Gabbard: "I don't see deplorables. I see fellow Americans worthy of respect"

[Yoopy]

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[FoxNewsSucks]

1. JHC!

She needs to spend a little time on DU and watch some of the videos of those deplorable despicable MAGAt pieces of shit

[Yoopy]

2. She doesn't even think Assad is deplorable

We're talking about Tulsi.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. I don't care for her one bit and wish she would go away/drop out.

But calling the other side’s voters names is stupid. The idea is to not energize the other side’s base.

I still see those stupid “deplorable” tshirts when I go down-state to trumpland while visiting in-laws

[FoxNewsSucks]

18. I get your point,

but the hardcore MAGAts are already energized, and what brains they have have been thoroughly and probably permanently washed. I'm done being polite to them, and in fact I watch out for them because some are murderers.

[LanternWaste]

20. What measure do you use to allege a simple name-calling energizes a base?

Or is your sentiment simply the back-side of the "those stupid deplorable tshirts (sic)" you still see?

[SMC22307]

37. Even Hillary admitted using "deplorables" was a mistake. And here we are...

how many fucking years later, still having "deplorables" used against the Democratic Party? Ugh. I am truly beginning to lose hope. We CANNOT allow 2020 to be about Hillary Clinton!

[StarfishSaver]

40. Tulsi jumping out to defend "deplorables" is about nothing but Hillary.Clinyon

Instead of going out of her way to coddle them, why not make an effort to defend the people Trump and his cult are out to demean and destroy.

(I know the answer - but testing to see if you do)

[nini]

16. Hasn't Sanders said similar things?

Your comment seems odd considering you have a Bernier avatar.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/01/bernie-sanders-trump-voters-not-deplorable-clinton-warren

[FoxNewsSucks]

19. Well,

that was a couple years ago. Even if he still says the same thing, and likely does, I guess that just means he's a better person/Christian than I am. Because I disagree. Same as I disagree with Ellen about war criminal Bush. I understand the meaning of their statements, I just don't feel that way.

I agree with Sanders because of his integrity, consistency and policy.

[MineralMan]

3. That is why nobody takes your candidacy seriously.

You are an embarrassment.

[thesquanderer]

11. Could you not see Biden or Klobuchar making very much the same speech? (n/t)

[Turin_C3PO]

12. Why are you always

on threads defending Gabbard? I don’t get it.

[thesquanderer]

15. I have defended Sanders and Biden as well.

I post positively AND negatively about the same candidates. My perspective is one of trying to be fair and accurate. I defend Gabbard more often because, for whatever reason, I see more (IMO) unjustified attacks on her. Same with Sanders, really. Some attacks are legit, but others are just some kind of knee-jerk hate, which disturbs me. And yes, I do see some positive things in Gabbard, though not enough for me to vote for her.

In fact, I just posted against a Gabbard point at https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287313194#post11

[Turin_C3PO]

22. Tulsi's done

a lot to deserve suspicion.

[monmouth4]

4. What planet does she represent? Ugh..n/t

[FM123]

5. So Tulsi, does that D after your name stand for Democrat or deplorable

or maybe delusional?

[LovingA2andMI]

30. The Last Two "D's"....

n/t....

[book_worm]

6. Open your eyes, Tulsi.

[Golden Raisin]

7. Tulsi: Book an emergency appointment with an ophthalmologist.

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[beachbumbob]

8. I am sure she says the same about "good nazis" as well, when you are afraid to stand up

to evil, what good are you?

[Scoopster]

9. And I see a collaborator. n/t

[StevieM]

13. The Deplorables comment was about people who were filled with hatred for their fellow Americans

based on their ace, religion, orientation, gender or political affiliation.

It was about the people who voted for Donald Trump because they loved the hatred that he was spewing.

[cwydro]

14. Not a Gabbard fan, but neither am I a fan of hatred.

Seeing too much of it here lately.

I prefer the message that Michelle Obama sends, that MLK Jr sent, that so many of the great leaders of history have sent.

Sorry, hatred only begets hatred.

[nini]

17. We're at war for the future of this country

The gloves need to be OFF right now.

[Unusual American]

21. Agree with Tulsi

And I'm happy she's running.

[roody]

24. Good luck here.

[Ninsianna]

27. She's deplorable herself.

[Joe941]

33. Lol.

[Cha]

44. Yeah, Gabbard is Getting Expsosed like Never Before..

Link to tweet

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Why the Tulsi discussion matters

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12603440

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment of Trump would be 'terribly divisive' for country

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287292152#top

[myohmy2]

23. wow...

"I don't see deplorables."

...I do, trumpkins...

"I see fellow Americans worthy of respect."

...worthy of respect?

...are we talking about the same people?

...WARNING: you may have a difficult time convincing some Dems to vote for you...

