The Daily Beast: Ex-Tulsi Gabbard Aides Say She Was a Devout Consumer of Kremlin Propaganda Network

[Dennis Donovan]

The Daily Beast - Ex-Tulsi Gabbard Aides Say She Was a Devout Consumer of Kremlin Propaganda Network

“There certainly isn’t any guarantee to Putin that we won’t try to overthrow Russia’s government,” Gabbard wrote in a 2017 memo to staff, obtained by ABC News.

Sean Craig
Updated Dec. 5 2024 9:26AM EST /
Published Dec. 5 2024 9:25AM EST

Tulsi Gabbard, whom Donald Trump plans to nominate as his director of national intelligence, was a faithful consumer of Kremlin-controlled propaganda network RT, three of her former aides told ABC News.

The former Hawaii congresswoman’s foreign policy views, which critics say have increasingly grown soft on Vladimir Putin’s Russia, have led some Democratic lawmakers to question her commitment to the United States.

Rep. Jason Crow said there are “deep questions about where her loyalties lie,” and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, without offering evidence, claimed Gabbard is “likely a Russian asset.” Gabbard has repeatedly denied such claims.

Gabbard’s former aides, however, told ABC that the more plausible explanation for her outlook is her media diet. They said the former Democrat continued regularly reading and sharing articles from RT well after she was advised that it was an unreliable source of information.

The aides emphasized Gabbard also “would consume news from a wide range of outlets, including left-wing and right-wing blogs.”

The State Department has, for nearly a decade, deemed RT a Kremlin mouthpiece and has heightened its scrutiny of the outlet in recent years. In September, officials warned the American public that the outlet’s activities have stretched beyond mere news.

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[BoRaGard]

1. In other words, a real republicon

sucking up the anti-American propaganda,
then spewing it anew.

[Mike 03]

2. Trying to figure out...

Is there some link between her "Science of Identity" cult and Russia/Putin/Syria? Does that organization receive funding or other types of support from any of those entities?

Or is this more a case that someone in a cult is psychologically more likely to have an authoritarian personality, tending to identify with and lend support to autocrats?

Or is Tulsi's devotion to Putin and Russia a totally separate issue? Are there years of her life which are poorly accounted for? Missing years? Extensive travels?

It sure would be edifying to see her F.B.I. file.

[FakeNoose]

3. Is that a creative way to say she's complicit ... or maybe even on Pootie's payroll?

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Wake the fuck up Congress or we are destined for the end of all we hold as Democratic norms. Only took 9 years.