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Gabbard: DNC leadership rigged the 2016 primary for Hillary Clinton
“The party leadership was heavily waiting and tilting the scales and essentially rigging the primary for Hillary Clinton, much in the same manner that we have seen occur in this 2024 election for Joe Biden”
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Gabbard: Democratic colleagues warned endorsing Sanders placed me on Clinton's blacklist
“Some of my Democratic colleagues basically telling me, like, you just committed political suicide. Hillary Clinton is going to be president. That is going to happen, and you will be persona non grata to that her administration. You will not get a single penny …”
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Gabbard: Google shut down my campaign AdSense during 2020 debate peak
“I ended up being the most searched candidate of the night, that debate night, which is what I had hoped for, and, ah, right at that time of peak interest, Google shut down our AdSense account with no warning, no explanation, no ability.”
Assertion Supported
Gabbard: Studies show Gmail sends most Republican campaign emails to spam
“Studies are done how Google in particular, but essentially big tech, Has been proven to divert the vast majority of, you know, if you're a Republican running for office and you're sending out a, you know, a bulk email, most of those emails for conservatives Re…”
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Gabbard: The U.S. goal in Ukraine is regime change to remove Putin
“The goal of the U.S. Government at the heart of this is another regime change war. They want to get rid of Putin, and that's not a secret. Some of the highest leaders, you know, Secretary Austin Secretary of State Blinken, others within the White House have ma…”
Disclosure
Gabbard: Resigned DNC post to endorse Sanders over foreign policy stance
“I made that decision to resign as vice chair of the DNC and endorse Bernie Sanders around that single issue of war and peace. He was largely at that time more of non-interventionist view of the world, not an isolationist, but more, ah, exercising restraint. Ve…”
Assertion Supported
Gabbard: U.S. threatened Mexico with sanctions over GMO crop ban for Monsanto
“Mexico has banned some form of GMO crops. The United States government is intervening and threatening Mexico with economic sanctions. On behalf of Monsanto, ah, and the, you know.”
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Gabbard: Zelensky has taken total control of media and eliminated opposition
“Well, let's look at what President Zelensky has done since this war started, instituted martial law, taken over complete control of the media, total control. It is now merged together under this one, 24 hour station that is, is literally run by the government.…”
Insight
Gabbard: Congressional term limits simply shift power to unelected permanent committee staff
“You implement term limits, the power, the money and the attention shifts from the special interest away from the elected politician and towards the unelected chiefs of staff, professional committee staff members, those who stay on regardless of who the elected…”
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Gabbard: The average Congress member attends three lobbyist fundraising events every day
“On average, a member of Congress will go to a breakfast lobbyist fundraising
event, a lunch lobbyist fundraising event, and a dinner lobbyist fundraising event, and walk away with pocketfuls of checks from all of these special interest groups.”
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Gabbard: Received Mail-In Ballots for Deceased Homeowners in D.C.
“When I was in Congress and we stayed in D.C. The house that I lived in, the previous owners had been deceased for several years. Election time would come around, and we would get ballots, mail-in ballots in their names, people who had been dead for over seven …”
Insight
Gabbard: Limiting Voting to Election Day Handicaps Campaign Victory Chances
“I think it's a big problem for people who are saying that people should only vote on Election Day, when you have all of these other means available to vote, are handicapping their ability to actually win in this election.”
Tulsi Gabbard