Tulsi Gabbard's House Primary Challenger Kai Kahele

[IronLionZion]

https://www.kaikahele.com/
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kaiforcongress

If you want to support a Democrat, support a Democrat.

Kai Kahele served in Afghanistan and Iraq and is a Native Hawaiian. Kai currently serves as Majority Floor Leader of the Hawaiʻi State Senate and is a veteran with over 18 years of service.

[Mike Nelson]

1. Yay Kai!

[blm]

2. Sending bucks. Thank you, Iron.

[riversedge]

3. Very lovely photo of his family.

[efhmc]

23. Lovely family and best of all a real Democrat.

[lapfog_1]

4. done. $25 a month until election

[Cha]

12. Wow! You're Great, lapfrog!

Mahalo!

[IronLionZion]

5. Kai's response: Did Donald Trump steal Tulsiʻs phone?

Link to tweet

[mahina]

8. Priceless!

I’m supporting him to but Tulsi hasn’t even indicated whether she’s running or not - she may not.

[WinstonSmith4740]

18. Hm-m-m-m.

Hillary never mentioned her by name. What makes Tulsi think Hillary was talking about her...unless she's right.

Tulsi's a Dino & Putin tool. The only question here is will Jill Stein be willing to step aside and let Tulsi take her place in Putin's heart.

[Bev54]

46. Thing is...

She went after Hillary but she never once denied being a Russian asset.

[WinstonSmith4740]

49. You bet.

I'd say she outed herself here.

[MontanaMama]

24. Holy hell.

Tulsi is NOt one of us. Anybody supporting her isn’t one of us either. #notyoutulsi. Donating to Kai right now. Let’s get Kia across the finish line.

[blm]

28. Great response.

[proud patriot]

30. LOL

As her constituent She Never answers her phone .. I've tried and tried .. mailbox is always full ..

[IronLionZion]

41. Sounds like she's neglecting her constituents

and you might want some better representation

[proud patriot]

43. Bingo

I like Kai

[progressoid]

6. *snort*

I remember when DU went ape shit because AOC dared to challenge a sitting Dem in a primary. We're supposed to support sitting Democrats no matter how awful they might be.

[IronLionZion]

7. If you want to support a Democrat, support a Democrat.

[WinstonSmith4740]

19. Damn straight!

And she's not one.

[Tarc]

31. Well, if we don't have a sitting Democrat in a given race...

It's wide open.

[Blue_true]

39. You are wrong. DU was split when AOC challenged the former Congressman.

Some were for her challenge, others were not. It was the same after she won the primary.

Generally, I am ok with a primary challenge when the officeholder has lost touch with his or her constituency. I think Tulsi is just wrong for her district, therefore I support her challenger.

[Cha]

54. Your "snort" deflection isn't working.. this is about

Kai Kahele.. the people of Hawaii deserve better.

But local insiders say a primary challenge from state Sen. Kai Kahele is to be taken seriously, in part because he already has high-profile support among towering local officials.

That includes three former governors in the local Democratic establishment: Neil Abercrombie, Ben Cayetano and John Waihee, who don't often appear as a bloc.

"That gives a pretty good indication of how the mainstream Democratic Party here regards her," said Colin Moore, director of the Public Policy Center at the University of Hawaii.

Kahele told CNN on Monday that his campaign had its best day of fundraising when Gabbard and Clinton clashed.
Gabbard has not formally announced a reelection bid for her House seat. Candidates have until June 2, 2020, to file for that November's election.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/21/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-hawaii-hillary-clinton/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=image&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2019-10-22T01%3A04%3A06

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Mahalo, Goth! https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=320221

[Otto Lidenbrock]

9. A veteran with sane democratic principles and character

Nice! Will chip in!

I think it's great he's a veteran just for the fact the one card Tulsi holds up for sympathy is eliminated.

[Cha]

11. Precisely!

[Cha]

10. Oh Mahalo for posting the pic of his family, ILZ!

Beautiful!

[11cents]

13. Done. Thank you.

Gabbard is truly sinister, with her ties to the pro-Assad alt-right and "Hindutva" fascism.

[AllyCat]

14. CBS reporting on Clinton's comments about his opponent

Gabbard’s “defense” sounds like slamming the Democratic Party. Support her opponent if you too, are confused by what she is saying.

[groundloop]

16. Yes, I'm very confused by what Gabbard is saying

Although it kind of seems that she's self destructing.

