Rep. Tulsi Gabbard gets 2020 endorsement from David Duke

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Updated 10/21/19 -- I would not have posted this had I been aware that David Dukes endorsed Gabbard earlier and that she had denounced that endorsement!! Once again -- Thank You Allisom for providing the link!! Thanks!!
Just amazing!! I must say....

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has apparently gotten an endorsement she said she can do without — from former KKK leader David Duke. The 68-year-old white supremacist and former GOP Louisiana state senator plastered a banner on his Twitter page prominently featuring a photograph of the Hawaiian lawmaker, the New York Post reported. “Tulsi Gabbard is currently the only Presidential candidate who doesn't want to send White children off to die for Israel,” the former Grand Wizard tweeted his more than 50,000 followers along with a photograph of Gabbard meeting a US service member and his child. ...
 
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I find endorsements to be this weird thing that we pay all this attention to but should be meaningless. Will X endorse Y? In all honesty who cares, had an endorsement ever resulted in votes? Not likely, and certainly not in numbers that would match up in size to the conveyed importance of one.

And if Tulsi didn’t solicit this who really cares who David Duke endorses. It doesn’t mean she agrees with him and why even bring it up unless one is trying to take swipes at her by drawing a connection that isn’t there?
 
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THIS JUST IN!!!!!

DAVID DUKE ENDORSED BERNIE SANDERS! In addition he endorsed Elizabeth Warren!

They were also spotted doing the A-Okay symbol! I guess they will need to drop out.....
 
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Not sure if the conservatives, racists and others supporting the Repub Party is trying to help Tulsi or totally wreck her chances for a long shot at the presidency. It sure seems at the moment they're doing more damage than good as far as backing her play.

Or maybe they're trying to woo her over to the other side of the aisle? She does come from a Repub upbringing after all.
 

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Hey, at least she denounced him and rejected his support instead of claiming she never heard of him (after having mentioned him several times in the past.) I mean, who in the world would ever react to such an endorsement that way...
 

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First time I have seen it!

“Tulsi Gabbard is currently the only Presidential candidate who doesn’t want to send White children off to die for Israel,” Duke said on Twitter in February, per The New York Post.

"Still, some seven months later on Twitter, the news resurfaced following Gabbard’s recent spat with Hillary Clinton, as David Duke trended on Twitter on Saturday."

 
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It's funny to me that it seems like Trump would be a more obvious choice for someone like Duke to stand behind, but apparently Trump is too corrupt even for him to support (and I'm sure he realizes it and wants to distance himself from the sinking ship).
 

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It's funny to me that it seems like Trump would be a more obvious choice for someone like Duke to stand behind, but apparently Trump is too corrupt even for him to support (and I'm sure he realizes it and wants to distance himself from the sinking ship).

I am very confident that Trump has David Duke’s support for the general election.
 
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It's funny to me that it seems like Trump would be a more obvious choice for someone like Duke to stand behind, but apparently Trump is too corrupt even for him to support (and I'm sure he realizes it and wants to distance himself from the sinking ship).

Duke did, and as far as I know still does, support Trump.
 

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I am very confident that Trump has David Duke’s support for the general election.

And that Trump is counting on it. Why else would he lie and claim he never heard of him instead of denouncing him? Given that anyone else would consider such an endorsement to be a political luabity, there is no conceivable explanation other than Trump understands that the most racist people in the country are an integral part of his base, and that saying anything bad about Duke would erode that support.
 
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“Tulsi Gabbard is currently the only Presidential candidate who doesn’t want to send White children off to die for Israel,” Duke said on Twitter in February, per The New York Post.

"Still, some seven months later on Twitter, the news resurfaced following Gabbard’s recent spat with Hillary Clinton, as David Duke trended on Twitter on Saturday."

Thank You!!
 

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She had this endorsement a while ago.
Not only that but she has denounced the David Duke endorsements which is conveniently forgotten by some who choose to bring it up.

“I have strongly denounced David Duke’s hateful views and his so-called ‘support’ multiple times in the past, and reject his support,” Gabbard said

In November 2016, Duke tweeted that Gabbard was a representative of a “political realignment” he hoped to see in the US — and called for Donald Trump to appoint her secretary of state.

She responded: “U didn’t know I’m Polynesian/Cauc? Dad couldn’t use ‘whites only’ water fountain. No thanks. Ur white nationalism is pure evil.”


I don't know what do we call that situation again? Where an endorsement is received from a scumbag but the poster neglects to mention that the recipient rejects that endorsement. um oh yeah... a "smear"

At least argue why her stated positions are actually bad instead of only telling one half the story of that endorsement. It's like there's no effort put into that smear...



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Not only that but she has denounced the David Duke endorsements which is conveniently forgotten by some who choose to bring it up.

