Posted on 12/02/2020 6:02:35 AM PST by rustyweiss74
Former Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard offered praise for a recent Supreme Court decision blocking New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to limit religious gatherings during the pandemic.
The court ruled 5-4 in favor of a pair of religious groups who argued that Cuomo’s rules unfairly targeted them and violated the Constitution’s guarantee of religious freedom.
Chief Justice John Roberts, as per usual, sided with the liberals on the court in dissenting, meaning President Trump’s latest appointee Amy Coney Barrett cast the crucial and deciding vote.
Gabbard sided with Barrett and the other conservatives who smacked down Cuomo’s edict.
“I strongly support this Supreme Court ruling defending our First Amendment/freedom of religion,” she tweeted, sharing a copy of the ruling.
“While COVID may temporarily require certain public health restrictions, houses of worship MUST be treated same as secular institutions—not more harshly/strictly,” she added.
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You really think she means it?!
I don’t agree with a lot of Gabbard’s policy stances, but she’s consistent, and thoughtful.
I respect her. It’s a pity the Dems didn’t nominate her. I wouldn’t feel nearly as hopeless as I do right now.
Setting her self up as a moderate for a presidential run...
Sometimes the little Socialist is right.
...I don’t agree with a lot of Gabbard’s policy stances, but she’s consistent, and thoughtful.
Agree, she is probably the only Democrat leader I have any respect for.
An almost sane Democrat. Whodathunkit?
I’m amazed that people here believe her.
If Tulsi Gabbard was today’s Democrat Party, then the USA would be in a LOT better shape.
Unfortunately, the Bidens and Harris are today’s Democrat party, if not BLM and Antifa.
This is why control of Congress and the Presidency are such life and death issues.
Don’t think she’ll be called a moderate by MSM if she runs. Minimum MSM requirement for moderate, R or D, is support for foreign war, preferably in middle east. She’s against it, therefore a fringe radical.
If it wasn’t for the socialized medicine and gun-grabbing, she’d almost be a conservative.
All Democrat governors are tyrants with no regard for the law. They impose onerous regulations on all except themselves and their cronies. Court rulings mean nothing to them unless the rulings are in their favor.
Wolf, Cuomo, Whitmer and Newsom are enemies of the people. They rely on fear and force reminiscent of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia.
“I respect her. It’s a pity the Dems didn’t nominate her. I wouldn’t feel nearly as hopeless as I do right now.”
I do not like her at all. However compared to the obama types, she’s much more honest and much more American. If she ran there would not have been vote theft. If she won it would have been honest. And she is not full commie like the obama/harris/biden crowd.
She may have run honest, but there would have been just as much fraud. They were going to get Trump and they wouldn’t have let a candidate’s integrity dictate otherwise.
Back to posting clickbait, posting bot? I thought you stopped that. You don’t even own the words you paste on your blog as clickbait.
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“While COVID may temporarily require certain public health restrictions, houses of worship MUST be treated same as secular institutions—not more harshly/strictly,” she added.
I strongly support this Supreme Court ruling defending our First Amendment/freedom of religion. While COVID may temporarily require certain public health restrictions, houses of worship MUST be treated same as secular institutions—not more harshly/strictly.https://t.co/PD2ztczYrD
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) November 30, 2020
Cuomo’s Efforts to Stifle Freedom
Justice Neil Gorsuch, another appointee of President Trump, said in his concurring opinion that the government “is not free to disregard the First Amendment in times of crisis.”
“At a minimum, that Amendment prohibits government officials from treating religious exercises worse than comparable secular activities, unless they are pursuing a compelling interest and using the least restrictive means available,” Gorsuch added.
“There is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues and mosques,” he wrote.
Justice Barrett Casts Deciding Vote, Gorsuch Destroys Cuomo | Law & Crime https://t.co/8K9yLlSOYv
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) November 26, 2020
Governor Cuomo has scoffed at the Supreme Court’s ruling calling it “moot” and “irrelevant.”
His Democrat colleague Gabbard disagrees, urging her followers to read the decision she “strongly” agrees with.
Ensuring freedom and religion for all – even during a pandemic – is anything but irrelevant.
Could Democrat Tulsi Gabbard Switch Parties?
There are several areas in which Gabbard still firmly trends with the Democrat party. But there are also several areas that demonstrate she is one of the few remaining independent thinkers on the left.
Support for this Supreme Court ruling is one such indicator.
As is her recent appeal for President Trump to pardon Edward Snowden and Julian Assange while launching an attack on the ‘deep state.’
“Since you’re giving pardons to people, please consider pardoning those who, at great personal sacrifice, exposed the deception and criminality of those in the deep state,” Gabbard tweeted.
.@realDonaldTrump Since you’re giving pardons to people, please consider pardoning those who, at great personal sacrifice, exposed the deception and criminality of those in the deep state. https://t.co/aeXklUsNSd
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) November 26, 2020
During the Democratic primaries, Gabbard held nothing back in attacking Hillary Clinton for suggesting she, a military combat veteran, was actually a Russian asset.
“She is a favorite of the Russians,” Clinton said in reference to Gabbard. “They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far. That’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she is also a Russian asset.”
“I have dedicated my entire adult life to serving our country,” Gabbard shot back.
“For Hillary Clinton and her powerful allies to attempt to smear me and accuse me – really implying that I’m a traitor to the country that I love – is something that I cannot allow to go unchecked.”
I love our country. I’ve served as a soldier for nearly 17 years, deployed twice to the Middle East, & served in Congress for over 7 years. If Hillary & allies can destroy my reputation by portraying me as a traitor to the country I love, they can do it to anyone. #StandWithTulsi pic.twitter.com/Ly81D1sOUD
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) January 25, 2020
Gabbard is credited with helping to derail the campaign of vice president-elect Kamala Harris by focusing on her controversial career as a prosecutor.
She blasted Harris as being responsible for putting “over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana.”
“[Harris] blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so,” Gabbard said during a debate smackdown. “She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California.”
Kamala Harris getting her receipt from Tulsi Gabbard for dismissing her earlier. Brutal
“She put over 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations & laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana”#DemDebate #DemDebate2 pic.twitter.com/JR4EE7iOg2
— NighSide (@NighSide) August 1, 2019
Absolutely savage.
Gabbard did not seek reelection to Congress in 2020 and her seat will be filled by Kai Kahele representing Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional district.
What are her plans moving forward? Will she switch parties? Will Tulsi Gabbard disavow the increasingly radical Democrat party?
Or will she walk away from politics?
It’d be hard to imagine a strong-willed woman like Gabbard not finding some way to continue to fight for what she believes is for the good of the country.
Read more at the Political Insider
The more she sounds like a conservative the less I trust her.
For your interest.
Chemung Co.: Lighthouse Baptist Church lawsuit "amicably resolved"
Amicably, my derriere. I wonder how much this attempt to deny their fellow citizens their constitutional rights cost local taxpayers there.
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