Tulsi Gabbard votes present

[berni_mccoy]

[hatrack]

1. Fucking coward!

Pathetic.

[bluestarone]

7. +1

[BuffaloJackalope]

19. this

[NurseJackie]

42. NAILED IT!

[rufus dog]

2. will Bernie support that outright gutless move? NT

[mvd]

9. Of course not

Gabbard isn’t even linked with him except online in some places.

[W_HAMILTON]

43. For someone not linked, Sanders sure ran to her defense at the last debate.

[JonLP24]

47. How so?

He doesn't get involved with whoever Tulsi is debating. If anything he draws contrasts between him and Joe Biden as respectfully as he can.

[W_HAMILTON]

48. Did you watch the last debate?

He most certainly did interrupt an exchange between Gabbard and Buttigieg, I believe, to come to her defense.

[JonLP24]

49. The moderators went to Bernie Sanders and he went on his own points

He wasn't involved with that exchange between Gabbard/Buttigieg but at this point I'm not supporting either so they both have positions I don't like. The moderators went to Bernie Sanders and he gave his own points.

[W_HAMILTON]

59. That's completely wrong.

You can watch the exchange here, beginning around the 01:46:16 mark:

Tulsky and Buttigieg are going back and forth and then Sanders interrupts to save Tulsky and starts up with his usual stump speech and THEN the moderator recognizes him.

[JonLP24]

64. Either way Bernie Sanders wasn't taking sides

Buttigieg was wrong when he said he was open to using troops to fight drug cartels him saying he wasn't suggesting he'd invade Mexico wasn't anything she said so I doubt he was "saving" anyone though Buttigieg put up more of a fight than Kamala Harris.

[W_HAMILTON]

68. Sanders came to her rescue.

Tulsky was getting rightfully beat up on by Buttigieg for her ignorant claim that he was for advocating that we invade Mexico (LOL) and explaining his actual position.

And Harris also beat up on her earlier in the night, which was just as comical.

[JonLP24]

69. Actually she never claimed Buttigieg said he wanted to invade Mexico

Pete Buttigieg says he’s open to sending U.S. troops to Mexico

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said at a Latino forum in Los Angeles on Sunday that he’d be willing to send U.S. troops into Mexico to combat gang and drug violence.

“There is a scenario where we could have security cooperation,” Buttigieg said.

Even so, he added a caveat: “I’d only order American troops into conflict if American lives were on the line and if it was necessary to meet treaty obligations.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article237463004.html

Like I said I don't support Buttigieg or Tulsi Gabbard.

[seaglass]

58. She's a fellow of the Sanders Institute.

https://www.sandersinstitute.com/about/fellows

[dalton99a]

3. Not enough evidence. Hard to decide.

[pintobean]

4. lol

[Kali]

46. interesting, can still reply to this

sent you a PM or maybe somebody will let you know

[beaglelover]

62. Why are you clapping?

[MrsCoffee]

71. He who laughs last and all.

How did I miss this. Didn’t even get to say goodbye.

[Takket]

5. way to take a stand for something, tulsi.....

i mean honestly, who do you appeal to by voting present?

Dems?
Rethugs?

NOBODY!!!!!!!!!

[FBaggins]

52. Independents who are angry at both parties?

3rd party run?

I thought she already ruled that out... but politicians have changed their minds before.

[Wounded Bear]

6. I guess that's supposed to look better than 'Nay'...

[Scurrilous]

37. Or 'nyet'...

[JonLP24]

8. I'm done

This was the last straw for me.

[CatMor]

10. No surprise ....

seems everything she does now is to stay in the news. Can't wait until she's gone.

[BKDem]

28. One would hope she is gone now.

What exactly is her appeal? I struggle to see anything.

[CatMor]

35. I guess it's men who support her ...

I'm with you regarding her appeal.

[John Fante]

55. She appeals to the "Bernie or Bust" crowd.

Which is a really a "Bernie or Trump" crowd.

[mvd]

11. Terribly cowardly

I have always seen her as a phony progressive. Something off with her.

