The definite detachment from the Clintonian machine
Searching
the Podesta emails inside WikiLeaks we found a rather disturbing fact
about Tulsi Gabbard who recently announced that she will run for the
2020 US presidency. Iraq War Veteran, Jon Soltz, chairman at VoteVets
at the time, sent an email on Aug. 2012 to Hillary Clinton top
lobbyist, John Podesta, in order to thank him for his contribution to
Gabbard's campaign in Hawaii.
Soltz
wrote (emphasis added):
This
morning, we are one step closer to making history. In Hawaii,
VoteVets PAC-endorsed Iraq veteran Tulsi Gabbard has won her primary,
in a stunning come-from-behind victory. If she wins in November, she
along with Tammy Duckworth (who we also feel very good about), would
be the first female combat veteran ever elected to Congress in United
States history! This is happening because of you. Your tens
of thousands of dollars in donations for Tulsi's campaign, through
VoteVets PAC, allowed her to run a first-rate effort.
[...]
VoteVets
Action Fund was the first group to step up to help her close that
gap. In all, VoteVets Action Fund spent over $317,000 promoting
Tulsi's incredible biography. Now, we're even closer to sending
another incredible veteran to Congress, to add to the growing voice
of today's progressive veterans in the halls of power. From all of us
at VoteVets.org, I want to thank you for helping to make this all
possible.
Full
email:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/33260
While
it's quite annoying the fact that one of the most promising
progressives for the US presidency, have won back then, to some
extent, thanks to Podesta's money, it is clear that she didn't
receive that money directly from Clinton's top lobbyist.
The
money was used by VoteVets Action Fund to boost Gabbard's campaign,
and there is no evidence that she had direct connections with the
Clinton mechanism.
Furthermore,
there is additional evidence about the fact that Gabbard upset the
elites inside the Democratic party, as she has subsequently chosen to
adopt more progressive positions and join permanently the Bernie
Sanders progressive faction.
For example, Darnell Strom, a Hillary Clinton fundraiser, sent an email to Tulsi Gabbard on Feb. 2016 to express his big disappointment about the fact that she had chosen to endorse Bernie Sanders.
The tone of writing reveals a lot of anger for the fact that Gabbard had clearly chosen to join the Bernie Sanders camp instead of that of Hillary Clinton. And it's quite impressive that in the end, Strom straightly clarifies that he will not help Gabbard to raise money for her campaign!
Strom wrote (emphasis added):
We
were very disappointed to hear that you would resign your position
with the DNC so you could endorse Bernie Sanders, a man who has never
been a Democrat before. When we met over dinner a couple of years
ago I was so impressed by your intellect, your passion, and
commitment to getting things done on behalf of the American people.
For you to endorse a man who has spent almost 40 years in public
office with very few accomplishments, doesn't fall in line with
what we previously thought of you. Hillary Clinton will be our
party's nominee and you standing on ceremony to support the sinking
Bernie Sanders ship is disrespectful to Hillary Clinton. A woman
who has spent the vast majority of her life in public service and
working on behalf of women, families, and the underserved. You have
called both myself and Michael Kives before about helping your
campaign raise money, we no longer trust your judgement so will
not be raising money for your campaign.
Full
email:
This is
probably the best proof that, at that moment, Tulsi Gabbard had cut
ties with the Clinton mechanism permanently. A very hopeful sign.
Recall
that Gabbard introduced
the Stop Arming Terrorists act to prohibit
taxpayer dollars for being used to support terrorists. She is
probably the only one from the US Congress who dared to tell the
truth about Syria by stating that "... the US government has
been violating this law for years, directly and indirectly supporting
allies and partners of groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, with money,
weapons, intelligence and other support in their fight to overthrow
the Syrian government."
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