By Jon Dougherty
(TNS) Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is a liberal but she’s not a Left-wing lunatic so beholden to the Democratic Party she can’t think for herself or follow her oath of office.
Part of that oath is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, a pledge she has also regularly made as an officer (and a veteran) in the Hawaii Army National Guard.
There are many things with which Gabbard, a 2020 presidential contender, and President Donald Trump disagree (and there are many things she advocates in which we disagree). But like the president, we respect her decision to vote “present” regarding his impeachment because she felt that it was done in a hyper-partisan manner by her own party, and not according to the Constitution’s standard of “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
She’s explained her vote now on a number of occasions because she continues to be attacked by fellow Democrats for on other reason than because she failed to march lockstep with them to impeach a president who hasn’t done anything wrong except beat her party’s criminal candidate in 2016.
Gabbard doubled down on her decision and her reasoning rests mainly on the fact that the process by which Trump was impeached was hyper-partisan and that impeachment “should never come about as a culmination of a highly partisan process.”
But now another leading Democrat — the governor of her state, in fact, Neil Abercrombie — has come out and attacked her for failing to be a hyper-partisan.
Per The Hill, Abercrombie is now calling on her to resign her House seat because she had the audacity to vote “present,†rather than “Yea†on the impeachment of Trump.
Resign? Seriously?
“I feel very strongly the 2nd District of Hawaii must be fully represented,†Abercrombie, a Democrat who previously served in the House for nearly two decades, said at a press conference, according to the Honolulu Civil Beat.
Abercrombie said Gabbard should step down and allow a special election to fill her seat. Gabbard, who has served in the House since 2013, has already said that she will not seek reelection to focus on her presidential campaign.
Incredible.
While the Garbage Party and their media sycophants rail against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and majority Republicans in the Senate over a “partisan” impeachment trial, they are eating one of their own because she refused to vote as a…partisan.
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More evidence that Democrats couldn’t care less about ‘getting along with’ and ‘governing alongside’ Republicans, let alone the president.
All the more reason why they must be returned to the minority in 2020, lest Congress and President Trump get nothing done on behalf of the country.
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Don’t be surprised. It only demonstrates that our very own neo-Bolshevist and Maoists are following their tried and true method of putting a bullet in the heads or their liberal fellow-travelers. Tulsi really must make it clear her “Party” is nothing but a cabal of Bolshevists and she is running to take it back, That should be her message and who knows, just maybe there are enough sane Democrats hanging around the party to put her over the top.
When the inmates are running the asylum sanity is a crime.
It’s good to see, and respectable when decent folks step up. That goes for Republicans too. We must have Integrity in life.
I guess Tulsi’s actions mean there is at least one respectable democrat if you can believe it.
Neil Abercrombie IS A TOTAL AS*HOLE. JUST CAUSE HE SERVED IN POLITICS FOR HAWAII FOR WAY TOO LONG, HE THINKS HE HAS THE RIGHT TO GO AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION (WHICH TULSI HONORABLY DID “NOT” DO BECAUSE SHE IS STILL SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE OF RIGHT AND WRONG) AND CALL OUT THE ONLY GOOD POLITICIAN IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF HAWAII. NEIL IS THE ONE WHO SHOULD STEP DOWN SINCE HE NO LONGER HONORS THE CONSTITUTION.
Speak up–I can’t hear you.
Gabbard supported the impeachment inquiry!! She also said President Trump incites racism!! Wake up. She is neither “noble” or decent.
Why are people calling this snake a decent demonrat?!?! The only way you stand against the hoax would have been voting NO. Voting present is a way to continue playing both sides.
Big Leauge ran an article praising her as well, and I am aware of President Trumps statements on her cowardly vote of present. Which he probably made the statement for strategic reasons.
Maybe it’s just the contrast.
Don’t let’s turn her into any heroine. She’s still a liberal Democrat from Hawaii taking a huge lead off of left base. She voted “Present,†hardly any profile in courage, or reason.
Tulsi will be sabotaged by the DNC re the Presidential nomination this time but after the wipeout when, as after the McGovern disaster, the party starts to return to the center to win she will be a prime contender for 2024
Tulsi signs everywhere here in Jim Clyburn’s district. Wanna bet he votes for her?
Piling on? They gonna run train on her
Gabbard should wake up and see that the democRATic party doesn’t want any one who does not agree completely with their radical hate America and hate Trump and doesn’t march lock step with their radical agenda.
Tulsi Gabbard is the best candidate that the Democrats have to offer.
Voting present is the cowardly act of a Democrat trying to separate herself from the pack of gutter Dems…if she had the honor of an officer in any branch of the US armed forces she would have stood tall and proudly voted no against the articles of impeachment that do not meet the Constitution’s mandate that a “High Crime or Misdemeanor” both crimes that are sanctioned in US criminal codes, are demonstrated. You cannot remove a President because you do not like him, that is called tyranny!
To damn near all Dem politicians their oath of office does not mean a thing. The only thing that matters to them is that they retain any powers they think they have. If Republicans acted like the Dem’s there would be perpetual war in the House and Senate, but Rep’s allow the Dem’s to crap all over them and do nothing. One of these days the Rep’s are going to say enough is enough and start crapping back. The Dem’s will have no idea what to do after that as they will be in uncharted waters and I do not… Read more »
How dare a woman think for herself. Dems hate freedom of speech.
Democrats are just like Zombies. Anyone who exhibits brains becomes the group-think target.
So…she pulled an Obama. “I’m here” isn’t good enough. If you want to be a leader, dont act like a freaking moron. “Present” isn’t leading material. Stand up for the ethics you claim to have, and make a stand. Dont just say “I’m here everyone, you guys vote, I’ll watch”.
Dummy.
Don’t let’s turn her into any heroine. She’s still a liberal Democrat from Hawaii taking a huge lead off of left base. She voted “Present,” hardly any profile in courage, or reason.
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