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applegrove

(132,217 posts)
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 07:19 PM Jul 2023

RFK Jr. Floats Tulsi Gabbard As Potential Secretary Of State

RFK Jr. Floats Tulsi Gabbard As Potential Secretary Of State

ROBERT MCGREEVY
CONTRIBUTOR
June 30, 2023

https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/30/rfk-jr-tulsi-gabbard-secretary-state/

"SNIP.........

Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. floated former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s name as his potential pick for Secretary of State in a Thursday interview with Reason Magazine.

Speaking with the libertarian magazine’s Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller, Kennedy said that while he didn’t want to reveal too much, Gabbard is a person whose diplomacy skills he admires. “I don’t really want to telegraph my choices like that [but] I love Tulsi Gabbard … she understands the importance of disentangling, of unraveling the empire and unravelling the war machine.”

Gabbard and Kennedy have aligned ideologically in the past, apparently unafraid to break from their party’s orthodoxy. Gabbard, who abandoned the Democratic Party in October 2022, calling them an “elitist cabal of warmongers,” is known for separating herself from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Democratic lawmakers when she stepped down as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 2016 to support Bernie Sanders’ candidacy.

The very first line on Kennedy’s campaign website is “We will end the forever wars.” The two have also both been lightning rods for attacks from the Democratic Party in the past. Both have been labeled Russian assets or Putin sycophants for their views on Russian election meddling and the war in Ukraine.

.........SNIP"

Applegrove:

(I know, I know the Daily Caller. Thought it was important that RFKJr loves only other cultists it seems)

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RFK Jr. Floats Tulsi Gabbard As Potential Secretary Of State (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2023 OP
Russian assets of a feather dalton99a Jul 2023 #1
No shit... on our ticket.. Cha Jul 2023 #9
Sounds like he MuseRider Jul 2023 #2
He's talking like he actually thinks he can win Doc Sportello Jul 2023 #3
What about Jill Stein, must be a place for her too? brush Jul 2023 #4
She the RF running RF 3rd party Cornel West's run. Cha Jul 2023 #8
Excuse my language But No Fucking Cha Jul 2023 #5
The "Confederacy of Dunces" ticket. Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #6
Family needs to take control of his crazy ass. Joinfortmill Jul 2023 #7
The family does not back him. pandr32 Jul 2023 #10
In his case. . . TheBlackAdder Jul 2023 #16
Is this state in Russia? Johonny Jul 2023 #11
Putin puppets of a feather.... onecaliberal Jul 2023 #12
Insult.....injury n/t Lulu KC Jul 2023 #13
"We will end the forever wars."... by giving up all to Putin. keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #14
Right they'll let Putin Cha Jul 2023 #28
Of course he does. TheBlackAdder Jul 2023 #15
"Gabbard is a person whose diplomacy skills he admires ..." betsuni Jul 2023 #17
"Gabbard is a person whose diplomacy skills he admires." Takket Jul 2023 #18
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2023 #19
I know you like RFK, but he's a jerk GP6971 Jul 2023 #21
Did you MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #23
They always do. n/t GP6971 Jul 2023 #24
Ewwwww. Enjoy your stay. Hekate Jul 2023 #27
you are just so boring and predictable - and totally obsessed with trolling NewHendoLib Jul 2023 #29
Out of the chute being obvious. herding cats Jul 2023 #30
RFKJr is a colossal dirtbag. Given the bronxiteforever Jul 2023 #20
You might as well nominate Putin for president. Initech Jul 2023 #22
KINO (Kennedy In Name Only) LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #25
Oh good grief. mzmolly Jul 2023 #26
Made in heaven! UTUSN Jul 2023 #31
Hmmm.... ShazzieB Jul 2023 #32
Then what? Nina Turner as Secretary of Defense? n/t DFW Jul 2023 #33
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
4. What about Jill Stein, must be a place for her too?
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 07:26 PM
Jul 2023

She was right at Putin's table with Michael Flynn. And speaking of Flynn...Sec'y of Defense?

Bring in all the crazies.

Cha

(319,079 posts)
5. Excuse my language But No Fucking
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 07:41 PM
Jul 2023

Shit!

Why is he running on the Dem ticket?! Everyone knows Gabbard hates the Democratic Party.. she says so as she LIES about us.. I hate this Shit.

pandr32

(14,272 posts)
10. The family does not back him.
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 08:07 PM
Jul 2023

Politically, he is on his own, but he still gets to be invited to family events.
It seems there is at least one odd duck in every family.

Cha

(319,079 posts)
28. Right they'll let Putin
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 09:54 PM
Jul 2023

Take over ::: silly: silly: nuke:

Opps Pres Biden doesn’t have any wars going on.. it’s all fucking Russia
Sorry I’m on the bus 🚎

Takket

(23,715 posts)
18. "Gabbard is a person whose diplomacy skills he admires."
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 08:49 PM
Jul 2023

Really? I would love to ask which of her diplomatic accomplishments he admires. I couldn't find much online other than a trip she took to Syria in 2017. Perhaps he could enlighten us on her skills and many successful interactions with foreign entities.

Response to applegrove (Original post)

GP6971

(38,015 posts)
21. I know you like RFK, but he's a jerk
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 09:04 PM
Jul 2023

and a stain on the Kennedy name.

Oh....Welcome to DU!! I guess.

bronxiteforever

(11,212 posts)
20. RFKJr is a colossal dirtbag. Given the
Wed Jul 12, 2023, 08:57 PM
Jul 2023

literal stadium filled of skeletons in his closet, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out he was sent to destroy our party. I am sure he would sell Ukrainian families into slavery if he could. He is Putin’s stooge.

He kept a sex journal where he penned women’s names and the sexual activity he did with them under a code. He called his liaisons, “muggings”. This happened in 2001, when his wife was pregnant. He was in his late 40s and not a young adult. The mugging made it seem that the women he had sex with were at fault. If the woman had intercourse with him,they got the code”10”.

He then took his wife’s body, after her suicide, and buried it in a Hyannis area Cemetery even though his wife’s family requested to bury the body in NY. At the time of her suicide, RFK Jr had started divorce proceedings. He then disinterred the corpse and moved the body to another empty part of the cemetery. He didn’t tell his ex wife’s family of the movement.

Then there is his drug addiction and insane bullshit about 5G and vaccines.Can anyone think this narcissist has a future in National politics?

ShazzieB

(22,590 posts)
32. Hmmm....
Thu Jul 13, 2023, 02:53 AM
Jul 2023
Gabbard and Kennedy have aligned ideologically in the past, apparently unafraid to break from their party’s orthodoxy.


That makes it sound like they wanted to call themselves Democrats, while not actually BEING Demucrats. At least Tulsi isn't pretending any more.

I think Bobby kind of has to least call himself a Democrat. That's an essential part of what the name Kennedy represents, and lord knows he doesn't have much else to offer.
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