Tulsi Gabbard Does Not Deny Being A Russian Asset

[UCmeNdc]

You’d think a Democratic presidential candidate would vehemently deny being a Russian asset - but Tulsi Gabbard dodged and deflected when asked about such accusations by Tucker Carlson.

In case you’ve missed the controversy, Hillary Clinton made a clear suggestion this week that Russians are grooming Gabbard to run as a third-party candidate. Although Clinton didn't name names, Russian support for Gabbard has long been obvious.

Gabbard has repeatedly stated she has no plans to run as a third-party candidate. Yesterday, she told NBC News, “I want to be very clear … I will not run as a third party candidate or as an independent.” She made a similarly unequivocal pledge on CNN in August.

Yet, when she appeared last night on Tucker Carlson Tonight for the second time this week, she did not directly respond to Tucker Carlson’s opening question, “So just to the factual point first, are you a Russian sleeper cell?” Instead, she evasively changed the subject and attacked Clinton:

Snip.......

In fact, Gabbard’s Twitter clapbacks to Clinton didn’t deny the accusation either.

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/10/tulsi-gabbard-does-not-deny-being-russian

[Cattledog]

4. Newbie trashing the DNC as "corrupt".

Interesting.

[StarfishSaver]

29. There seems to be a lot of that going around here

Tulsi must surely appreciate the number of "defenders" who have joined DU in the past couple of days to protect her honor, or something.

[Cha]

49. Shocking.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. FWIW, Hillary warned us of the "vast rightwing conspiracy" against her and her husband

in the late Nineties. And she was accurate and prescient.

[StarfishSaver]

30. And she was laughed at and told to shut up then, too

Some people never learn.

[Hestia]

42. and she was correct about Drumpf - modern day Cassandra

[Cha]

50. Hillary was right about everything!

gabbard went paranoid and lost it.. not presidential..

Link to tweet

[jcmaine72]

3. OMG!

You know, now that you mention it.....she hasn't denied being a strawberry sundae either. We all know what that obviously and irrefutably means.

Tulsi Gabbard: Russian asset and strawberry sundae.

Blast her!!!!

[UCmeNdc]

5. Well it is very easy to stand up and be counted. As a soldier you know how to fight back.

Unless the accusations are true and you suspect that once people start investigating your background then you will be exposed.

Her online support is all trolls and bots. She’s either a useful idiot or she’s in on it.


But something is going on there.

[jcmaine72]

6. You mentioned an investigation into her past. Has one actually been conducted?

Until one has, and proper, verifiable evidence that Gabbard is Ivan's ventriloquist dummy surfaces, I think I'll reserve judgement.

I dunno, I'm just old fashioned that way.

[LovingA2andMI]

19. Umm....

Interesting. The Reserving Judgement crowd on something that is obvious at this point. Interesting....

[jcmaine72]

20. Obvious? How? Where's the proof?

If it's so obvious it should be a snap to prove, right?

I can, for example, prove to you that fire is hot by grazing your hand with a lit match, or that ice is cold by placing an ice cube in your hands.

So let's try that.

Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset because... (Please place something irrefutable here).

[LovingA2andMI]

35. Obvious....

Next....

[BigmanPigman]

56. I read the comments on You Tube

after Susan Rice and another guest discussed Tulsi on Real Time. Rice said that Hillary merely said that several things Tulsi has said are questionable. The comments were ALL pro Tulsi and they loved her being a vet and not a "warmonger". One person suggested they were bots but she was shut down immediately by everyone else. Are all of these comments from bots? Three Dem candidates are defending Tulsi too. What is going on?

[ritapria]

7. Brilliant Retort : Gabbard as Strawberry Sundae

And Funny, too …… Accusations not backed up by evidence are smears ..I want to see the evidence

[StarfishSaver]

31. You mean like calling someone the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, personification of

personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long," and is behind a "concerted effort" to destroy Gabbard's reputation?

You know, accusations not backed up by evidence. But Tulsi said it about Hillary, so that's different somehow, right?

[lapucelle]

44. Secretary Clinton's claim that Russia may be planning sabotage is backed up by evidence.

While Secretary Clinton never mentioned Tulsi's name, neither journalists nor Bill Browder have been so circumspect.

What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?

By Lisa Lerer
Published Oct. 12, 2019
Updated Oct. 18, 2019

As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard.html

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Tulsi Gabbard: White nationalists and Russian propaganda machine throw support behind 2020 candidate

The Hawaii Democrat is facing a growing pool of controversies surrounding her 2020 presidential candidacy

Chris Riotta
New York
Thursday 7 February 2019

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/tulsi-gabbard-russia-david-duke-policies-2020-campaign-white-nationalist-hawaii-propaganda-a8768056.html

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Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard

Experts who track websites and social media linked to Russia have seen stirrings of a possible campaign of support for Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard.

