I admit to having to side-eye Tulsi Gabbard from the start. It was nothing specific, I just had a sense that something about her wasn't quite right. Maybe it's the way she speaks, she's almost robotic. But then I read more about her and decided she doesn't fit into this race at all. I think she's doing it strictly to get a particular agenda across to people and that agenda doesn't really fit in with U.S. foreign policy, as a matter of fact it's entirely inconsistent with U.S. foreign policy.
Tulsi Gabbard Thinks We’re Doomed - The New York Times
[snip]The threat from Russia is severely exaggerated, Ms. Gabbard says. Do not beat the drums of war with Iran. Make nice with North Korea.
She flew to Syria in 2017 and had what seemed to be a friendly meeting with Bashar al-Assad, shocking her colleagues in Congress, and voted against a House resolution condemning the dictator’s war crimes. More recently, she said Mr. Assad was “not the enemy of the United States.”[/snip]
How man men or women serving in Congress is allowed to fly to Syrian for a face to face 'friendly' meeting with Bashar al-Assad -- one of the most ruthless dictators and human rights abuser in the Middle East? In 2017, al-Assad was dropping chlorine gas bombs on his own civilians. Remember the little boy in the ambulance in Aleppo? He was injured by an air strike by al-Assad's air force. That incident came to the attention of the public in 2017 also. Tulsi Gabbard claims she went on a ‘fact-finding’ mission in support of ‘peace’ for Syrian people, but characterized US-backed rebels as ‘terrorists’.
The U.S.has no diplomatic relations with Syria. Gabbard’s trip raised alarms over a potential violation of the Logan Act, a federal statute barring unauthorized individuals from conferring with a foreign government involved in a dispute with the US. The US currently has no diplomatic relations with Syria.
It's all pretty stinky to me and I'd never even consider her a logical candidate for any party.