‘I’m Full Tulsi’: Inside Tulsi Gabbard’s Wild Bid to Make Trouble in 2020
New Hampshire's independent streak could well keep Tulsi in the race.
Russian praise
It appears someone in Russia seems to like that strategy too. She has received glowing praise on Russian state TV and the same troll farms that were found to have interfered in the 2016
election have taken a liking to her as well. That has led to unfounded speculation that she is wittingly or unwittingly a Russian asset.
But Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and a former United Nations official, said the situation could be something much more simple: Gabbard could sincerely believe in what she’s pushing, and Russians could either be trying put wind behind the sails of an American military pullback or boost dissenting points of view to foment chaos.
“If you look at it from the Russian point of view, why not support what someone like this is saying?,” he said. “It’s not necessarily wrong or evil. From their point of view a less militaristic America would be a better world order as they see it.”
Her out-of-the-mainstream views have led to speculation about whether Gabbard would run as a third party candidate, most notably from Clinton. But Gabbard denies she will, and DNC Chairman Tom Perez said her campaign reaffirmed that to him as recently as two weeks ago. Balch, the New Hampshire state representative, said he recently asked her straight up too and got the same answer. Still, at Gabbard events in the state a few people encouraged her to pursue it.
New Hampshire's independent streak could well keep Tulsi in the race.
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