Feb. 2, 2019, 7:03 AM EST
By Robert Windrem and Ben Popken

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261

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Link to tweet

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Tulsi Gabbard Hires Russian Agent to Keep Hawaii Media in Check

by Andrew Walden
Friday, January 05, 2018

Russia has lots of experience in media censorship. So perhaps it is logical that Rep Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-2) hires an agent of the Russian government as a ‘consultant’ to keep Hawaii media under control.

But Gabbard’s consultant, Chris Cooper of the Potomac Square Group, is no ordinary Russian agent. Cooper is allegedly one of seven identified as being at the center of illegal Russian lobbying efforts reaching into the Trump campaign and Congress.

http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/20879/Tulsi-Gabbard-Hires-Russian-Agent-to-Keep-Hawaii-Media-in-Check.aspx

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[Dem4Life1102]

8. When was Gabbard asked if she was a strawberry sundae?

Please provide links

[jcmaine72]

9. She doesn't have to in order for it to be true!!!

Haven't you been paying attention?

Why are you asking such questions, anyway? You're not denying that the charge of her being a strawberry sundae are true, are you?

Wait a sec. Do you, do you....speak Russian by any chance?

Ah ha!!!

[Dem4Life1102]

10. Who charged her with being a strawberry sundae?

Again please provide links?

[jcmaine72]

11. I did!

And the simple fact that she's been accused is all the proof any of us should ever need or want.

Hmmmm....you sure ask a lot of questions. Tell me, have you ever addressed a friend or colleague as "comrade".

[Dem4Life1102]

14. Are you a former Democratic Party nominee?

Are you Clinton or Kerry or maybe Gore?

[jcmaine72]

17. Is that criteria needed to make a baseless claim?

Oh well, you got me.

Jeez, if that's the new standard for making accusations stick, no wonder Trump thinks he can he shit on the American people the way he does with impunity.

[Dem4Life1102]

18. Then why didn't she just say no

when asked the direct question if she is a Russian asset? Why did she deflect?

[jcmaine72]

21. For the same reason she probably wouldn't answer my accusation of her being a strawberry sundae.

Some accusations are so ridiculous on their face they don't merit a response.

Another way you could look at this (gasp!) is that if Hillary really believes Tulsi is a Russian asset, and if it's such an obvious truth (as you stated), what trouble would it have been for Hillary to simply produce some piece of ironclad evidence that Tulsi could never deny?

Sorry, but remaining silent in the aftermath of an unproven accusation does not make that accusation true.

[Dem4Life1102]

26. Specious logic

She goes on FAUX News to defend herself and is thrown a softball question that should have been an easy no but instead she deflected.

[Boomer]

33. So you think that proves something?

If Gabbard didn't firmly and directly refute this statement, then.... she's so honor-bound to tell the truth that she had to deflect away from it on national TV rather than blurt out "Yes, I'm a Russian asset! You caught me, I cannot tell a lie."?

Ridiculous.

[Dem4Life1102]

38. It proves

that she didn’t deny it.

[thesquanderer]

52. True. If she refuted it, anyone who believes the accusation wouldn't believe her refutation.

It would basically be:

"I am not a Russian asset!"
"See? That's exactly what a Russian asset would say!"

Fact is, those who hate TG would hate her no matter how she answered.

That said, I think her comments about HRC were awful. When Hillary went low (i.e. attacked), TG could have gone high. But who knows, some people think her attack on HRC may actually help her. I think it really squashes any idea she may have had about possibly being someone's VP, though.

[brush]

28. You think Hillary and Bill Clinton don't have better intel on this than us sitting at...

our keyboards? I think they do, but in case you don't know Gabbard hired Chris Cooper, the smear campaigner who was paid by Natalia Veselnitskaya and her Russian backed sponsor.

Veselnitskaya, if you don't remember, is the Russian lawyer from the infamous trump tower meeting in 2016 where Jr. trump, Kushner and Manafort attended to get dirt on Hillary Clinton.

Why in the hell would a Democratic presidential candidate want to hire someone like that? Seems you'd want to steer 100 miles clear of being associated with someone like that if you're a Democrat, especially if you're running for office, and the presidency no less.

[beastie boy]

39. Theree is no evidence that she is being promoted on the numerous strawberry web sites.

There is plenty of evidence that she is being promoted by a whole bunch of Russian trolls (I have my suspicions in this regard, but I am not making any accusations) and RT, a known Putin moughpiece.

Furthermore, I am not aware of anyone asking her whether she is a strawberry sundae and her saying she is not responsible for what strawberry trolls do or not do. If she ever does, I will have reasons to suspect she is a strawberry sundae.

[betsuni]

12. So Russian influence in American elections is fake news?

[jcmaine72]

15. Are you replying to me?

Last edited Sun Oct 20, 2019, 08:56 AM - Edit history (1)

Because I don't remember stating the following: "Russian influence in American elections is fake news".

Kinda pulled that one outta the non sequitur hole, eh?

Wait sec. Is this some sort of a smoke screen to deny the fact that Tulsi Gabbard is a strawberry sundae?

Nice try, comrade!

[betsuni]

22. ...

[Me.]

