2020 Dem hopeful Tulsi Gabbard under fire for anti-gay comments from 15 years ago (legal, radical)

[somebodyfromnc]

She said we shouldn't be ruled by a small number of gay extremists back in 2004 and apparently, her father has a history of being anti-gay.

She has since apologized for the comments and said that she is committed to fighting for equal rights.

Should this disqualify her from getting the Dem nomination?

[t206]

She should be disqualified because of her meeting with Bashar al-Assad

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by somebodyfromnc

She said we shouldn't be ruled by a small number of gay extremists back in 2004 and apparently, her father has a history of being anti-gay.

She has since apologized for the comments and said that she is committed to fighting for equal rights.

Should this disqualify her from getting the Dem nomination?

This is as absurd as going after Kavanaugh for some event (which turned out to be false) when he was 18.


Who the hell cares what she said 15 years ago?

[Hesychios]

Originally Posted by somebodyfromnc

She said we shouldn't be ruled by a small number of gay extremists back in 2004 and apparently, her father has a history of being anti-gay.

She has since apologized for the comments and said that she is committed to fighting for equal rights.

Should this disqualify her from getting the Dem nomination?

I wouldn't blame her for what her father thought.

If all she ever said about gays was she wouldn't be ruled by a small number of extremists I can agree with that. I don't know her history, and she has never been on my radar before now. Perhaps there is more.

I doubt she will go far in the primaries, unless something remarkably good or special about her comes out that I am unaware of.

[AFP]

Originally Posted by hawkeye2009

This is as absurd as going after Kavanaugh for some event (which turned out to be false) when he was 18.


Who the hell cares what she said 15 years ago?

You have no way of knowing that.

[Hesychios]

Originally Posted by t206

She should be disqualified because of her meeting with Bashar al-Assad

I didn't know about this, was it recent? Assad is an animal.

[phma]

Here is one that the democrats will cannibalize for not being radical enough. Poor Tulsi, should have ran for office in Tulsa. Mean-lentils won't vote for her.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by Hesychios

I didn't know about this, was it recent? Assad is an animal.

We attacked him, not the other way around. The aggressors certainly have a way of spinning things.........

That said, yes she was raised in an anti gay household. We do not get to pick our parents. In her teens very early twenties she supported the anti gay marriage actions of her parents. At this same time, Hillary and Obama were also against gay marriage.

She has said that since getting out on her own she learned why it's bad to be so divisive and worked to make gay marriage legal.

[Fifty Seven]

Good for her. She's evidently pissing off the right people.

[Frank DeForrest]

What did she say that is "anti-gay"?