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Trump’s campaign is a fan of Tulsi Gabbard’s attack on the Democratic party

Gabbard's sentiments resonated with the Trump 2020 campaign.

 

David Covucci

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Posted on Nov 20, 2019   Updated on May 19, 2021, 10:29 pm CDT

In her first words at tonight’s Democratic Debate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) went right after… the Democratic Party.

Gabbard was asked about her spat over the past month with Hillary Clinton, who called her a Russian asset. In the wake of that, Gabbard called Clinton a warmonger, accusing her of being everything wrong with the Democratic party.

And Gabbard decided to go with an attack on the entire Democratic party.

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1197347446977966080

“Our Democratic party, unfortunately, is not of, by, and for the people. It is a party … that continues to be influenced by the foreign policy establishment represented by Hillary Clinton… by the military-industrial complex, and other corporate interests.”

It was a line of criticism Gabbard has frequently hit the establishment with. And while her calling out Dems in the primary earned a vicious response from Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who noted Gabbard’s ties to Fox News and Steve Bannon, one group enjoyed Gabbard’s comments.

Trump’s 2020 campaign, which shared them almost immediately on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1197342010191036416

Gabbard has long been the favorite of conservatives in every debate so far, and it looks like Wednesday is no different.

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*First Published: Nov 20, 2019, 9:07 pm CST