[Hortensis]

37. Yes. She always seems to soil whatever nest she tries out.

It's actually not an uncommon pattern. Anyone can run for office, and some pols have a real talent for self aggrandization but then flaws or lack of suitability don't allow them to maintain what they achieve.

Newt Gingrich is an old but famous example, rose to Nancy's position of great power but then self destructed, been selling his name and fake cancer cures in the swamp ever since. Tom The Hammer Delay's another memorable one. She won't rise to that, certainly, but if she were to make a third-party run she might make it into the history books before disappearing.

Hope to hell not.

What a nice-looking family. Hope he does very well.

[catbyte]

15. I'd vote for him.

[MBS]

17. $$ are very tight right now, but I sent him money a few days ago.

He seems to be a very worthy (and sane and balanced) guy. Wish I lived in Hawaii, so I could vote for him, too!

[trof]

20. I WANT that shirt! Way cool!

Aircraft looks like a T-38.
Way cool bird too.
Flew them in pilot training.

[blm]

29. That shirt looks like a Procol Harum album cover

[Gothmog]

21. I will be donating to this candidate

[ismnotwasm]

22. K&R

[proud patriot]

25. He'll get my vote

For sure , gonna get a bumper sticker too ..

[George II]

26. Just contributed a small amount. Only the second out-of-state candidate I've contributed to....

....the other one was Sharice Davids last year.

I wonder how many contributions and how much he's gotten today as a result of Gabbard going after our Hillary Clinton?

[VarryOn]

27. It does concern me that he ex-military...

I’m going to hope he’s better than Gabbard, though.

[mcar]

32. Kick!

[The Liberal Lion]

33. THANK GOODNESS!!!!!

[RandySF]

34. I gave earlier this year.

[PatrickforO]

35. I expect Kai will beat Gabbard in the primary.

[madaboutharry]

36. I just donated a little to his campaign.

I hope he gets a lot of contributions now that people outside of Hawaii have a clear picture of Tulsi.

[nycbos]

38. Just donated.

[IronLionZion]

40. Kai Kahele Runs For U.S. Congress - FULL SPEECH (Jan. 21, 2019)

The incumbent might be neglecting the constituents of her district.

[blm]

52. Great thread, Iron.

.

[herding cats]

42. I've got a little extra money this week.

I don't need anything extra, and this donation will make me feel good.

[IronLionZion]

44. State Senator Kehele is solidly in support of Trump's impeachment

unlike the incumbent in that House district

More info:

Kai Kahele Applauds US House On Impeachment Move https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/kai-kahele-applauds-us-house-on-impeachment-move/

Tulsi Gabbard Wants A New Job. A Primary Challenger Wants Her Current One. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kai-kahele-tulsi-gabbard-hawaii-2020_n_5d9503dbe4b0f5bf796ea5c8

His full name is Kaiali'i Kahele https://ballotpedia.org/Kaiali%27i_Kahele

On the issues https://votesmart.org/candidate/167669/kaialii-kahele

And his platform looks to be reliably liberal https://www.kaikahele.com/priorities/

[ancianita]

45. Impressive in photos, on paper and IRL.

[58Sunliner]

47. Great!

[Stuart G]

48. k and r..for exposure

[Gothmog]

50. House seat challenger @kaikahele beating Tulsi Gabbard with Hawaii donors

Link to tweet

[madaboutharry]

51. I made a small donation.

I hope he wins.

[Gothmog]

53. I like the discussion of Kahele in this CNN article

This is an interesting article https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/21/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-hawaii-hillary-clinton/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=image&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2019-10-22T01%3A04%3A06

But local insiders say a primary challenge from state Sen. Kai Kahele is to be taken seriously, in part because he already has high-profile support among towering local officials.

That includes three former governors in the local Democratic establishment: Neil Abercrombie, Ben Cayetano and John Waihee, who don't often appear as a bloc.

"That gives a pretty good indication of how the mainstream Democratic Party here regards her," said Colin Moore, director of the Public Policy Center at the University of Hawaii.

Kahele told CNN on Monday that his campaign had its best day of fundraising when Gabbard and Clinton clashed.
Gabbard has not formally announced a reelection bid for her House seat. Candidates have until June 2, 2020, to file for that November's election.

[Gothmog]

55. We don't have full-time representation here in Hawaiʻi,

Link to tweet

[Cha]

56. Mahalo!