Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: In defense of Tulsi Gabbard, a little [View all]FrankBooth
(1,603 posts)But Tolstoy Tulsi's collective behavior paints a pretty easy path to follow. She parrots Russian talking points about Obama and Hillary, often on Fox News. Her first instinct is to run to Fox News to provide them cover, and her favorite place there is Tucker Carlson's White Power Hour. She fawns all over Putin's boy Assad. She is beloved by Breitbart. She relentlessly criticizes fellow Democrats, again using RW talking points. She is propped up by Russian bots. She threatens to "boycott" the Dem debates (as if anyone would miss her.) She mirrors Putin and Trump's isolationist foreign policy views. She's disproportionally covered by Russian propagandist media, relative to her actual import within the Democratic caucus. And if you look hard enough, you'll find more. When the coincidences begin to pile up like this, it's often not coincidence at all.
If someone chooses not to see that as "substantial evidence" then so be it, but I don't think it's difficult. If there's no way to prove she's propped up by Russia, it doesn't really matter, as her behavior makes that irrelevant -- she's doing exactly what they'd ask her to do if she were. At the very least, she is on board with allowing them to assist her.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden