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Celerity

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34. no, and your trying to accuse me making excuses and/or inferring I somehow support Gabbard is
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 11:18 AM
Oct 2019

pure tosh.

By the way, I had already forgotten and moved on from my orginal question, but your replies got me back searching and I found the answer myself. She was not in DC (and yes, it IS a very bad thing that she did not show up, as the whole thing is supposed to be one of her signature issues, and I do suspect she is dodging the the vote):


State Sen. Kai Kahele criticizes Tulsi Gabbard for missing House vote on Syria

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287313276

State Sen. Kai Kahele (D-Hilo) is criticizing Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard for failing to show up to vote today on a House resolution that condemns President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria. The overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in favor of the resolution by the U.S. House of Representatives was a stinging rebuke of the president’s actions, which have left America’s Kurdish allies in Syria vulnerable to attack by Turkish forces and thrown U.S. policy in the region into disarray.

Gabbard, who has been busy on the presidential campaign trail, was one of 14 representatives absent from the vote. The measure passed 354 to 60. Kahele, who is vying for Gabbard’s congressional seat, has repeatedly criticized Gabbard in recent weeks for being absent from her district.

“I support the action taken by the House today to pass this resolution,” Kahele said in a press release. “Unfortunately, the people of Hawaiʻi’s second congressional district were left without a voice because Congresswoman Gabbard, yet again, failed to show up and report to duty. “Appearing on national television the night before is not an excuse to miss work. The people of Hawai‘i deserve a representative who is committed full-time to this job.”

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She’s missed more than half of the votes in the House since July, according to GovTrack.us. She also hasn’t held a town hall in Hawaii since April 2017.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Tulsi Gabbard didn't vote. [View all] MelissaB Oct 2019 OP
She's an operative underpants Oct 2019 #1
anyone surprised? dweller Oct 2019 #2
Last night, used Putin's talking points about regime change in Syria. No surprise she didn't vote. Claritie Pixie Oct 2019 #3
Recommended. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #4
Not so illuminating. Tulsi's got 99 problems, but this ain't one of them. thesquanderer Oct 2019 #19
Nice try at making excuses. MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #21
Harris has missed 85% of her votes during this campaign. What's your excuse for that, then? thesquanderer Oct 2019 #27
Being an Assad apologist is another. MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #30
She just kissed her political career goodbyt relayerbob Oct 2019 #5
IMO her and trump are both Russian assets. She must know there are suspicions about her. brush Oct 2019 #6
Neither did Cummings, Omar or Speier. Interesting. (n/t) SMC22307 Oct 2019 #7
I think PDittie Oct 2019 #16
Yeah, I saw that this morning. SMC22307 Oct 2019 #37
When she mentioned Gowdys name bluestarone Oct 2019 #8
Wow! nunes voted yes! What's Cha Oct 2019 #9
It is very telling. dalton99a Oct 2019 #10
Yeah, I hope Kai Kahele jumps on Cha Oct 2019 #11
Thanks so much for this information. MBS Oct 2019 #20
Mahalo to you, MBS! Cha Oct 2019 #35
Kai Kahele sounds wonderful! Wish I was in Hawaii (for a million reasons) I'd vote for him! FM123 Oct 2019 #28
Yeah, I'm looking forward to it! Cha Oct 2019 #36
Was she even in Washington DC? She had the debate until late last night. nt Celerity Oct 2019 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author thesquanderer Oct 2019 #18
Lol. MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #22
what is funny? Celerity Oct 2019 #24
It's like an hour maybe hour and a half flight. MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #25
Asking a question is not making excuses, and many of the POTUS candidates have missed Celerity Oct 2019 #26
There was a question. MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #29
what reply? I asked a question and you and some deleted response where the only 2 replies Celerity Oct 2019 #31
Twice. MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #32
no, and your trying to accuse me making excuses and/or inferring I somehow support Gabbard is Celerity Oct 2019 #34
She's... boomer_wv Oct 2019 #13
It's more this than this whole Russian asset nonsense. nt UniteFightBack Oct 2019 #14
She wanted to vote no, but was a coward dansolo Oct 2019 #15
Or.... she lied in the debate Yoopy Oct 2019 #17
Or she has shown you who she is and you just don't want to believe it. MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #23
However, she had time to meet with Assad Zambero Oct 2019 #33
House seat challenger @kaikahele beating Tulsi Gabbard with Hawaii donors Gothmog Oct 2019 #38
Unsurprising. About as unsurprising as BS voting against (or being absent) from... NurseJackie Oct 2019 #39
Here is an interesting discussion of Kahele Gothmog Oct 2019 #40
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