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13306410, heres some quick reading material to brush up on her history.
Posted by Reeq, Sat Jan-12-19 05:17 PM
it may fill in some of the holes you have on her record.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/tulsi-gabbard-president-sanders-democratic-party

just posted a lil earlier:
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1084190704816087042

jacobin is a well-known lefty rag and mehdi hasan is a staff writer for theintercept. if shes even getting heavy criticism from *them* then its gonna hard for her to find a path forward.


>But she does support medicare for all. Again, the inaccurate
>reporting on what her actual, current positions are is
>astounding.

you misread my comment. im saying she didnt support it (or even join the progressive caucus) til mid/late last year.

here she is with an f rating from progressivepunch.org based on her actual voting history. shes a member of the progressive caucus but shes ranked below tim ryan.
http://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?house=house

the more i think think about it...the more im beginning to think only die-hard sanders supporters think she is a progressive. general progressives seem to be able to see her for who she really is.


>There was an effort to primary her but it fell short because
>of the reliance on narrative spin as opposed to what her
>actual policies are.

it wasnt by bernie supporters is my point. 'ourrevolution' endorsed her while they attacked much less conservative democrats. her opponent was actually more progressive and further left than her but it didnt matter to bernies group. weird right?