Tulsi Gabbard responds to Hillary Clinton: "She knows she can't control me"
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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is running for the Democratic nomination, fired back Friday after Hillary Clinton suggested the Russians are "grooming" a candidate for a third-party run to disrupt the 2020 election. In an interview with CBSN on Friday night, Gabbard said Clinton "knows she can't control me."
"This is a message to every veteran in this country who has put their life on the line to serve our country, to every single American who believes strongly that we must end this long-standing foreign policy of being the world's police and ending these regime-change wars, which is really the legacy of Hillary Clinton, then we are traitors to the nation that we love," said Gabbard, who is a veteran.
In an interview with David Plouffe, the campaign manager for President Obama's 2008 campaign, for his podcast Campaign HQ, Clinton discussed Russian interference in the 2016 election and likely intrusion into the 2020 election.
"They're also going to do third party again. And I'm not making any predictions, but I think they've got their eye on somebody who's currently in the Democratic primary. And they're grooming her to be the third party candidate," Clinton said presumably about Gabbard, referring to Russian efforts to support third party candidate Jill Stein in 2016.
"She's the favorite of the Russians, they have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far, and - that's assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not, because she is also a Russian asset — yeah, she's a Russian asset! I mean totally!" Clinton continued. Clinton supporters have alleged that Stein served as a spoiler in the 2016 election.
"They know they can't win without a third-party candidate. And so, I don't know who it's gonna be, but I can guarantee they'll have a vigorous third party challenge in the key states that they most need it," Clinton said about the Russians.
Gabbard insisted to CBSN she would not be running as a third-party candidate.
"I've been very clear, I will not be leaving the Democratic party, I will not be running as an independent or a third-party candidate," Gabbard said. "I am running as a Democrat to take our party back, away from the control of people like Hillary Clinton and the warmongering and corrupt, powerful establishment and return our party into the hands of the people. Make it so the Democratic party is once again a party of, by and for the people, a party that will fight for the people, fight to protect the planet and that will fight for peace."
By Friday night, Gabbard had sent around fundraising emails about Clinton's comments.
While some 2020 Democratic contenders shied away from addressing the conflict, Andrew Yang tweeted his support for Gabbard. "Tulsi Gabbard deserves much more respect and thanks than this," he wrote. "She literally just got back from serving our country abroad."
Donald Trump is not the only 2016 major party nominee that is unhinged.
Tulsi Gabbard has gotten more publicity in the mainstream media in the last 24 hours then she has during entire campaign because of this.
Tulsi Gabbard and Jill Stein are probably going to have a lot more money for their 2024 campaigns due to the libel suits forthcoming.
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19 Oct 2019, 3:12 am
Do you have any evidence for that? Democratic voters want someone like Tulsi or Bernie. The scumbag corrupted parasites that control the party want to put in a compromised yes person like Clinton etc. If Tulsi is a Republican operative she's not doing a very good job by saying Trump has blood on his hands and calling him and Pence out for their unholy relationship with Saudi Arabia. For once do try to think before you post.