...think about it...

[Iggo]

25. They don't vote in our primary, Ms Gabbard. (n/t)

[WePurrsevere]

32. She's up for re-election. She probably knows that she's not going to be...

Our presidential candidate but is hanging on for now. I'm unfamiliar with her district but this may play better to her constituents in HI.

[Cha]

45. "I'm unfamiliar with her district but this may play better to her constituents in HI"?

Sorry, what may play better in HI, WP?

Gabbard is my rep and many of us want her out.. and we have an excellent challenger who has entered the primary!

[WePurrsevere]

46. So relieved to hear that so many in her (your) district...

want her out.

I'm sorry if I muddled what I was trying to express. I was merely uncertain if her district in HI is similar to my own. I live in the blue state of NY but my northern NY area, which elected and then re-elected Elise Stefanik, tends to be red with Cult45ers everywhere (much to my annoyance) so Gabbard's kissing up to Trump supporters would play well here but not in our state's bluer regions.

[Cha]

47. Right.. not in my district!

This is her challenger..

UPDATE! KaiKahele.. from 42K Followers to 74.6 in 24 hours!!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287317411

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Link to tweet

Mahalo and Aloha, WePurrsevere!

[WePurrsevere]

49. He sounds amazing and such a lovely family too, Cha!

I wish we could get someone like him to run here. We'd probably have a better shot of going blue again.




(Oh, and now he has one more follower on Twitter. :-D )

[dchill]

26. What's she polling again? Still 0% nationally?

[betsuni]

28. She seems to be popular with Republicans for some reason.

[Mountain Mule]

29. Sorry, but I am unable to respect the members of the cult of tRump

Right after the 2016 election, I was stunned and disbelieving just like everyone else. How could my fellow Americans vote for such a horrible, horrible man? I found a forum where both Dems and Repugs were allowed to post and generally duke it out. I've spent about two years there reading the posts made by members of the Cult and cheering on my fellow Dems. I am sorry to report that Cult members are even worse than "deplorable." They are despicable on the best of days and they go downhill from there. They will never ever change and they are proud that they get their information solely from InfoWars and Trump's deranged tweets.

I have no idea what Tulsi Gabbard is thinking. She probably means well, but the Cult hates us Democrats. They hate Hillary and they HATE, HATE Obama for the crime of being black. In fact, the Cult seems to hate just about everybody and everything and words like "compassion" or "empathy" have no meaning for them.

I have no respect whatsoever for ANY Trump voter and I refuse to pretend otherwise.

[NCLefty]

31. THEY'RE SUPPORTING A CRIMINAL AND TRAITOR!

!!!

[Indykatie]

34. Gabbard is Crazy Like a Fox. Hawaii Has Open Primaries and She Needs GOP Votes for her House Seat.

Those GOP votes insures she will always win the primary which is the real race in a state as Blue as Hawaii.

[Baclava]

35. I see a women VP on Trump's ticket next year, yeah, like that n/t

[NurseJackie]

36. I see a candidate who has just disqualified herself and who needs to withdraw immediately.

[dustyscamp]

38. She has never met a nasty Magat then

Her last sentence is something we should be striving for, but the militant Magats hate compassion and compromising

[CBHagman]

39. This amounts to editing a comment and lifting it out of context...

...and it's been done for years, by Trump supporters who want to put on a show of being aggrieved, by reporters and pundits who should know better, and now by Gabbard.

To the transcript, please:

https://time.com/4486502/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables-transcript/

I know there are only 60 days left to make our case — and don’t get complacent, don’t see the latest outrageous, offensive, inappropriate comment and think well he’s done this time. We are living in a volatile political environment. You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?

The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people — now how 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive hateful mean-spirited rhetoric. Now, some of those folks — they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America. But the other basket — and I know this because I see friends from all over America here — I see friends from Florida and Georgia and South Carolina and Texas — as well as, you know, New York and California — but that other basket of people are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change. It doesn’t really even matter where it comes from. They don’t buy everything he says, but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. They won’t wake up and see their jobs disappear, lose a kid to heroine, feel like they’re in a dead-end. Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well.

[standingtall]

41. Well I see a bunch of bootlickers

fellating the %1 while at the same time blaming their problems on poor people and especially minorities. So I have no respect for them.

[jcmaine72]

42. Monster!!

I can't think of anything more hateful, divisive and Putin-like than humanizing people with differing political opinions, outlooks and expectations. Tulsi is the worst of the worst.

[Cha]

43. Like Tucker Carlson, Gabbard?

[redqueen]

48. I don't see how this is controversial. It's an election.

IMO being divisive is a losing strategy (unless powerful orgs have the thumb on the scale to help you, of course).

We lost Obama voters to Trump. We should maybe keep in mind that his message of unity actually helped him win.