Democratic activists worry Tulsi Gabbard will launch third-party presidential run 'to help Donald

[TexasTowelie]

Democratic activists worry Tulsi Gabbard will launch third-party presidential run ‘to help Donald Trump win’


By Douglas Perry | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Ronald Reagan famously postulated an Eleventh Commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”

Democrats desperate for a united front against President Donald Trump have hoped their presidential candidates this year would follow a similar decree.

This was, of course, wishful thinking. The knives are out. The latest to strike: Hawaii Democratic Congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, who took a swipe this week at the candidate who’s arguably the primary race’s new front-runner.

"I think one of the things I’m most concerned with is Kamala Harris is not qualified to serve as commander-in-chief, and I can say this from a personal perspective as a soldier,” Gabbard said.

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/07/democratic-activists-worry-tulsi-gabbard-will-launch-third-party-presidential-run-to-help-donald-trump-win.html

I hope that Tulsi does not choose the course of action suggested in the article.

Link to tweet

[JI7]

1. that's why i'm calling it out and i'm telling people not to take her side even if they agree

with some attack she does on another candidate.

her attacking KAmala harris over the Biden thing had nothing to do with defending Biden. so even if you think Harris' attack on Biden was BS, don't use Gabbard to support it. there are already many others you can use plus it hasn't really hurt Biden.

and i believe DebLasio is doing the same thing but he will more likely go after the male candidates.

remember that tulsi Gabbard also complained about how Elizabeth Warren was getting favorable attention from the media while she(gabbard) was being treated unfairly.

don't fall for the obvious bs.

Gabbard isn't running to win herself. she is running to make sure democrats lose .

[Cha]

3. Is it me or does

Gabbard seem to whine a lot?

I haven't used her for anything.. I hope Kai Kahele beats her in the primary.

[JI7]

4. yes, it started during the 2016 primaries when she joined with wikleaks, trump

and others in spreading the DNC conspiracy theories.

i hope she loses the congressional seat also. she really needs to be exposed .

[Cha]

2. If she does she'll go

down in eternal flames and her political career will be over.

I have no crystal ball.. but that's what I'd like to see happen if she so much as hinted a 3rd party run/or endorsing trump.

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. Do any Democrats care for her at all?

I seriously think she’d hurt Тяцмр more than she’d hurt us with a third party attempt.

Bernie would hurt us, she can’t.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Tom Perez needs to nip this in bud. Promise her a Cabinet position.

[brooklynite]

16. Setting aside the merits of buying off a candidate...

...what competency does she bring to a cabinet post?

[Funtatlaguy]

17. My post was tongue in cheek and none.

But in the era of Trump I’m not above us playing dirty this time if that’s what it takes to win

[wyldwolf]

8. I don't see her as the candidate most likely to do that

[NurseJackie]

9. You're not the only one who feels that way.

[Vinca]

10. I was just reading an article about her on HuffPo and 2 of the first comments made were

essentially "Tulsi is the Democrat's best chance to win in 2020." I thought I'd stumbled upon Russians, but maybe it's her campaign operatives.

[lark]

11. Tulsi Gabbard is this years' version of Jill Stein. n/t

[Skya Rhen]

12. Tulsi doesn't have the financial backing to do this. Schultz is who we should be keeping an eye on.

[brooklynite]

13. The gang at JPR seem equally split between Bernie and Tulsi

[ucrdem]

15. I think that cuts to the chase here. nt

[yardwork]

20. Not surprising at all, considering that JPR appears to be funded by Russian trolls.

[BootinUp]

14. I hope they are wrong, that would be like Treason

As far as I’m concerned.

[peggysue2]

18. I hope this isn't the case

If Gabbard were to do this, she'd be labeled a spoiler and her political career would go up in smoke. Anything's possible but she hasn't had very flattering things to say about the Trumpster.

Again, we could be looking at churn for the sake of churn and disruption by outsiders.

[Eric J in MN]

19. Anybody can smear anybody by saying

...the person will supposedly do something.

Tulsi Gabbard isn’t going to run as a Green in 2020.

Neera Tanden is the president of a big Establishment organization. Calling her a “Democratic activist” is misleading.

[Blue_true]

21. The Greens ran in 2008 and 2012.

They have an impact ONLY when we come into races divided, like we were in 2000 and 2016.

Let her run as a Green. That kills her House seat and she will have no impact on our Presidential candidate if we are united. My guess is that she would actually hurt Trump more.