

30. lol

my Rep..

I hope this helps Kai Kahele running against her in 2020!

[mr_lebowski]

3. I have to say, it's not a totally ridiculous argument to make ... (nt)

[MGKrebs]

9. I agree.

As distasteful as it is to say it.

WWACLU do?

[pnwmom]

10. The ACLU wouldn't drop the hacking charges. That's not a part

of freedom of the press. They were all charged with hacking.

[pnwmom]

12. It should be disqualifying. Snowden used his top secret clearance

to steal information and pass it to an enemy country.

Assange and Manning are both accused of hacking.

[mr_lebowski]

13. Oh, she's very disqualified to me for a host of reasons ...

But for the sake of an informed electorate, we DO need a much better mechanism for info of the sort that Snowden released to come into the public sphere ... without the chicanery of a Wikileaks and illegal hacking ... to make it so.

S'all I'm more or less agreeing with, philosophically.

There is a point to be made here.

Exonerations may be taking it too far, however.

[Lucky Luciano]

16. I'm with you. I would drop charges pre 2016, but not charges for fucking with our elections. nt

[HopeAgain]

29. My feelings as well

Keeping the government accountable is not the same as breaking into private emails.

[Cha]

31. I think it is..

Mueller Report: Assange Smeared Seth Rich to Cover for Russians

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142304837

And..

Sweden reopens Julian Assange rape investigation

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142315640

[videohead5]

5. What's wrong with her?

Assange took stolen DNC e-mail from Russia and helped Trump win.

[RegexReader]

23. and this is why he needs to be brought to the US and made to testify under oath as to what happened

[Cha]

25. Also.. Mueller Report: Assange Smeared Seth Rich to Cover for Russians

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142304837

And..

Sweden reopens Julian Assange rape investigation

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142315640

[obamanut2012]

39. hahaha

[MH1]

43. "helped Trump win"

==> "we told you you shouldn't have nominated Hillary!! Trump won, so there!!! We TOLD you. Bernie would have won!!!"

^^ consolidation of the nonsense from several Facebook pages that supported Bernie in 2016 and have Sanders and Gabbard as their first and second choices this time.

Methinks some like saying "I told you so". (whether their argument makes any sense, is no matter)

Therefore, "Assange is good guy". Or something.

[MineralMan]

6. She should go campaign over at JPR.

Tulsi Gabbard does not have a prayer of getting even a single delegate at the Convention. If anyone should drop out of this race, it is her.

FFS!

[George II]

22. How about Damascus?

[NYMinute]

8. Some people think other people take them seriously

[BlueMTexpat]

11. ...

Tulsi Gabbard

[Cha]

26. Hey.. don't talk about my Rep

like that

Mueller Report: Assange Smeared Seth Rich to Cover for Russians

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142304837

And..

Sweden reopens Julian Assange rape investigation

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142315640

Aloha, BlueMontana!

[BlueMTexpat]

38. Hopefully, she'll be

voted out next time she runs for her Congressional seat.

She is one of the only two candidates that I will NEVER EVER support in the Dem primaries!

Good cases can be made for all of the others, although some cases are MUCH stronger than others. I'm still holding out for at least one debate before I make my final preference choice.

But right now, it's neck-and-neck between two women candidates.

[Indykatie]

14. Because Of Course She Would

[BootinUp]

17. Right after she genuflects to Pooty. Nt

[Hassler]

18. Two more reasons she's at the bottom of my list.

[hlthe2b]

19. But, of course she would--and invite them to tea with Lavrov, McConnell and all the Republicans

with Putin of course, joining in by FaceTime...What a cozy little celebration...

[dalton99a]

41. +1. I wouldn't doubt it

[Crazyleftie]

20. Desparately trying to get

media attention.....

[George II]

21. Let's see, she's at 1% in the polls, this should drop her off the map altogether.

[Cha]

24. I bet she would.. that should

go over well.

[still_one]

28. She has just demonstrated that she is not qualified to be president in my view

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[John Fante]

34. She's totally qualified to join Bernie's campaign though.

[still_one]

35. You got the just of my post in spite of the my phone incorrectly performing an auto-correct.

[poli-junkie]

33. BTW, Putin's endorsing her. nt

[dalton99a]

42. And David Duke

[oasis]

36. Doesn't Tulsi care that Wikileaks is a tool of Russian intelligence?

This could make her radio-active when it comes to getting a cabinet post in the next administration.

Oh well.

[MH1]

37. I actually know someone in that niche.

I stopped taking that person seriously a long time ago, too.

[obamanut2012]

40. Of course Rogan likes her

I am still flabbergasted Hawai'i voted for her.