And let's also talk about "true progressive" Tulsi Gabbard when it comes to other issues. Her record is *awful*. I laid much of it out here, but now it's time for a thread: dailykos.com/stories/2019/1…
Gabbard has for years cultivated ties to violent Hindu nationalists in India, including now-PM Narendra Modi, who oversaw the Gujarat pogrom of 2002 that left over 1,000 Muslims dead when he was the state's chief minister theintercept.com/2019/01/05/tul…
Gabbard came up as a virulent anti-gay activist. As a member of the Hawaii legislature in 2004, she said, "As Democrats we should be representing the views of the people, not a small number of homosexual extremists" archives.starbulletin.com/2004/02/20/new… 
Gabbard was one of the first and only Democrats to personally meet with Trump after he won in 2016, calling the meeting "positive" nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
Gabbard then refused to join a letter signed by 169 fellow House Democrats condemning Trump's hiring of white nationalist Steve Bannon (@jonathanvswan reported that Bannon is a "big fan" of Gabbard's) mauitime.com/news/politics/…
Tulsi Gabbard carried water for Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson by introducing an Adelson-backed bill to ban online gambling. Adelson of course made his fortune in casinos time.com/3695948/sheldo…
Gabbard also refused to sign on to a bill to ban assault weapons in 2015 huffpost.com/entry/the-11-g…
She attacked Barack Obama for declining to use the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism" because "it's important that you identify your enemy." So antiwar! realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/06/…
Here's one that deserves way more attention. In 2016, Gabbard told @sanjenasathian & @Gorman_Thomas that her "personal views" opposing abortion rights "haven't changed" ozy.com/rising-stars/s…
And finally, here's one that shows you just what a POS she is. In 2014, amidst the VA crisis, Gabbard skipped a congressional field hearing on veterans *in Honoulu* to shoot a surfing video with Yahoo News—and lied about it civilbeat.org/2014/10/gabbar…
"Gabbard’s staff ignored repeated media inquiries as to why she was not at the hearing. Four days later, Gabbard’s staff at first said she was at a meeting then said “an earlier commitment ran very late.” No one mentioned the Yahoo News interview or that she was surfing."
I'm gonna finish this with a plea that you support state Sen. @kaikahele, who is running against Gabbard in next year's #HI02 Democratic primary. Kahele is true patriot and public servant who understands what it means to be a progressive secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendor…
Gabbard stans always scream about how she's so antiwar (which isn't even true), but they're never willing to engage with her broader anti-progressive record. If you bring it up, they just claim (like Gabbard herself!) that the "establishment" is trying to sabotage her. Lame
