Tulsi Gabbard missed veterans hearing to surf with reporter

[RandySF]

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) missed a hearing on veterans issues in August because she was surfing with a reporter who was producing a profile of the freshman congresswoman, the Honolulu Civil Beat reported.

She later used the video associated with the profile as part of a fundraising appeal.

Gabbard was scheduled to attend a field hearing being held in Honolulu by the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee addressing issues with the Veteran Health Administration. Gabbard was shown leaving the shore at 9:15 a.m. in the video, which was produced by Yahoo News. The meeting was set to begin at 10 a.m.
One of the panelists at the hearing was Wayne Pfeffer, the director of the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, who Gabbard had previously demanded be fired.

When asked previously why Gabbard did not appear at the panel, the congresswoman’s office had not mentioned that she was surfing with reporter Chris Moody. Her spokeswoman told the Civil Beat, an online news outlet, that the Yahoo News crew had gotten stuck in traffic, delaying the shoot and causing her to miss most of the meeting.



http://thehill.com/homenews/house/219899-report-hawaii-dem-missed-veterans-hearing-to-surf-with-reporter

[revbones]

1. Hillary was under sniper fire. Oh wait... She lied. nt

[shenmue]

2. Huh? Go back to Fox News.

[revbones]

4. Oh I'm sorry. Did you miss when she said she was under sniper fire?

Well she did. Then video showed she lied.

Similar to her public lies to unions about fighting the Colombia Free Trade Agreement - which were proven when her emails were released showing she secretly lobbied for it.

[shenmue]

7. Benghaziiiiiiii is at Fox News. Nice transparency page!

How long until you're given the boot?

[revbones]

15. So you think she was under sniper fire then like she said?

[revbones]

19. Benghazi? Not sure what you're citing that about. nt

[trumad]

17. Tick tock

[MADem]

5. The Pope invited Bernie to the Vatican....oh wait....!

Keep distracting...it's OBVIOUS what you're doing.

[virtualobserver]

6. the Brock droppings will continue until our love for Hillary blossoms.

[revbones]

11. Sure, ignore all her many lies...

Flashback: Hillary Clinton Under 'Sniper Fire' In Bosnia:

Clinton says she 'misspoke' about sniper fire http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/25/campaign.wrap/index.html?iref=hpmostpop

[trumad]

18. Tick tock

[revbones]

20. Awww I guess some people just can't take seeing some of her lies proven false.

That's ok though, many Hillary followers prefer to just misrepresent Bernie's statements and actions instead of see the truth.

Enjoy.

[trumad]

24. Tick Tock

[Human101948]

28. Hillary missed a few Senate votes...like 60-80 percent depending on the date...

Barack Obama missed 89.4 of his votes during the last quarter of 2007 while he was a U.S. senator running for president

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton missed 83.5 per cent of her votes in the same quarter

During the months she was running for president in 2008, Hillary missed 68.4 per cent of her votes overall, faring worse than Obama's 64.3 per cent


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3290381/Marco-no-Rubio-defends-Senate-absences-records-Senator-Barack-Obama-missed-votes-2008-campaign-s-early-going-Hillary-Clinton-ended-doing-worse.html#ixzz45Me5z7rv

[virtualobserver]

32. I can barely believe that Hillary people are even doing this.....I am beginning to lose all respect.

[WhiteTara]

3. Campaigning is hard work and

pesky meetings can get in the way, so it's all good.

[MADem]

10. Pesky meetings that are part of your JOB? Pesky meetings about helping VETERANS? nt

[WhiteTara]

16. They're only important when bashing Clinton

don't you know?

[virtualobserver]

26. She did her job when she volunteered for a 12 month tour in IRAQ, the war that Hillary voted for...

This was a Senate hearing, so it wasn't her job.....she simply wanted to be there.

I remember when Republicans attacked Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam.

Do Hillary supporters have no sense of decency?

[MADem]

30. OMG--she volunteered to do something, and then DID IT!

She's not the only one.

That doesn't mean we're allowed to get a pass when we come home, take on other jobs, and make promises to other people.

