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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/28/why-did-this-top-dnc-official-just-endorse-bernie-sanders/
So Tulsi Gabbard is now a hero in my book. She just took her entire cushy DNC position and personal risk in order to support Sanders, and purely for moral reasons. She's also apparently been fighting Her Highness the Royal Queen Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on adding more primary debates, etc, and right now I am pretty sure The Queen wants to strangle Gabbard for this decision.
So all in all, I wish I lived in Hawaii so I could help vote Gabbard in a third time, and I also wished that I lived in Florida so I could vote Tim Canova, too, to oust The Queen from her seat in Congress. But more to the point, I hope this will get a little bit of momentum going for Bernie.
I've never been a real fan of Tulsi Gabbard's domestic policies, but, she is a decorated military officer who has my respect for her unselfish service to this country, she and Bernie Sanders both have my respect due to the fact that they both stand for their true beliefs (even if I don't have the same beliefs), and this is not the first time that I have seen Congresswoman Gabbard stand up to her party leadership.
Pinning on her Oak Leaves for the Rank of Major:
On the Floor of the US House of Representatives:
Agree with her policy positions or not, she damned sure deserves our respect - she has mine.