2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is using Hillary Clinton’s recent attack against her to ask for donations to her campaign.
“Hillary Clinton just went on David Plouffe’s podcast and accused Tulsi Gabbard — a combat veteran, soldier and Major in the Army National Guard — of being ‘groomed’ to be a ‘Russian asset,'” the Hawaii congresswoman said in a Friday email to supporters. “When Tulsi said on that debate stage Tuesday night ‘when I look out at our country, I do not see deplorables, I see fellow Americans,’ she was talking about this. She was standing up to a corrupt party elite that holds exactly this kind of contempt for We, the People.”
Gabbard, who served in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009, continued hitting back at the former secretary of state.
“The utter disdain for the truth — and refusal to face their own failures and hypocrisy — shown by establishment warmongers and their corporate media lackeys is not only insulting, it’s a threat to our democracy. From media blackouts, to baseless smears about Tulsi’s religion and progressive record, to outright despicable attacks by the New York Times, CNN, Neera Tanden and now Hillary Clinton on Tulsi’s loyalty to the country she risked her life to serve: Hillary Clinton and her establishment cronies have their knives out for Tulsi, using her as an example in their campaign to intimidate and silence those who dare to stand up for peace,” the email continued.
After calling Clinton’s “outrageous” attack an attack on “anyone who stands up for peace,” Gabbard asked supporters to contribute $25 “so we can put it straight to work in getting Tulsi’s message against the divisive smear merchants in front of as many Americans as possible before the end of the weekend.”
In a Thursday podcast interview, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee insinuated that Gabbard is a “Russian asset,” arguing that the country is “grooming” her to spoil the 2020 election for Democrats via a third party run without mentioning the Hawaii Democrat my name.
In response, Gabbard called Clinton “the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long.” She also called Clinton’s statement a message to “every veteran” that “you’re also a traitor to this country.”
Additionally, the New York Times published an article earlier this week accusing Gabbard of being a Russian stooge and alt-right figurehead, and a CNN commentator called her a “puppet for the Russian government.” Gabbard slammed both criticisms during Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate as “completely despicable.”