I don't think even she would approve of you playing the "She's a vet so she gets a pass" card. That's low as hell!

When Lindsay Graham skips out on shit, can he play HIS "vet card" too?

And trying to compare her fucking around surfing with a reporter and not showing up for work to Max Cleland????? HOW low will you go???? That takes the cake.

[virtualobserver]

31. Your don't get a pass from me.....I'm comparing your attack on Tulsi to the Repub attacks on Max.

Disgusting.

[Ash20]

41. Not part of your job when you are in the House and the it is a Senate hearing

She held her own House meetings with vets on all the Hawaiian islands before that.
None of the Hillary supporter politicians in Hawaii attended her meetings.

The only reason this old story is being raked up is because she's supporting Bernie now

[JI7]

8. And she endorsed Sanders

Which is what you really have a problem with.

[NightWatcher]

23. Ding! No more posts we have a winner.

[leftofcool]

35. And thank goodness she did!

Team Hillary does not need an endorsement from anyone who is anti-LGBT and anti-refugee.

[Ash20]

42. She's pro-LGBT, pro-refugee

Pro LGBT: https://www.votetulsi.com/vision#equality
Pro refugee, also pro-stronger vetting: http://refugeerights.org/congress-demands-action-on-special-immigrant-visa-program/ and
http://gabbard.house.gov/index.php/press-releases/522-open-letter-from-rep-tulsi-gabbard-regarding-safe-act

[SammyWinstonJack]

37. Exactly.

[silvershadow]

9. I hate a good traffic jam as much as the next person. I know she was frustrated and disappointed.

[RandySF]

14. She could have canceled the photo shoot.

[silvershadow]

22. In anticipation of a traffic jam? Yeah, I suppose...if she were Madame Cleo or

whatever her name was.

[RandySF]

25. Hello, she had a phone I'm sure.

She could have picked up the phone and drove to the hearing instead.

[virtualobserver]

29. Or Hillary could have led the fight against the war, and Tulsi would not have had to risk her life..

in combat....and she wouldn't have had to watch her friends maimed and killed.

Hillary supporters are disgusting.....they will attack anyone.

[Indepatriot]

33. KABOOOOOOOOM!

[silvershadow]

34. Thank you! They are so obtuse sometimes it hurts. nt

[Lucinda]

13. Interesting.

Thank you.

[Chan790]

21. Who seriously the fuck cares?

The level of character assassination being directed at Rep. Gabbard by Clinton supporters and surrogates is beginning to border on the surreal.

It's like they cannot accept that there are Democrats in America who think Clinton is a bad candidate that will make a bad President and aren't supporting her for that reason; they feel the need to attack anybody that doesn't support her, supports anybody else or runs against her...on a personally-vindictive level.

[leftofcool]

36. Veterans?

[Old Codger]

43. LOL

I just took a look at the clinton group, they have 389 subscribers, there are 384 users trashing that group and they have 810 users blocked... quite the little exclusive group there

[Vinca]

38. Poor Tulsi. She opted to back the wrong candidate for POTUS and now it's the obligation

of the Hillary supporters to trash her. On a Democratic site.

[Cheese Sandwich]

39. Don't dare cross the Clinton Machine or you'll face personal attacks. Take that to the bank.

[AJ.Akia]

40. Clinton supporters can't win on the issues

So they're trying to attack Sanders surrogate Tulsi Gabbard with baseless attacks.

The story referred to her was a BS story based on the absurd premise that members of the US House of Representatives like Congresswoman Gabbard are supposed to attend US Senate hearings, and if they don’t then they’re neglecting their responsibilities.

Obviously, the writers fail to understand that members of the U.S. HOUSE are responsible for taking part in U.S. HOUSE HEARINGS, and U.S. SENATORS are supposed to take part in certain U.S. SENATE HEARINGS or vice versa.

So the idea that Tulsi did something wrong because she “missed” a US Senate hearing when she is not even a US Senator is absurd on its face.
 
But of course reporters often ignore facts for sensational headlines. And of course Clinton's team is desperate so they dig up crap and try to sling it and hope it sticks.