Posted on 12/20/2019 8:48:47 AM PST by powermill
Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard doubled down Thursday on her decision to vote present on two articles of impeachment against President Trump that cleared the House on Wednesday.
The House voted 230 to 197 to impeach Trump for abuse of power, and 229 to 198 for obstruction of Congress. Votes fell mostly along party lines but Gabbard, a 2020 presidential hopeful, cast the only present vote on each article of impeachment.
I could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country.
Her decision was widely criticized as being non-committal. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said that to not take a stand one way or another, on a day of such great consequence to this country, I think is quite difficult.
Gabbard took to Twitter to elaborate on her present vote as an active protest against the zero-sum game that Democrats and Republicans "have trapped America in."
She went on to say that her vote was opting out of this zero-sum game mindset and back into one of negotiation"
Gabbard has risen to prominence as an outsider in her party. A military veteran still serving as an Army National Guard officer, she has blasted U.S. foreign policy while also sporadically defending Trump. She has used the Democratic presidential debate stage to attack California Sen. Kamala Harris, who has since dropped out of the race.
She also got into a caustic public back-and-forth with Hillary Clinton, after the 2016 nominee suggested -- without evidence -- that Russia is using Gabbard in the 2020 campaign.
Gabbard retorted by calling Clinton the queen of warmongers ... and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long.
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Shes such a Lusti that Tulsi.
Tulsi straddles the 93% liberal Democrat line. That's how she votes!
nonsense- it’s nothing more than a two faced cop out and everyone knows it-
she scares me.
Lots of those idiots who voted for obama will vote for her because ‘its time for a female’. Just like it was ‘time for a black’. I know them... some are staunch trump supporters now but i remember 8 yrs ago they were all in for barry because he black. They’re idiots then and they’re idiots now.
The idiots will vote for the split tail.
LOL!!!!!
And shes so hot!!!!!!
“And shes so hot!!!!!!”
Yes she has that hot cruella de’ville look! haha
You guys are morons.
“You guys are morons.”
LOL
Gabby “Soundbite” Gabbard
SHE LOOKS GOOD, SOUNDS GOOD, BUT...
ALWAYS WANTS IT BOTH WAYS...
Just like the other Republican candidates did in 2015-16 on Amnesty.
Trump was the only one who told it like it is...
No thanks, Tulsi, not until you can show some backbone and commitment
along with a full explanation of how you think Trump is guilty.
You are just a weak, wobbly woman, afraid of decisions and controversy.
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