In response to Donald Trump tapping Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:

“It is a danger to the American people to place a person who has coddled conspiracy theorists, defended Vladimir Putin, promoted Russian-backed disinformation campaigns, and cozied up to fringe hate groups in our nation’s top intelligence post. Once again, Trump’s cabinet picks are showing that when it comes to our national security and our leadership on the world stage, loyalty to him comes first – and America comes last.”

Tulsi Gabbard has defended despots and murderous dictators like Bashar Al-Assad while attacking our democratic allies.

National Review: “Tulsi Gabbard’s Discomforting Dictator Alliance”

Daily Beast: “Tulsi Gabbard: Syrian Dictator Assad Is ‘Not the Enemy of the United States’”

CNN: “Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country’s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. ‘Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States,’ Gabbard said Wednesday morning on MSNBC.” 

Politico: “The GOP’s new, Russia-friendly campaign-trail buddy: Tulsi Gabbard”

Tulsi Gabbard: “Tulsi Gabbard Criticizes Zelensky’s Authoritarianism”

Salon: “Tulsi Gabbard’s journey to Donald Trump is an ominous sign of Putin’s power”

NBC News: “Russian web trolls boo Biden, often boost Gabbard, report finds”

Gabbard: “It was a good thing that Trump met with [Kim Jong Un].”

NBC News: “An NBC News analysis of the main English-language news sites employed by Russia in its 2016 election meddling shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is set to make her formal announcement Saturday, has become a favorite of the sites Moscow used when it interfered in 2016. Several experts who track websites and social media linked to the Kremlin have also seen what they believe may be the first stirrings of an upcoming Russian campaign of support for Gabbard.”

The Intercept: “But in the days leading up to [Russia’s] attack [on Ukraine], as the state broadcaster worked to tarnish Ukraine and cast American criticism of President Vladimir Putin as hysterical, its producers borrowed heavily from another source: Fox News. At least four times this week, Russian news reports have featured translated clips of Tucker Carlson or his guest Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic U.S. representative.”

Gabbard attacked efforts to investigate January 6 and repeatedly campaigned with notorious election deniers.

2022: Gabbard campaigned for prominent election deniers including Kari Lake, Don Bolduc, and Blake Masters.

Fox News: “Tulsi Gabbard slams the Jan 6 hearings: It’s ‘political interest’”

Gabbard celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade and introduced national abortion ban legislation that would criminalize providers.

2020: Gabbard introduced a bill that would ban most abortions at 20 weeks and threaten providers with jail time.

Gabbard: “The end of Roe v Wade was the right decision to make”

Gabbard worked closely with her father’s anti-LGBTQ+ organization that worked to pass a measure against same-sex marriage in Hawaii and promoted conversion therapy.

CNN: “Rep. Tulsi Gabbard in the early 2000s touted working for her father’s anti-gay organization, which mobilized to pass a measure against same-sex marriage in Hawaii and promoted controversial conversion therapy.  … During her run for state legislature in 2002, Gabbard told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, ‘Working with my father, Mike Gabbard, and others to pass a constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage, I learned that real leaders are willing to make personal sacrifices for the common good. I will bring that attitude of public service to the legislature.’ The quote, which CNN’s KFile found during a review of Gabbard’s early career, shows how closely she aligned herself with her father’s mission at the time.”

Gabbard has railed against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and CHIPS and Science Act, landmark legislation that is increasing our competitiveness and delivering for the American people.

Gabbard: “The so-called Infrastructure Bill… is a slush fund/giveaway program for permanent Washington to pay off their big donors and supporters.”

Gabbard: “Corporate welfare chip bill transfers billions from pockets of regular Americans to coffers of giant corps like Intel, Micron Tech, etc. Further proof our country is now of, by, and for the rich and powerful.”