Tulsi Gabbard: WikiLeaks ‘spurred some necessary change’

By Daniel Chaitin

Published February 17, 2019 6:54am ET

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Tulsi Gabbard: WikiLeaks ‘spurred some necessary change’ — Democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard speaks to Democrats gathered on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, at the Spratt Issues Conference in Greenville, S.C.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic candidate for president, defended the work of WikiLeaks during an event in New Hampshire on Saturday, saying the stolen information published by the secrets-leaking organization has “spurred some necessary change.”

The Hawaii Democrat appeared to be referring to the bombshell email dumps by WikiLeaks in 2016 which rocked several high-profile Democrats in an establishment Gabbard herself was rebelling against.

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