Posted on 12/14/2019 1:47:00 PM PST by rintintin
Of all the House Democrats undecided about voting to impeach President Trump, Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has the least incentive to stick to the party line.
The 2020 presidential candidate is giving up her seat to concentrate on her White House race, and she's long been an apostate against her party on some key issues.
In New Hampshire earlier this week, Gabbard, 38, said she remains "undecided" on whether she'll vote to impeach the president. That makes her one of the few Democratic lawmakers to voice skepticism about the pair of impeachment articles passed by the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
And Gabbard is the only Democratic presidential candidate not vocally in favor of impeachment.
"I have had concerns for a long time about impeachment being pursued for partisan reasons," Gabbard said Monday. "Pursuing impeachment for partisan reasons is something that will only further divide an already divided country, and it actually undermines our democracy."
She later added that she is "undecided on how I am going to vote."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“...heard Nancy P. say they weren’t going to “whip” the vote, meaning...”
What it means is that should the off chance she doesn’t have the votes, her butt is covered.
Good question. Democrats have a lot to risk, if this goes to a trial and their unsavory secrets are revealed.
I think there are at least a few sane Democrats who know what a disaster this whole impeachment proceeding truly is.
If she were a staunch conservative, she’d be a tiger as Trump’s VP.
If it takes away the Dems’ majority, sure.
Its like The Magnificent Seven :-)
Except we need like 18
Nah.
She is posturing. The rats have treated her bad and she wants something. She won’t vote no but it will cost them.
She’s not a genuine democrat. Betting the dem party disowns her.
Voting against impeachment does not mean she is a Conservative or even a Moderate. She may just be a rare Liberal with the common sense to realize impeachment is idiotic.
If you’re voting leftist 95% of the time, as she does, how does that help the GOP exactly ?
Tulsi Gabbard to Trump: “We Are Not Your Prostitutes. You Are Not Our Pimp”
Any Dem senator that is running for the nomination of hoping to ride the coattails of another senator to a VP position doesn’t want a long Senate trial getting in the way of campaign time.
Why?
She’s a nutjob.
From the article: “The 2020 presidential candidate is giving up her seat to concentrate on her White House race ...”
nomination of Congress critter hoping
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Damn... Should be OR
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