{"id":1051474,"date":"2025-02-12T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051474"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:57:18","slug":"new-senate-republicans-confirm-national-security-threat-tulsi-gabbard-to-top-intelligence-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-senate-republicans-confirm-national-security-threat-tulsi-gabbard-to-top-intelligence-post\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Senate Republicans Confirm National Security Threat Tulsi Gabbard to Top Intelligence Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Senate Republicans confirming Trump\u2019s unfit and untrustworthy nominee Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump is putting our national security at risk, and Senate Republicans are enabling him. Tulsi Gabbard is an ally to Vladimir Putin and Russian-backed disinformation propagandists but she\u2019s no ally to the American people or to our actual allies around the world. Tulsi Gabbard is unfit and untrustworthy, and Americans deserve better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Senate Republicans confirmed unqualified extremist Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Periodicals<\/a>: \u201cConfirmed, 52-48. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cParty line with McConnell voting no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: During her hearing, Gabbard flip flopped on critical issues, refused to answer if she would follow illegal orders, and refused to denounce dictators. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Mark Warner<\/a>: \u201cWhat are the reforms that have led you to now support 702?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard: *Doesn\u2019t answer question*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Warner: \u201cI ask you a question. Please give me the courtesy of responding. You said the reforms now make you supportive. \u2026 Can you cite which reforms?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard: *Doesn\u2019t answer question*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Warner: \u201cAfter the reforms were passed into law in April of \u201924, you went on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast in May \u2026 And you said \u2018This bill took an already bad problem and made it many, many times worse.\u2019 Again, in my mind, this is a question of judgment. 702 is critical. I appreciate this late conversion, but I’m not sure I buy it because you had such a consistent position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ron Wyden<\/a>: \u201cIf President Trump orders you to withhold appropriated funds from the inspector general, will you refuse that illegal order?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard: *Doesn\u2019t answer* <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Wyden: \u201cThat\u2019s not what I\u2019m asking. I\u2019m asking if you are asked about an illegal order, what will you do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard: *Doesn\u2019t answer again* <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Michael Bennet<\/a>: \u201cAt the very moment that Russian tanks were rolling across the peaceful border of Ukraine for the first time, you tweeted at 11:30 p.m. your time: \u2018This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden administration\/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia\u2019s \u2026 legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine\u2019s becoming a member of NATO. Did you say that? Yes or no?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard: \u201cI believe you\u2019re reading my tweet<\/strong>, Senator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Bennett: \u201cYes is the answer. \u2026 You are agreeing that you basically said that Putin was justified in rolling over the peaceful border of Ukraine, the first time since World War II that a free nation had been invaded by a totalitarian state, and you were there at 11:30 p.m. that night to say that you are with them, not us. \u2026 You say you don\u2019t know because you don\u2019t read Russian propaganda. Russian state TV then aired your comments. Did you know that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard: *Dodges*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard \u2014 who has long defended despots and dictators at the expense of our democratic allies \u2014 will be the key voice helping Trump make hundreds of critical national security, military, and foreign policy decisions. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Review<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard\u2019s Discomforting Dictator Alliance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard: Syrian Dictator Assad Is \u2018Not the Enemy of the United States\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cHawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States<\/strong>, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country\u2019s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. \u2018Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States,\u2019 Gabbard said Wednesday morning on MSNBC.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe GOP\u2019s new, Russia-friendly campaign-trail buddy: Tulsi Gabbard\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salon<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard\u2019s journey to Donald Trump is an ominous sign of Putin\u2019s power\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRussian web trolls boo Biden, often boost Gabbard, report finds\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard<\/a>: \u201cIt was a good thing that Trump met with [Kim Jong Un].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cAn NBC News analysis of the main English-language news sites employed by Russia in its 2016 election meddling shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is set to make her formal announcement Saturday, has become a favorite of the sites Moscow used when it interfered in 2016.<\/strong> Several experts who track websites and social media linked to the Kremlin have also seen what they believe may be the first stirrings of an upcoming Russian campaign of support for Gabbard.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard attacked efforts to investigate January 6 and repeatedly campaigned with notorious election deniers and conspiracy theorists. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/a>: Gabbard campaigned for prominent election deniers including <\/strong>Kari Lake<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Don Bolduc<\/strong><\/a>, and <\/strong>Blake Masters<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard slams the Jan 6 hearings<\/strong>: It\u2019s \u2018political interest\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Senate Republicans confirming Trump\u2019s unfit and untrustworthy nominee Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump is putting our national security at risk, and Senate Republicans are enabling him. 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