On November 2016, President-elect Donald Trump asked to meet Gabbard to discuss Syria, ISIS, al Qaeda, and other foreign policy issues. Gabbard accepted over concern that Republican neocons would grow in influence once Trump took office in January and escalate the war to overthrow the Syrian government.[1]
In 2017, Gabbard called the Trump administration's 2017 Shayrat missile strike reckless and "short-sighted."[2]
She did not join congressional Democrats opposing Steve Bannon's appointment as Trump's chief strategist,[3][4] but did co-sponsor a bill to remove him from the National Security Council.[5]
In 2018, Gabbard vehemently criticized the administration's decision not to sanction Saudi Arabia over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.[6]
In 2019, Gabbard, at a press conference with family members of victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, asked the Trump administration declassify the investigation of Saudi Arabian government official involvement in the September 11 attacks,[7][8] She reintroduced House resolutions to push for this goal.[9][10][11]
In December 2019, Gabbard voted "present" when the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump. She criticized Republicans for "blindly supporting their party leader and abdicating their responsibility to exercise legitimate oversight" and Democrats for using "extreme rhetoric that was never conducive to an impartial fact-finding process".[12][13] She introduced H. Res. 766,[14][15] to censure Trump for several of his foreign policy decisions and "send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked".[16]
References edit
- ^ "Democratic Rep. Gabbard meets with Trump". CNN. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ Greenwood, Max (April 6, 2017). "Gabbard: US attack on Syrian airfield 'short-sighted,' reckless". TheHill. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ^ "Why didn't Rep. Tulsi Gabbard join 169 of her colleagues in denouncing Trump appointee Stephen Bannon? – Maui Time". Maui Time. November 18, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ^ Calamur, Krishnadev. "Tulsi Gabbard, the GOP's Favorite Democrat, Goes to Syria". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ^ "Co-sponsors of H.R.804 - Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017". US Congress. 2017.
- ^ Bowden, John (November 21, 2018). "Gabbard says being Saudi Arabia's 'bitch' is not 'America First'". The Hill. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ Fearnow, Benjamin (October 29, 2019). "Tulsi Gabbard Demands US End Saudi Aid, Ties Government to 9/11 Terrorist Hijackers". Newsweek. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ Creitz, Charles (November 1, 2019). "Tulsi Gabbard wants findings of probe into possible Saudi 9/11 involvement declassified". Fox News. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ AP (October 30, 2019). "Release 9/11 docs related to Saudis: Tulsi Gabbard". The Economic Times. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ Jones, Walter B. (December 13, 2017). "H.Res.663 - Urging the release of information regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States". US Congress. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ Gabbard, Tulsi (October 29, 2019). "H.Res.662 - Urging the release of information regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States". US Congress. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ Collins, Sean (2019-12-18). "Rep. Tulsi Gabbard explains why she voted "present" on the articles of impeachment". Vox. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Berman, Matt; McLeod, Paul (2019-12-18). "Tulsi Gabbard Was The Only Member Of Congress To Vote "Present" For Donald Trump's Impeachment". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Gabbard, Tulsi (December 17, 2019). "H.Res.766 - Censuring President Donald J. Trump". 116th Congress (2019-2020). Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Gabbard, Tulsi (December 18, 2019). "Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls on House to Censure President for Putting Personal Political Gain Over National Interest". House member Tulsi Gabbard. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Berman, Matt; McLeod, Paul (December 18, 2019). "Tulsi Gabbard Was The Only Member Of Congress To Vote "Present" For Donald Trump's Impeachment". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved December 19, 2019.