Gabbard Dodges Question On Whether Syria’s Assad Is A War Criminal

on July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks at a press conference on House Resolution 922 outside the U.S. Capitol July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Gabbard and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) spoke on reclai... WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks at a press conference on House Resolution 922 outside the U.S. Capitol July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Gabbard and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) spoke on reclaiming "Congress's constitutional right to declare war" and efforts to define presidential wars not declared by Congress as impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Citing the “lies” that ignited the war in Iraq, presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) would not answer whether she believed Syrian President Bashar Assad is a war criminal, nor if she would believe the findings of of her own intelligence community if elected president.

“I think that the evidence needs to be gathered, and as I have said before, if there is evidence that he has committed war crimes, he should be prosecuted as such,” she said.

Gabbard made the remarks during a CNN town hall discussion on Sunday, furthering bipartisan concern that the congresswoman is sympathetic to the Assad regime. Two years ago, Gabbard made an unannounced visit to Assad and has said in the past that she is “skeptical” that he was behind a chemical weapon attack against his own people in 2017. The United Nations and the U.S. Department of Defense have both concluded that Assad was responsible for the massacre.

“I served in a war in Iraq — a war that was launched based on lies, and a war that was launched without evidence. And so the American people were duped,” Gabbard said. “So as a soldier, as an American, as a member of Congress, it is my duty and my responsibility to exercise skepticism any time anyone tries to send our service members into harm’s way or use our military to go in and start a new war.”

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  1. Why is TPM bothering to give this fool any press at all?

    The best thing to do with Gabbard is to IGNORE HER.

  2. Good God. What an embarrassment.

  3. This one was lucky, Tulsi. Assad is a butcher. I doubt it’s skepticism that makes you reluctant to say so.

  4. She won’t get the Nom., but she will be the Dem that the GOP can point to for _____________________.

  5. Yep — just another useful idiot who loves a camera. The two seem to go hand in hand.

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