In Iowa City stop, Hawaii presidential hopeful pitches legal marijuana, Medicare for all

[Devil Child]

Gabbard, 37, was on a three-day visit to Iowa, her second time this year in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, looking to make her mark in a crowded field of contenders.

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Gabbard promoted a platform that includes Medicare for all, criminal justice reform, including ending federal prohibition of marijuana and discouraging privatized prisons. She delivered a strong anti-war, anti-intervention message for “ending regime-change wars.”

“Stop throwing people in prison for smoking a joint and instead go after those like Purdue Pharma who are proliferating their opioids on our streets and taking people’s lives,” she said.

The Hawaiian National Guard veteran, who was deployed twice to the Middle East, also has served in the Hawaii Legislature and the Honolulu City Council.

This brief article highlights some of the policy positions Rep. Gabbard holds that I believe make her a sensible and viable candidate.

She is one of many strong and remarkable Democratic candidates currently running, good candidates to defeat Trump in 2020.

[msongs]

1. glad to hear she agrees with the 100's of millions of other people who think the same thing nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. I cant believe what I am seeing on this board. But all I will say is Yes, I agree with you.

[Mr. Smith]

2. I like her message about ending regime-change wars.

I don't know how many billions have gone down the rathole in Afghanistan and Iraq and Syria and...

And meanwhile, Trump and Bolton and crew are itching to start a couple more in Iran and Venezuela.

I hope the other candidates take on these issues.

As for legalizing weed, that now seems to be the default position for Democratic candidates.

[David__77]

3. She has a good position against regime change wars.

That topic should be discussed much during debates.

[Devil Child]

9. I agree David_77, I'm hoping this topic gets highlighted in the months ahead

Needed now more than ever.

[CrossingTheRubicon]

5. Making the world safe for dictatorships and human rights abusers runs counter...

to the liberal Democratic traditions of our party, in my estimation.

Isolation is not the answer. Let's be the party of FDR and JFK.

[Devil Child]

6. Isolation isn't the answer nor is needless intervention

Rep. Gabbard represents to me, a proponent of engagement. A process that will produce better outcomes than our abyssal track record of failed interventionism.

That is the way of FDR and JFK.

[CrossingTheRubicon]

7. Boy, do we not see Tulsi Gabbard the same way.

[Devil Child]

8. Doesn't appear so, but prob view Biden and Trump the same

I have great respect for Biden and would excitedly support him. I'm sure we view Trump the same also, as a dire threat to our democracy.

Trump's removal is all that matters to me in the end.

[CrossingTheRubicon]

10. I'll drink to that!

[Skidmore]

11. The pot and Putin candidate.

Heard she was in the area. She is st the bottom of my list of candidates along with Gillibrand and Sanders, just after the two or three candidates I've never heard of before.