Source: Democratic Rep. Gabbard meeting with Trump, talking top jobs in DC
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team Monday for a possible top job in the new administration, a source said.
Also expected to meet with Trump today at Trump Tower are former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Newt Gingrich.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/politics/gabbard-trump-transition/?sr=google_news
See also: Why didnt Tulsi Gabbard join 169 of her colleagues in denouncing Trump appointee Stephen Bannon?
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)still_one
(92,209 posts)Gabbard is being considered because of her anti-Muslim past
This is like a who's who of the people who can inflict the most damage to America
We are so screwed
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)and holding her out as the model for progressive leaders?
LOL.
She's an anti-Muslim bigot who refused to sign the letter condemning the hiring of Steve Bannon.
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Right here on DU.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)I don't trust her.
obamanut2012
(26,079 posts)Although she fakes right now she isn't.
MattP
(3,304 posts)Long before she went for Bernie
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)From certain quarters...
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Wouldn't shock me at all ^^^
Personally, I've never really cared for Tulsi Gabbard, and especially since she's shown herself to be anti-Muslim in her leanings.
Another DINO star is being born. SMDH.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)because I don't know any Dems who are openly anti-Muslim and who criticized President Obama so voraciously as Tulsi. Add to that, her entire family is Republican, so...
I hope that when she's up for re-election in 2018, she's resoundingly defeated now that she happily went to meet with Putin's puppet.
George II
(67,782 posts)onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)Laurian
(2,593 posts)This election has certainly been eye opening, hasn't it? She's an egotist or a Republican, likely both. Seems the R's generally put their own interests above all else.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)She is really a disappointment. Another Bernie star.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)"Gabbard favors tax incentives for renewable energy"
trumps having a hard time filling the top positions, no one wants to do his work or work with him, except foreign lobbyists.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)trump won't want her when he finds out she also supports much easier visas.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)PassingFair
(22,434 posts)billh58
(6,635 posts)father (Mike Gabbard) is a flaming homophobe, so it runs in the family.
obamanut2012
(26,079 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I never trusted her and now I know why.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,217 posts)that helped Wikileaks circumvent the systems at the DNC? She certainly had working knowledge since she was vice-chair.
LeftInTX
(25,364 posts)OnDoutside
(19,957 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)LisaM
(27,813 posts)Of course, I didn't like her during the primaries, but it didn't occur to me she'd consider working with Trump, either.
I do remember thinking that she was seriously mis-labelled as a "rising Democratic star" when she left the DNC in a huff and started working against Hillary. I'd never really heard of her before.
obamanut2012
(26,079 posts)I was shocked she had such a big role at the DNC, because of her background, and then when that happened.... inside job, y'all.
JudyM
(29,250 posts)It's all relative in the swamp.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)when it suits her.
obamanut2012
(26,079 posts)She has never been a Dem, ever. Trojan horse sent ti try and get Bernie the nom and defeat HRC.
JudyM
(29,250 posts)Nothing suspect about refusing to march in absolute lock step to the party lines... if more people would exercise stronger moral judgment we'd be in far better shape now, as a party and as a country.
radical noodle
(8,000 posts)by Trumpism? Islamophobia is not acceptable in the Democratic Party. She criticized Hillary for not saying Islamic Terrorism. I was never a fan.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)Go ahead....ask.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)PoiBoy
(1,542 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)billh58
(6,635 posts)snuggling up to the neocons...
obamanut2012
(26,079 posts)Like a certain group wanted her to be.
She is a rabidly anti LGBT, anti Muslim hardliner Consrvative, from a family as bad as she is, who "converted" to get elected as a Dem and try to ruin the DNC and the Dems.
I am not a CT theorist, but have said that for forever, and this shows I was right.