Gabbard’s 2020 Bid Dredges Up Her Seriously Anti-LGBTQ Past

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 17: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, holds a news conference with female members of the House Armed Services Committee in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, on a resolution honoring ... UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 17: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, holds a news conference with female members of the House Armed Services Committee in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, on a resolution honoring Army Ranger women graduates. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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After Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) announced her intention to seek the Democratic nomination for President on Friday, unsavory details of the extreme anti-LGBTQ stances she used to hold started to surface.

According to a Sunday CNN report, Gabbard closely aligned with her father, Mike, in her earliest political days — he ran the “Alliance for Traditional Marriage,” “Stop Promoting Homosexuality” and hosted an anti-gay radio show called “Let’s Talk Straight Hawaii.”

Gabbard did work for the Alliance, which supported conversion therapy and advocated for a constitutional amendment in Hawaii to withhold marriage from same-sex couples.

Gabbard has apologized for her former beliefs and has come to support pro-LGBTQ legislation like the Equality Act and repeal of DOMA, saying specifically this time that she “regrets” her past positions and is “grateful” to LGBTQ people who have helped her have a change of heart.

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  1. Hmmmmmmmmm…am I the only one who thinks her chances are not good?

  2. Isn’t she the same person that went over to Syria and thought we should support Assad too? Uh, yeah. Her judgement is pretty fucked up on many issues and she won’t get my vote if she runs. They may like her in her district in Hawaii, but a lot of Dems find her to be seriously lacking who doesn’t bother to consider the consequences of her positions. Btw, she also opposed TPP. She’s a horrible candidate in my opinion.

  3. Even if we believe her change is heartfelt, having once held these positions show a lack of foresight and character that is incompatible with being the Democratic nominee. A strong no. Next.

  4. But…but…but…she turned against Hillary Clinton and endorsed Bernie. Butter emails.

    This is just neo-liberal fake news. The DNC is out to get her. This is all Debbie Wasserman Schult’s fault.

    /S

  5. First thought when she announced…who are you again?

    Second thought, after reading up on her…yeah that’s a hard pass.

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