57. Comrade?

Really...that's how you want to roll?

[jcmaine72]

59. Did I really need to use a sarcasm emoji there?

[Me.]

60. Yes, Actually, You Did

[jcmaine72]

61. Sorry, I didn't realize I was going so fast in a thread in which

...I likened Tulsi Gabbard to a strawberry sundae (which she still hasn't denied, BTW).

--- Officially stamped by Acme Sarcasm INC.---

[Me.]

63. Good

Because sometimes, lately, the fiction is living too close to fact

As for Tulski, she has left a trail and the breadcrumbs are becoming easier to follow.

[StarfishSaver]

40. Some people are awfully upset that Hillary blew up one of the avenues for interference

[2naSalit]

58. +1

[IronLionZion]

25. Strawberries are a nice shade of Russian red

Trump Unable To Produce Certificate Proving He's Not A Festering Pile Of Shit
https://politics.theonion.com/trump-unable-to-produce-certificate-proving-hes-not-a-f-1819590270



Hillary didn't name her. Tulsi exposed herself. Her reaction says everything.

[lapucelle]

32. Was Tulsi asked if she was a strawberry sundae? N/T

[IronLionZion]

34. If asked, she would react exactly like how a strawberry sundae would react

[Quixote1818]

47. LOL.

Your post cracked me up. Strawberry Sunday!

[Aaron Pereira]

48. It's the loaded question fallacy and it makes her look like a victim.

Without evidence charges like this are a mistake which she seems to be taking full advantage of.

[LanternWaste]

64. reductio ad absurdum

Today's logical fallacy brought to us by Apagogical Argument Institute.

[melman]

13. "Are you now or have you ever been..."

Fucking hell. Things are getting scary.

[jcmaine72]

16. Everything old is new again.

Like my mother always told me: "Sooner or later, everything comes back into fashion". Why should McCarthyism be any different?

[lapucelle]

36. The New York Times is engaging in McCarthyism?

What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?

As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her.

By Lisa Lerer
Published Oct. 12, 2019
Updated Oct. 18, 2019

An independent analysis of the Russian news media found that RT, the Kremlin-backed news agency, mentioned Ms. Gabbard frequently for a candidate polling in single digits, according to data collected by the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a group that seeks to track and expose efforts by authoritarian regimes to undermine democratic elections.

Disinformation experts have also pointed to instances of suspicious activity surrounding Ms. Gabbard’s campaign — in particular, a Twitter hashtag, #KamalaHarrisDestroyed, that trended among Ms. Gabbard’s supporters after the first Democratic debate, and appeared to be amplified by a coordinated network of bot-like accounts — but there is no evidence of coordination between these networks and the campaign itself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard.html

[Cha]

53. Yeah, What IS gabbard up to?! She likes to disingenuously

point fingers at Dems..

Link to tweet

Mahalo for the article, lapucelle!

What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?

As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her.

By Lisa Lerer
Published Oct. 12, 2019
Updated Oct. 18, 2019

An independent analysis of the Russian news media found that RT, the Kremlin-backed news agency, mentioned Ms. Gabbard frequently for a candidate polling in single digits, according to data collected by the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a group that seeks to track and expose efforts by authoritarian regimes to undermine democratic elections.

Disinformation experts have also pointed to instances of suspicious activity surrounding Ms. Gabbard’s campaign — in particular, a Twitter hashtag, #KamalaHarrisDestroyed, that trended among Ms. Gabbard’s supporters after the first Democratic debate, and appeared to be amplified by a coordinated network of bot-like accounts — but there is no evidence of coordination between these networks and the campaign itself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard.html

[lapucelle]

54. That's a Sean Hannity talking point.

SMH

Mahalo for the tweet.

[Cha]

55. Hmmm.. coincidence?

[LanternWaste]

65. I hate it when candidates are vetted.

Really roughs up the daily narrative.

Soft-ball questions only should be allowed. Covered in mayonnaise... as it looks like ice-cream for the sundae.

[IronLionZion]

23. Sounds like Trump

her tweets look like Trump's. Her supporters look like Trump's.

[Joe941]

46. Because they are both owned by the same person.

[pintobean]

24. So, she's not denying something she hasn't been accused of?

Carlson’s question was facetious.

[stonecutter357]

27. Hillary Clinton is 100 % right .

[dlk]

37. It's telling Gabbard tweeted false, Republican talking points about Hillary

I was surprised when Gabbard stated in the last debate she had reached out to Trey Gowdy, a hyper-partisan zealot. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

[IronLionZion]

41. Jill Stein denies being a Russian spy or asset, Tulsi Gabbard has not

[Gothmog]

43. K&R

[doc03]

51. Clinton didn't name her she outed herself. nt

[PhoenixDem]

62. Yep -- no denial whatsoever n/t

[at140]

66. Trump feeds Clinton-Gabbard feud

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-clinton-gabbard-russian-agent-feud-185546791.html

Trump loves to be Putin's surrogate.

[Cha]

67. Yeah.. she can't answer the question.