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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTucker Carlson: Tulsi Gabbard's Being 'Smeared' With Dishonest Attacks
by Josh Feldman | Jan 14th, 2019, 9:26 pm
Tucker Carlson ended his show Monday night with a defense of Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on the dishonest attacks against her.
Gabbard said a few days ago shes made the decision to run for president and, as Carlson put it, since then she has been savaged by the left.
Gabbard is a veteran of the Iraq War. Shes been smeared as a puppet of Bashar Assad in Syria because she opposes keeping American troops in that country, Carlson said.
He also brought up the controversy surrounding her past anti-gay views. CNNs KFILE reported this weekend on Gabbards past work for an anti-gay group that promoted conversion therapy. In a statement, she said, I regret the positions I took in the past, and the things I said. Im grateful for those in the LGBTQ+ community who have shared their aloha with me throughout my personal journey Much work remains to ensure equality and civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans and if elected President, I will continue to fight for equal rights for all.
Carlson then spoke with Glenn Greenwald and asked how she became an enemy to people. Greenwald, while noting some issues he doesnt agree with Gabbard on, said its because of her resignation from the DNC (and subsequent support of Bernie Sanders) and because shes been questioning a lot of Washington orthodoxy that both political parties support, including why it is we continue to try to change the regimes of countries far away in like Syria and why we continue to prop up regimes that make the world hate us like we do in Saudi Arabia.
Carlson added that theres something dishonest about the way they're attacking her.
If you dont like her foreign policy views, then just say so, he continued. But no one ever really wants to debate what our foreign policy should be, they just attack anybody who deviates from their own dumb ideas.
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Tucker Carlson: Tulsi Gabbard's Being 'Smeared' With Dishonest Attacks (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2019
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hlthe2b
(102,562 posts)1. well, that should help her with the Fox-watching ''Democratic" demographic....
I wonder how many of those will vote in the primaries?
Things that (should) make you go hmmmmmmm.
Things that (should) make you go hmmmmmmm.
rurallib
(62,483 posts)2. If you are a democrat and Tucker Carlson is shilling for you
that is a bad sign.
Squinch
(51,090 posts)3. They sure do love her over at the Russia Today network.
Bettie
(16,151 posts)4. If Tucker Carlson is taking up for you
then, you probably aren't going to survive a Democratic primary.
Tarc
(10,478 posts)5. The Bowtie Fascist is just being an opportunist here
He is completely opposed to anything Gabbard stands for.
yardwork
(61,795 posts)10. Actually, many of Gabbard's positions align closely with Trump's and Putin's.
Gabbard is in favor of isolationism and authoritarian nationalism. No wonder Tucker likes her.
kcr
(15,329 posts)11. If that were the case
then he and the rest of them would defend AOC in a similar manner, but you never see that. No, it's a pretty clear indicator of who Tabbard really is. Her decision to run just might come back to bite her long term because it's going to expose this reality on a bigger stage.
And Im sure Tulsi doesnt want this kicked.
allgood33
(1,584 posts)7. So now they (Russian pawns) are going to use Tulsi to divide us.
Let the truths begin. Why doesn't she run as a Republican?
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)8. Very telling
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)9. "Dishonest attacks" such as posting her public statements /nt