“I have strongly denounced David Duke’s hateful views and his so-called ‘support’ multiple times in the past, and reject his support,” Gabbard said




I don't know what do we call that situation again? Where an endorsement is received from a scumbag but the poster neglects to mention that the recipient rejects that endorsement. um oh yeah... a "smear"

At least argue why her stated positions are actually bad instead of only telling one half the story of that endorsement. It's like there's no effort put into that smear...



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We call it a straw man because you think the argument is about tulsi accepting duke’s praise when it’s really about behind the scenes forces trying to groom a candidate for a 3rd party run in order to weaken the democrat nominee.

It’s a point you continue to ignore and a straw man you continue to push. Had we not been aware of your posting history your posts would be considered trolling.
 
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Didnt Richard Spencer voice his support for Andrew Yang because of UBI? I recall Yang getting smeared for quite a while early on because of white nationalist support of the program. I think Jesse Ventura said it best, it's a free country, anyone can vote for anyone. It's a good defense so you dont look like you are willing to give up on your policies while you are getting smeared, which is IMO political suicide.
 

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It's funny to me that it seems like Trump would be a more obvious choice for someone like Duke to stand behind, but apparently Trump is too corrupt even for him to support (and I'm sure he realizes it and wants to distance himself from the sinking ship).
I think duke wants her because he seems to think the Gabbard would lose to trump. It's a signal to his followers for who to vote for in the primary to try to insure a trump win
 

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People aren't responsible for who endorses them. What matters is how they respond to it. She rejected it swiftly enough, so I guess that should be the end of it.

But I don't know what I think about Gabbard. The awkward thing is how she seems to demonstrate how left and right can blur into each other. That keeps coming up as an issue in the world now. Gabbard in partcicular seems to have very confusing stances on things, I can't work out if she's left-wing or right-wing.

I don't like that at all. I don't trust liberals. But that should never, ever lead to the left engaging in any kind of co-operation with the right.

(As an example of why I don't trust liberals - Henry Kissenger endorsed Hillary, and she didn't reject it, indeed she happily socialised with the elderly war-criminal.)
 

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It's funny to me that it seems like Trump would be a more obvious choice for someone like Duke to stand behind, but apparently Trump is too corrupt even for him to support (and I'm sure he realizes it and wants to distance himself from the sinking ship).
Has nothing to do with corruption. I think Duke was a bit disappointed that Trump Kowtowed to Israel and isn't getting the southern border shut down cruelly or fast enough. Almost caved on things like DACA.
 

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Not only that but she has denounced the David Duke endorsements which is conveniently forgotten by some who choose to bring it up.

“I have strongly denounced David Duke’s hateful views and his so-called ‘support’ multiple times in the past, and reject his support,” Gabbard said




I don't know what do we call that situation again? Where an endorsement is received from a scumbag but the poster neglects to mention that the recipient rejects that endorsement. um oh yeah... a "smear"

At least argue why her stated positions are actually bad instead of only telling one half the story of that endorsement. It's like there's no effort put into that smear...



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This poster was not aware that David Dukes had previously endorsed her or that she has denounced that endorsement!
Given those facts -- once Allisom pointed out the first endorsement by Davidf Dukes using a link to support what she said -- I politely thanked her!
That still does not account for the missing sniper friend....
 

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Tulsi Gabbard has said more than once that she will not be running as a 3rd party candidate... Mr. "Straw Man" bruh....

Gabbard has said multiple times she is not considering a third-party run, both before and after Clinton's statement.

There is the possibility she may be lying or that she may change her mind I guess.


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Not only that but she has denounced the David Duke endorsements which is conveniently forgotten by some who choose to bring it up.

“I have strongly denounced David Duke’s hateful views and his so-called ‘support’ multiple times in the past, and reject his support,” Gabbard said




I don't know what do we call that situation again? Where an endorsement is received from a scumbag but the poster neglects to mention that the recipient rejects that endorsement. um oh yeah... a "smear"

At least argue why her stated positions are actually bad instead of only telling one half the story of that endorsement. It's like there's no effort put into that smear...



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Why are you conservatives so concerned about a candidate that has 1% polling. Inquiring minds want to know.
 
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Why are you conservatives so concerned about a candidate that has 1% polling. Inquiring minds want to know.

I don't think any of us care. Personally as someone that is more libertarian I will be voting whoever is the candidate on the left regardless of how much I despise them.

But I will freely give you advice along the way, that if you want to actually win then you need to stop shitting on your fellow candidates and playing other stupid childrens games.


Or... to put this in a better way that you might understand....

 

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So he supports her because she's opposed to more American war's in the middle east, why exactly is that bad ?

It's amazing how much Tulsi gets smeared simply because she wants peace.