It hasn’t even been a full 24 hours since Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) announced her intentions to run for president in 2020, but the media attack dogs are already out in force.
While it might be surprising to some since she checks off all the diversity boxes – female, minority, and Democrat – it isn’t surprising because of her stances on foreign policy.
Right now, on the list of official contenders and rumored candidates, she is the only anti-war Democrat in the 2020 field. She opposes regime changes, calls out the military industrial-complex, slams the warmongering, and refuses to toe the party line of bombing Russia, bombing Syria, and bombing any region that Trump doesn’t want to.
Because of this, the name-calling has ensued, from Putin Puppet to Assad Agent to Right Wing Lunatic.
Here are some of the tweets from the mainstream media darlings:
The Daily Beast:
Tired of Putin? Vote Assad 2020!!!!!!! https://t.co/aMMF71wz69
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) January 11, 2019
CNN:
Tulsi Gabbard’s disturbing and singular denialism of Assad’s role in the brutal butchering of his own people, obliging a meeting with him and spreading his propaganda should be disqualifying. pic.twitter.com/EI3UiEvLuu
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) January 12, 2019
Axios:
Gabbard’s association with Hindu nationalists is odd, but her track record as an Assad apologist strikes me as being way more disturbing and likely disqualifying if she tried to run in 2020. https://t.co/bj4XoHvrEq by @shankarmya
— Zach Basu (@zacharybasu) January 5, 2019
The Palmer Report:
Tulsi Gabbard is where I draw the line. She’s a right wing lunatic, she supports Assad, she’s a Trump pal, she tried to sabotage the DNC from within in 2016, and Russia Today loves her. She’s the one Democrat I will oppose in 2020. She’s not a real Democrat, she’s Steve Bannon.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) January 12, 2019
Slate:
Tulsi Gabbard is an embarrassment to the Democratic Party and the country. Her presidential candidacy genuinely frightens me. https://t.co/EgGie3cIW2
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) January 11, 2019
Gabbard isn’t the greatest on the domestic front, though she calls out groups like the TSA, but her foreign policy positions are a welcomed improvement from what the traditional Republicans and Democrats stand for.
It is a sad state of affairs when the left embraces the neoconservatives, the military-industrial complex, perpetual war and regime change, and all of the establishment’s talking points. Heck, she could even draw support from conservatives, as Liberty Nation’s Mark Angelides writes:
“Gabbard wants troop withdrawal from almost everywhere, and she has opposed Democrat gun control bills on a number of occasions. Plus, recently retired Republican congressional brawler Trey Gowdy featured as one of Gabbard’s closest colleagues in the House. While these highlights may not be enough to swing a major voting bloc, they could be enough to worry the RNC.”
I’m looking forward to the debates when Gabbard pulls a Ron Paul and takes out the mainstream media and their support for eternal war.
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