Tulsi Gabbard

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Tulsi Gabbard (2013)

Tulsi Gabbard (born April 12, 1981 in Leloaloa , American Samoa ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party .

The Hawaii National Guard service member has represented Hawaii's 2nd Congressional constituency in the United States House of Representatives since 2013 . She is the first Hindu in the United States Congress (Gabbard is a practicing Vaishnava in the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya-Sampradaya ) and, along with Tammy Duckworth, one of the first women in Congress to have served in combat. She will not be re-elected in 2020 (as of October 2019).

From January 22, 2013 until her resignation on February 28, 2016, Gabbard was Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee , the federal party organization of the Democrats. She applied for the nomination for the 2020 presidential election in her party's primary election , but gave up prematurely on March 19, 2020.

Life

Tulsi Gabbard on her promotion to major (2015)

Tulsi Gabbard is the fourth of five children of Mike Gabbard and Carol Porter Gabbard. In 1983 the family moved to Hawaii, where Tulsi Gabbard grew up. During her high school years, she received home schooling , with the exception of two years at a girls missionary school in the Philippines . Her father was baptized Catholic, her mother Hindu. Her parents were members of the Science of Identity Foundation , a splinter group of the Hare Krishna movement .

In 2002, at the age of 21, she became the youngest member of the Hawaii House of Representatives or the youngest politician to be elected to a state legislature . In the same year her father was elected to the Honolulu City Council, of which he was a member from 2003 to 2005 (since 2006 he has been for District 19 in the Hawaii Senate ). In her office as representative, Tulsi Gabbard was a member of the Committee on Tourism and Culture, the Committee on Education, the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, the Committee on Agriculture and Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Higher Education. She represented District 42 in the 22nd legislature.

While still in office, she volunteered for the Hawaii National Guard in 2003. In 2004 she volunteered for a mission in Iraq , where she worked in a medical unit in the field. Due to the service, she finally decided against applying for the office in the House of Representatives from Hawaii. Shortly after her return from Iraq, she divorced her husband Eddie Tamayo. From the fall of 2006 she worked as an assistant for US Senator Daniel Akaka in Washington, DC , during which she graduated from the Alabama Military Academy in 2007 as top of the class. From 2008 to 2009 she was in action again, this time as a platoon leader of a military police unit in Kuwait , where she a. a. trained the Kuwait National Guard in counter-terrorism training.

In 2009 she received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Hawaii Pacific University .

In November 2010, Gabbard was elected to the Honolulu City Council; During her tenure from January 2011 in the City Council, in which she represented District 6 , she was chair of the committee for Safety, Economic Development, and Government Affairs and deputy. Chair of the Budget Committee.

Congressman

In May 2011, she announced her candidacy for the US House of Representatives; the previous representative Mazie Hirono had announced that she would run for the Senate. Gabbard's candidacy was u. a. supported by the Sierra Club and EMILY's List . After she had won the Democratic Primary on August 11, 2012 with 54% of the vote (the strongest competitor had been the former mayor Honolulus Mufi Hannemann with 33.6%), she held up as the Democratic candidate at the Democratic National Convention on September 4 2012 a speech. The general election in District 2 in Hawaii on November 6th she won with 76.8% of the vote against the homeless candidate of the Republican Party Kawika Crowley (* 1952).

On December 20, 2012, Gabbard was appointed by the Democratic Caucus to the United States House Committee on Homeland Security , to which she was elected by the House of Representatives on January 3, 2013. In the Committee on Homeland Security, she was assigned to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.

At the end of December 2012, Gabbard applied to the Hawaii Democratic Party for the seat of the late US Senator Daniel Inouye and received prominent support from u. a. Kal Penn and Cory Booker , but did not make the shortlist submitted to Governor Neil Abercrombie .

On January 3, 2013, Gabbard took her ceremonial oath of office on the Bhagavad Gita . The night of the following day she was appointed to the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and was elected by the House of Representatives as a member on January 14, 2013. On January 15th, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Eliot Engel announced that Gabbard would be represented on the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

On January 22, 2013, Gabbard was unanimously elected Vice-Chairperson for the next four years by the Democratic National Committee . On April 1, 2014 Gabbard was appointed to the United States House Committee on Armed Services at the suggestion of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee . In this, she initially belonged to the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, and since January 28, 2015 also to the Readiness Subcommittee.

On September 18, 2014, Gabbard introduced Bill (HR5594) temporarily suspending visa- free entry to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program for passport holders from countries known to be eligible for ISIS or al-Qaeda affiliated groups are fighting.

On November 4, 2014, Gabbard was re-elected to the House of Representatives for District 2.

On April 9, 2015 Gabbard married the cameraman Abraham Williams with a Hindu wedding ceremony on Oahu .

On September 24, Gabbard took a resolution (H.RES.435) in the House of Representatives, with the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, particularly Christians and Yazidis to be recognized by the Islamic State and the priority for immediate recognition of refugees from calls the persecuted groups.

On October 12, 2015, Gabbard was promoted to major.

