Posted on 01/29/2025 2:00:01 PM PST by Wuli
To defend and burnish Tulsi Gabbard’s image as her political star was rising, her congressional campaign hired a public-affairs firm in 2017 that tried to suppress coverage of an alleged pyramid scheme connected to her Hindu sect, according to interviews, emails and Federal Election Commission records.
Gabbard, a former House member who is now President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was raised in the Science of Identity Foundation, a sect tied to a direct-marketing firm accused of running a pyramid scheme in several countries. Neither Gabbard, the sect nor the firm, QI Group, wanted the relationships scrutinized.
Gabbard’s campaign paid Washington, D.C.,-based Potomac Square Group for the PR cleanup, trying to mask the connections. But the operation was directed by a Science of Identity follower—and longtime Gabbard adviser—who sits on the board of a QI subsidiary.
The revelations shed further light on Gabbard’s ties to the religious group—publicly described by some former followers as a cult that demands total loyalty to its founder—and to the Hong Kong-based QI, which has been a target of criminal and civil cases alleging fraud and racketeering in at least seven countries.
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Shocking!
The deep state must really fear Tulsi.
publicly described by some former followers as a cult that demands total loyalty to its founder
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did NY sinator kristen gillibrand ever get her NVIXM tatoo?
Could be worse. She could have grown up in a Pelosi household
And the media hid Obama’s Muslim roots. So what?
I sure don’t care
“A Zeeper trying to undermine Tulsi, who would clean up the corruption within Deep State.
Shocking!”
Wow. Your usual insults and your usual denial of relevant information, as it contridicts your conspiracy theories.
Brand, not tattoo.
No one cares. This old slime tactics by the Scumbag media of trying to use rumor and innuendo to derail Trump and his people is long done
Scumbag tactics used by scumbag losers who cannot make an adult rational argument for their views.
So, as a child she was connected to someone who was connected to someone?
At least they aren’t doing any of that nasty guilt by association, amirite?
Keep going Tulsi Gabbard!
There are probably 3/4 billion Hindi in India who might take umbrage at being called a “cult”
Rumor and innuendo is not “news”
ZERO facts here that tie Gabbart to the group. Merely sleazy guilt by inference and association
Sorry this is scumbag behavior, not “news”
Waiting for the sex scandal.
Brand, not tattoo.
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Posting news articles to a site that was founded to discuss news articles pertaining to the US is exactly what people are supposed to do. It “undermines” no one, Putinkid, it is up for discussion.
The question on this is whether her first loyalty on her work duties will be to her Oath of Office.
One thing for anyone in a cult (or just about any religion) to keep in mind is that one of the best ways to ensure that your religion can be protected on Earth is to have the USA Constitutional Republic prosper. If our Constitution Republic falters then all peaceful religions are at risk. So, unless this religion of hers is violent or intent on being anti-American or if she uses her position to put her religion first, then I have no problem with her or any government official belonging to any particular religion.
Rumor and innuendo is not “news”
ZERO facts here that tie Gabbart to the group. Merely sleazy guilt by inference and association
Sorry this is scumbag behavior, not “news”
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