Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumTulsi Gabbard, encouraged by Trump, may seek spoiler role
Bernie's protege Tulsi Gabbard is once again finding that the more she attacks Democrats the more attention she gets.
https://news.yahoo.com/tulsi-gabbard-encouraged-by-trump-may-seek-spoiler-role-175507843.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALMXgkkhapnq59wuXBYoEvPuVdU9QYsO_tYtvXJGW9IvHKm6C2gExqetkt1BmGabZW-ZtrLzXuJwerqQ-OZAdH7WjTtySpxbv2mi01elJfAsUMGmNldQW1gcgmGwFeLSpe5YXRgx2oxGhPP9JAKxdFs8XU3IRYnJ-Y52CfLIaVZc
That may not stop Gabbard from mounting a third-party White House bid and having a major impact on the 2020 election, and one person who is welcoming that prospect is President Trump.
I give her respect, Trump said of Gabbard during a Florida speech over the weekend at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. She didnt vote the other day. I give her a lot of respect because she knew it was wrong. She took a pass.
Gabbard explained that her vote of present on the two articles of impeachment against Trump was meant to break the zero-sum game of political gridlock in Washington.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)It would be virtually impossible for her to run as an Independent. She has a miniscule base of white men and would never be able to raise the cash needed .
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hedda_foil
(16,380 posts)This time it may backfire on them because Republicans like her and Dems decidedly don't.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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UCmeNdc
(9,602 posts)She will do it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
duforsure
(11,885 posts)And buy ads on social media for her promotion as a third party candidate.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)think she will hurt our candidate?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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dem4decades
(11,330 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)She keeps trying to warn us and people keep telling her to shut up. Pretty amazing.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Don1
(1,654 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Hillary was indeed correct when she said the Russians had their eye on a particular candidate, most likely Tulsi Gabbard "and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. Shes the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her, so far."
Why do you ask?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,887 posts)Forewarned is forearmed.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(298,318 posts)Hillary for not naming names but Gabbard raising her hand and going Berserk
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,887 posts)personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party" as if such an unhinged tweet wasn't giving Tulsi all the attention she was looking for.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(298,318 posts)have been all over that Hillary Derangement as in "Gabbard's not fit to serve".. going on tucker's fox show.. & Hannity.. followed up by Huckabee's.. oh Really?
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Uh huh.. "..queen of warmongers.."? I'm calling BS.. I call Gabbard "queen of warmongers".
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(12,008 posts)Unless I missed something, I don't see anything that justifies the article's headline, except the writer's opinion, unless you count his reference to Hillary's comment... in which case this is not evidence of Hillary being proven right, but just someone else again saying that Hillary has said this.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dweller
(23,731 posts)yeh go for it
✌🏼
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Harker
(14,156 posts)won't spoil anything but her taste for elected office.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
kozar
(2,160 posts)why would she publicly endorse Biden?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Capt. America
(2,478 posts)all of the requirements in time.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Who cares what she does?!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Don1
(1,654 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"one (such as a political candidate) having little or no chance of winning but capable of depriving a rival of success..."
(Merriam-Webster)
Hope that assists you in your confusion!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Don1
(1,654 posts)She was neither a spoiler, nor did she become an INDEPENDENT third-party candidate.
This was a false narrative.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)That's what it means.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
(beyond that, you should peddle your 'false narrative' tale to someone who cares... and that ain't me, chippy)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Don1
(1,654 posts)She was not a spoiler, a Russian agent/asset/useful idiot, and nor was she trying to become an independent.
That was a false narrative.
Those are conspiracy theories coming from somewhere.
Do you agree or disagree?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RandySF
(60,188 posts)She just endorsed Joe.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kozar
(2,160 posts)Jill Stein never endorsed Hillary,,, Tulsi did,,,in my mind once she endorsed JB publicly,, we can all lay down our beliefs, and just know this is different than Jill Stein or anything else.
Koz
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
True Blue American
(18,001 posts)He sent her a very nice thank you praising her service to the Country!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kozar
(2,160 posts)yes he has some faults and mixes words right now,,, but my 60 year old brain knows ,, We just need Joe in charge of this country. And for the record,,just so I can say this,,, I supported through my posts here, a Biden /Harris ticket even before Joe decided to jump in, our country needs Joe right now, if for no other reason that there is no learning curve involved. He can step in and start fixing instead of taking a couple weeks to find out "what offices are where" And after 4 years,, he has made Harris with knowledge for 2024
Koz
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lark
(23,237 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
obnoxiousdrunk
(2,913 posts)It's click bait...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Blue Owl
(50,664 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
True Blue American
(18,001 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sop
(10,359 posts)seek re-election last September, to devote herself to her presidential campaign. Maybe now, after suspending her campaign and endorsing Biden, she'll seek another term. Marco Rubio did the same thing in 2016. If she has any future political ambitions, Gabbard would be foolish to play the role of spoiler.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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