Rep.Tulsi Gabbard: People Warned Me Against Endorsing Sanders

[Purveyor]

By Eliza Collins
03/01/16 11:43 PM EST

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said that even though "a lot of people" warned her against endorsing Bernie Sanders, she did it anyway because of the "high stakes" around the coming election.

The Hawaii Democrat was speaking to MSNBC Tuesday night when host Brian Williams asked her about splitting with many in her party in her endorsement.

“Congresswoman, I know that as an Iraq war veteran, you don’t scare easily, but you obviously have gained doubt, what happens if by splitting with the Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Clinton, DNC, and let’s say Sen. Sanders is not successful, how unpleasant life can become for a Democrat in the house under a president Clinton?” Williams asked.
Tulsi Gabbard: People warned me against endorsing Sanders

“I’ll be very honest with you, a lot of people warned me against doing what I did,” Gabbard said. “And what I did speaks to the high stakes that exists.”

Specifically, Gabbard said those "high stakes" were the nation's ongoing war efforts and the fact that she disagrees with Clinton’s foreign policy record.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/tulsi-gabbard-bernie-sanders-220103#ixzz41mEDYOPt

[nc4bo]

1. We have a good idea of what happens to folks who don't bow down to Hillary.

Those lists..............

At least someone within the system has the courage to tell it like it is.

Bravo Tulsi Gabbard!

[Cleita]

2. I have been impressed with her honesty and straightforwardness.

Could she be a good candidate for Bernie's Veep?

[casperthegm]

3. It's Williams' question to her that bothers me most

"what happens if by splitting with the Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Clinton, DNC, and let’s say Sen. Sanders is not successful, how unpleasant life can become for a Democrat in the house under a president Clinton?”.

Call me naive, but any fellow democrat who has to worry about retribution from her fellow democrats for voicing her opinion...I have a hard time accepting that this should ever even be a concern. That's not what I envision the Democratic party being about. If it is, and I keep seeing posts telling me we need to all stick to together and support the party I can tell you what I think about that...

[99th_Monkey]

5. Subtext: "Everybody knows Clintons have a long Enemies List"

[CharlotteVale]

4. This is really disgusting, but totally unsurprising.