Tulsi Gabbard at CPAP

Former Democratic House Representative and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on Friday night said she finally found where she belonged—at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference.

Gabbard spoke at the conference’s Ronald Reagan Dinner, walking out to thunderous applause. As she took the podium, she greeted the crowd with an “Aloha” and thanked everyone for a warm welcome, which came four days after she was announced as a CPAC speaker.

“You’re making me feel right at home,” she said with a smile.

In her 20-minute speech, Gabbard attempted to balance two opposing viewpoints: the idea of a “common foundation” in the American public, and the idea of a “powerful elite” aimed at canceling and silencing those who speak out against the government.

She touched on multiple themes prevalent throughout the 2022 gathering—free speech, an “authoritarian” Canada, and the idea that President Joe Biden views those who push back on him as “domestic terrorists.”

“What they’re telling us is you are an enemy of the state,” she said. “If you dare to oppose or even question the president, his administration, or his policies, ‘shut up, step back fall in line, or we’re coming after you.’ This isn’t some theory. This is reality.”

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But she said the CPAC attendees—still without using the word “conservative”—will lead the battle to fight back against Democrats.

“We have decided that we belong to no one but God,” she said. “We are not subjects or slaves of those who govern and by God’s grace, we are free and we will fight to remain free.”

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It's hard to know what to make of the woman. When she ran for president, she sure sounded a heck of a lot more like a Republican than a Democrat, but, when you came down to it, all the of the issues were general enough that near anyone would of course agree with her.

Let's just say that I'm not ready to treat her as an amazing phenomena just yet.

She seems to be all over the place from a personal and political viewpoint.
She did support bernie Sanders but was critical of many Obama era policies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard

2cent wrote:It's hard to know what to make of the woman.  When she ran for president, she sure sounded a heck of a lot more like a Republican than a Democrat, but, when you came down to it, all the of the issues were general enough that near anyone would of course agree with her.  

Let's just say that I'm not ready to treat her as an amazing phenomena just yet.

Great point @2cent . She hasn't razzle dazzled me either and I just can't trust the "surfer dude " mentality she has . Her niche is apparently to play both sides and profit from it without taking a stand .
I call it the Manchin sydrome. But she's a lot hotter than Joe

HawkTheSlayer wrote:She seems to be all over the place from a personal and political viewpoint.
She did support bernie Sanders but was critical of many Obama era policies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard

She more Socialist than Democrat - its the way the lifestyle is in the land of no worries the US taxpayer will always take care of us Hawaiian islands . We should give that sponge back to Japan .

Daily Bread wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:She seems to be all over the place from a personal and political viewpoint.
She did support bernie Sanders but was critical of many Obama era policies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard

She more Socialist than Democrat - its the way the lifestyle is in the land of no worries the US taxpayer will always take care of us Hawaiian islands . We should give that sponge back to Japan .

the japs have owned 90% of those islands now for over 40 years.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:She seems to be all over the place from a personal and political viewpoint.
She did support bernie Sanders but was critical of many Obama era policies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard

Yet, is in favor of "Medicare for All." Also, addressing the systemic racism that disproportionally imprisons African Americans. (gag) She's also highly in favor of the Green New Deal, wants to ban fracking.
https://www.biography.com/political-figure/tulsi-gabbard

Daily Bread wrote:

2cent wrote:It's hard to know what to make of the woman.  When she ran for president, she sure sounded a heck of a lot more like a Republican than a Democrat, but, when you came down to it, all the of the issues were general enough that near anyone would of course agree with her.  

Let's just say that I'm not ready to treat her as an amazing phenomena just yet.

Great point @2cent . She hasn't razzle dazzled me either and I just can't trust the "surfer dude " mentality she has . Her niche is apparently to play both sides and profit from it without taking a stand .
I call it the Manchin sydrome. But she's a lot hotter than Joe

lol. But, yup, she's a charmer, all right. I don't trust her. She's a Hindi, and they always leave ya second guessing.

The US should restrict land ownership to US citizens resident in this country for at least a generation.