[madaboutharry]

12. Former Sen. Claire McCaskill:

“That is stupid.”

[USALiberal]

20. +1000! nt

[jcgoldie]

32. Yes Claire's getting in some good ones tonight

My wife also cheered her for shutting down Nicole Wallace talking about Donald Trump with no clothes!

[stopwastingmymoney]

40. I saw that! I think my mouth dropped open, love it, nt

[TheBlackAdder]

13. I guess she won't go FULL FOX until she becomes one of their paid contributors.

[bdamomma]

14. russian

mole

[we can do it]

15. Fuck her, Russian tool.

[ecstatic]

16. Even more dead to me.

If that's possible.

[demtenjeep]

17. looks like she voted no on article II

she is done

[BluesRunTheGame]

18. Tulsi's a kook.

[Hekate]

22. Tulsi's a mole

Just sayin'

[BluesRunTheGame]

24. You might be right.

When she left the DNC leadership to endorse Bernie I suspected something was amiss. I like Bernie a lot but could never get myself to believe that Tulsi was a ‘for real’ progressive.

[Hekate]

26. A lot of research has been done into her upbringing in a highly authoritarian closed religious group

She hasn't got a democratic bone in her body, is my guess.

Edited to add: many links inside
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287281984

[Hekate]

21. Claire McCaskill slapped her around for that, too.

Something like, "I don't know what that young woman thinks she's doing!" in a disgusted tone of voice.

[tenderfoot]

23. From twitter...

Link to tweet

[rufus dog]

25. Can we suspend alerts and use the "C" word? WTH I'm doing it

Chicken!

[llmart]

27. What a coward.

She needs to be gone.

Have some conviction already, Tulsi.

[blm]

29. No real guts. All show, no guts.

[roamer65]

30. Lame excuse just read from her on CNN.

What a coward.

[underpants]

31. I was just about to post on this.

Can't be more ducklike.

[BlueTsunami2018]

33. She really is the worst.

Such a weasel.

[XRubicon]

34. Yeah, she is who we thought she was...

[hughee99]

36. Can't remember where I read this...

Don't bash Democratic public figures
Do not post disrespectful nicknames, insults, or highly inflammatory attacks against any Democratic public figures. Do not post anything that could be construed as bashing, trashing, undermining, or depressing turnout for any Democratic general election candidate, and do not compare any Democratic general election candidate unfavorably to their general election opponent(s).

I know I’ve seen it somewhere online.

[Hekate]

38. Suggest you read up on the lady & get back to us...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287281984

I have included links to other links within my post there.

Depending how you feel afterward, you may certainly alert on each of us in this thread if you so choose.

[hughee99]

39. There's nothing I can read that will change the DU rules.

I know who she is, it’s just interesting to see how people feel about the rules when they don’t allow them say what they really want to.

[tenderfoot]

51. It is really depressing when someone claims to be a Dem and does everything they can to undermine...

the party. Like Tulsi Gabbard.

[NYC Liberal]

53. The OP was a statement of fact.

Where in the OP do you see "bashing"?

[hughee99]

56. Not in the OP, but you've read the rest of the thread.

[sweetloukillbot]

54. So report it if you're concerned

[USALiberal]

61. Alert it or quit whining! nt

[Iggo]

41. Has she dropped out of the race for the Dem nomination yet?

[GaYellowDawg]

44. ...and that's how you poll 0%.

She gone.

[Initech]

45. Was it roll call?

[Blue Owl]

50. Fuckabee's little protegee

[milestogo]

60. What a dipshit thing to do.

[Johonny]

63. Many doubt the accuracy of that statement

she hasn't been present in years.

[Seasider]

65. Wonder how Jimmy Dore is gonna spin this one

He's had a real soft spot for Tulsi on his show.

[JonLP24]

66. Jimmy Dore is probably against impeachment

He is even bashing AOC on Twitter.

Link to tweet

[scrabblequeen40]

67. A Russian Asset is as a Russian Asset Does....