Tulsi Gabbard's End Game

[Bobber]

I can't help but wonder what Tuls Gabbard's end game plan is in her merely voting "present" for Impeachment. Interesting she states on the substance she would have voted YES to impeach but because it wasn't bipartisan she put down merely "present".

So she took the position that Pelosi had forsaken prior that Impeachment must be bipartisan. So what's her game plan? Is she considering that if the Democrats get taken to the wood shed over this next November at least she'll come out of it as the voice of balance.....that she held on to there must be a by bipartisan approach? Could it be that she calculated that the public will demand in the not to distant future that Democrats have at least some who aren't way beyond extreme and she'll be looked upon as a good pick for a Democrat Vice President? Something tells me she is one smart lady and I suspect her career in politics is far from over.

 

[SummerMadness]

Adjective modify nouns.

 

[essentialsaltes]

So she took the position that Pelosi had forsaken prior that Impeachment must be bipartisan.

No she didn't.

So what's her game plan?

To stand out with a unique position, in a bid to get attention. Sadly for her, the situation is so polarized that hardly anyone will find the 'no comment' vote appealing.

 

[NightHawkeye]

I can't help but wonder what Tuls Gabbard's end game plan is in her merely voting "present" for Impeachment. Interesting she states on the substance she would have voted YES to impeach but because it wasn't bipartisan she put down merely "present".

So she took the position that Pelosi had forsaken prior that Impeachment must be bipartisan. So what's her game plan? Is she considering that if the Democrats get taken to the wood shed over this next November at least she'll come out of it as the voice of balance.....that she held on to there must be a by bipartisan approach? Could it be that she calculated that the public will demand in the not to distant future that Democrats have at least some who aren't way beyond extreme and she'll be looked upon as a good pick for a Democrat Vice President? Something tells me she is one smart lady and I suspect her career in politics is far from over.

Protest vote?

 

[cow451]

Protest vote?

No. She had nothing to gain or lose by yes or no. She simply notes that we all know what the President is. But enough Americans don’t care enough to address it.

 

[wing2000]

imo, she's creating an independent identity for 2024 as the candidate who bucked the parties...

I question her rational though in voting present. If the President is guilty (“Trump is guilty of wrongdoing”), one votes accordingly.

 

[NightHawkeye]

She simply notes that we all know what the President is.

You mean a man with human failings? Like Bill Clinton?

 

[BobRyan]

I can't help but wonder what Tuls Gabbard's end game plan is in her merely voting "present" for Impeachment. Interesting she states on the substance she would have voted YES to impeach but because it wasn't bipartisan she put down merely "present".

Pelosi said it "must be bipartisan" to be legit.

You have to credit Tulsi for sticking with Pelosi's lead on that one.

Maybe it was her way of saying that the party had gone off the rails at that point in the process since they were not making a bipartisan case for impeachment - but rather were going for the purely political partisan "hack" solution that would have no future in the Senate, no future among independents, moderates or Republicans. - That's a losing strategy for the democrats and Tulsi Gabbard knew it.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Kai Kahele, a Democratic state senator who is running to succeed Gabbard in Congress, said the vote left their congressional district voiceless.

“You don’t get a participation trophy for voting ‘present’ on one of the most crucial votes taken this Congress,” Kahele said on Twitter. “The 2nd District has been left #voiceless once again. This is unacceptable!”

Kahele, who supported impeaching Trump, has been critical of Gabbard for missing many votes while she campaigns for the Democratic nomination for president. According to the website govtrack.us, Gabbard missed 88.7% of the 141 House votes taken in the past three months.

 

[cow451]

You mean a man with human failings? Like Bill Clinton?

Whatabout noted. “Failings” ... the greatest ever. Yuge failings!