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Bayo Olorunto's avatar

Ad on Youtube by Mike Gabbard circa 1998 where he says because he can’t marry his daughter Tulsi, voters shouldn’t support “weird” ie gay marriages https://youtu.be/tXPH_b_ATio?feature=shared

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Bayo Olorunto's avatar

Tulsi Gabbard 2019 LGBTQ statement. (Her cult leader Chris Butler of Science of Identity Foundation has a long history against gay and muslim comminity. The question is what other positions, viewpoints, beliefs and convictions does she parrot for Chris Butler? https://youtu.be/eLb3KVBErig?feature=shared

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Bayo Olorunto's avatar

As an independent voter, after my profound shock of Trump's election win, I have come to understand the mentality of the "Trump Cult." They have many hyperbolic beliefs, fueled by the right-wing media juggernaut, that "If liberal media is against my gal, then she must be our Hero in Truth!" As Americans we must take this very seriously! We need more nuanced articles like these to proliferate into national discussion to hold politicians like Tulsi Gabbard accountable for their potential disastrous roles in the U.S. Government. For one, it is not enough to shout "She's A Russian Asset!" Or "She grew up in a weird cult" or "She's unqualified" and hope this message resonates and lands on Senators who will vet her. As Americans who value law, order, ethics, morality, national security, and democracy, if we want Trump's attempt at this fascist soft coup to fail, we must get more strategic and savvy. Look at this "Tulsi vs. Everybody" video: https://youtu.be/T_mq2x9nonA?feature=shared then read the comments. See how right-wing media propaganda operates and how people respond to it. Now multiply this video by 1000x. With Elon Musk, Fox, Breitbart and others such as Joe Rogan, PBD Podcast, Tucker, Glen Beck, Alex Jones, Megan Kelly. Their goal is to drowned out voices of reason. This is what we are up against. To us (intelligent Americans who read the Intelligencer and are critical thinkers or highly educated) it is obvious that Tulsi Gabbard is wholly unqualified to be DNI! But to MANY, including Senators loyal to Trump they are ready to put her in this position gladly and rapidly! Writing these articles is building awareness of WHO she is and is not at her core. Her amoral remoteness, and "anti-war" stance (if it is in favor of fascist right wing regimes as in India and Syria) however, is fueled by the mysterious ambiguity of her hundreds of contradictory political positions: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Tulsi_Gabbard one big reason Trump won aside from racism, misogyny, and sexism was messaging that did not penetrante this MAGA "Bubble of Falsehood" built around American First Patriotism. Tulsi Gabbard's entire book For Love Of Country lacks basic references. It is essentially propaganda. Something has to be done to translate this so that in these Senate hearings Senators do not give her softball questions and pass her through. We ALL need to make lists and lists of detailed questions for all.of Trump's Cabinet picks and DEMAND our state Senators must ask OUR questions if they would like to remain in office! If they put these people like Pete Hegeseth in charge of Defense and Tulsi Gabbard in charge of National Intelligence, their Senate confirmation hearings should stand as evidence that they ignored the investigative questions of constituents in order to placate a loyalist cabinet for Trump with attempts to dismantle the U.S. administrative state. Can you imagine Tulsi Gabbard preparing the Intelligence briefings for Trump everyday, and he doesnt read them or tells her, "Sure Tulsi, whatever you want!"

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KEITH TAYLOR's avatar

And now kids are being raised to believe Donald Trump is God's voice on earth.

The voice of ignorant, bigoted, destructive stupidity is what he is.

But then, if you accept that the King James Bible is the authentic word of God, maybe it's the same thing.

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Buchs's avatar

Butlers Aura is dim.

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algore lactating's avatar

this is an insult to krishnacore.

shelter should sue chris butler.

https://youtu.be/ACOStoKJgq4?si=OI-Yda2zTi1rd6Z8

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Gyrene's avatar

TFG “won” the “election” by only, only 1.2% of the voters in 2024. Elon Musk, Billionaire and owner of the algorithm, Twitter, poured millions and millions of dollars into the T presidential campaign. Therefore, Musk is now the shadow President of the United States. And he did so without even breaking a sweat.

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Marla's avatar

Gabbard couldn't even pass a decurity check to work at one of the alphabet agencies she's supposed to oversee, much less to be the director of national intelligence and oversee all 17 of them.

And to top it off, she's not blonde with big ta-tas. So, what's the appeal?

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Jane Lockhart's avatar

She is pure cult result

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Birb-General of the US's avatar

If America ever has a "gang of four" to be discredited after the death of Chairman Donald, I think Tulsi will be one of them.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. Yes, scary shit.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Something tells me we're going to be the last to know when someone tries to Bin Laden us again.

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tempusfugit's avatar

Repulsi Crappard is about as shit as they come.

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Janice Laz- Romo's avatar

That is one big shit cult! She still calls the big kahuna her guru? I would have had more hope for her if she shaved her head, put on an orange robe and sang, “Hare Krishna” at her local airport

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Anotherangle01's avatar

"So he (Chris) founded his own thing, which involved him living with two dozen 18-to-22-year-olds in a Quonset hut under a freeway, beating bongos and arranging his followers’ marriages."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwkCbsnxscg

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PS: Having parents named Mike and Carol (tons of Brady Bunch references, so maybe hide in a cult to get away from that) and growing up in a deranged cult like this would go a long ways to explain who Tulsi really is.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

A power-hungry sociopath?

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Anotherangle01's avatar

Who likes to follow a strong leader who does the thinking for them..

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Lionel “8647” Hutz's avatar

"which involved him living with two dozen 18-to-22-year-olds in a Quonset hut under a freeway, beating bongos and arranging his followers’ marriages."

One of my favorite lines from the first season of True Blood, delivered by Sam:

"It's just that in my experience, no good can come from drum music. Follow it, all it ever leads you to is hippies or cults."

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Lionel “8647” Hutz's avatar

And when you looked back and saw only one set of footprints in the sand . . .

The toenails over by them are mine and you should eat them.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

You gonna finish those toenails?

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