If you donated to Tulsi Gabbard, she's funneled much of your money to her cult

[CincyDem]

2. As I read the article, the answer is obvious...

...because he helped her win in the past.

Much is made in the article about how this guy is some nobody from the backwoods of Washington State and his common non-mainstream religious beliefs (just by others as a "cult&quot . It appears that he's worked for her in previous campaigns; you know, the one's she won (state rep, city council, US house). She's a third tier candidate running a shoestring campaign with an organization likely best suited to support candidates running for Fish and Wildlife Commissioner.

To be clear - one of my few morning rituals is to wake up and pray I don't have to decide between her and Trump next November. I'm pretty sure we don't risk that fate. If she makes it to the Ohio primary, I would rank her somewhere below my favorite chair and above a root canal.

But...

Feels like this story starts and ends with "she's part of a whackadoodle cult that's not a real religion". The fact that everyone comes from a small circle of friends, family, and religious affiliates doesn't feel nefarious - it just feels normal when you take the religious vector out of the story.

Like I said, she'd be my fifth choice in a three horse race but everyone's entitled to their own religion and everyone builds personal/professional bonds within that religion. Not for us to judge if that's how she (poorly) runs her campaign.

Time for breakfast.