As Vice-Chair of the DNC, she came into conflict with Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in mid-October 2015 about the number and sanctioning of the debates in the context of the Democratic Party's primary elections for the 2016 presidential election in the United States .

On November 19, 2015, Gabbard and the Republican Austin Scott brought a bill to the House of Representatives (HR4108) to prohibit the federal government and its authorities from engaging in the opposition to the civil war in Syria or other groups or individuals who are promoting the overthrow of the Syrian government operate, support. In a press release, Gabbard spoke of an illegal and counterproductive war by the United States against the government of Bashar al-Assad , which must be ended immediately in order to focus on the fight against Islamist terrorists in Syria such as the Islamic State, the Nusra Front and Ahrar focus al-shame .

Also on November 19, 2015, Gabbard voted in favor of a bill introduced by the Republicans to the House of Representatives on the occasion of the terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris, which aims to tighten the review process for refugees from the civil war in Syria and Iraq to such an extent that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence must certify each refugee individually for safety; President Obama announced that he would use his veto. Gabbard also spoke out in favor of putting the Visa Waiver Program on hold.

On February 28, 2016, Gabbard publicly endorsed Bernie Sanders' candidacy for president, citing her view that the United States should not wage interventionist regime change wars. At the same time, she resigned her position as DNC Vice-Chair, as this obliges her to be neutral.

She criticized Obama and Hillary Clinton for not using the term “radical Islamic terror” for groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS for fear of the misunderstanding of indicting all Muslims.

Gabbard spoke out against the recognition of Juan Guaidós as interim president in Venezuela by the State Department.

At the end of October 2019, Gabbard announced that he would not run for her mandate again in the 2020 election. She wants to focus on her presidential candidacy.

Pre-election candidate for the 2020 presidency

On January 24, 2019, Tulsi Gabbard officially announced her candidacy for the 2020 US presidential election and thus her participation in the Democratic Party primaries. As the most important motive of her candidacy, she named the resistance to interventionist wars in the USA, referring to her own experience as a soldier in Iraq. She accused the USA of waging a "new cold war ". More than any other candidate, she puts foreign policy at the center of her campaign. Gabbard advocates a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. She maintained good relations with Indian nationalist circles, according to research by The Intercept at least 105 members of nationalist Hindu organizations donated several hundred thousand dollars for their election campaigns from 2011 to 2018. Their relations with Hindu nationalist organizations such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad , whose American sections also financially supported their election campaigns , met with criticism from South Asian migrants .

Gabbard calls for American troops to be withdrawn from abroad. Gabbard wants to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan as quickly as possible and calls for an end to Saudi Arabia's support in the war in Yemen ; In this context, Donald Trump accused them of making the USA the “prostitute of Saudi Arabia”. In an earlier statement she also called Trump "Saudi Arabia's Bitch ". In 2017, she introduced a bill in the House of Representatives prohibiting the US from supporting underground fighters or governments that have open or covert relationships with ISIS, al-Qaeda or Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.

Gabbard advocates an expansion of the state health care Medicare to all US citizens, but wants to allow exceptions. She advocates the abolition of private prisons and mandatory minimum sentences. Abortion is said to be largely free of impunity, and the Supreme Court's decision of principle on this subject is to become law. Before buying a weapon, potential buyers should be checked; the sale of automatic firearms should be prohibited. Basically, however, Gabbard expressly acknowledges the right to carry a weapon guaranteed in the constitution . Gabbard wants to abolish the Electoral College and make voting on paper, not electronically, compulsory. She advocates an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, wants to separate investment banking and customer business, similar to the Glass-Steagall Act , abolish offshore tax advantages and smash large social media groups .

In October 2019, Hillary Clinton warned, without naming Gabbard, that Russia would again promote a third candidate in the 2020 elections. This referred the reporting broadcaster CNN to Gabbard, pointing out that Clinton had said the same thing in 2016 about candidate Jill Stein . Gabbard denied this claim. NBC had already claimed in February that channels close to the Kremlin would report on Gabbard with remarkable frequency and positive results. Matt Taibbi sees attempts in the Democratic Party to denounce unpopular positions as treason in favor of external enemies.

In an interview, Glenn Greenwald praised Gabbard's position against regime change policy and her independent, critical thinking; this is why she is hated by the Democratic establishment. But he criticized their closeness to Hindu nationalists, their sympathy for some of the worst dictators and their support for the " war on terror ".

She was the only MP to abstain from the vote on whether to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Trump. You cannot vote against impeachment with a clear conscience because you believe that Trump is guilty of the wrongdoing, but you cannot vote in good conscience either because the impeachment of a president should not be the result of an escalating party feud, fueled by tribal hostility.

In the primary elections on March 3, 2020, Gabbard managed to win two delegate seats for the election meeting of the Democrats in American Samoa .

She withdrew her application on March 19, 2020, justifying this with the COVID-19 pandemic and announced that she would support Joe Biden in the future.

Web links

Commons : Tulsi Gabbard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  13. ↑ Zenaida Serrano Espanol, “ State legislator 'honored' to serve country ”, The Honolulu Advertiser , April 20, 2003.
  14. ^ Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo: " London visit makes loss clear ", The Honolulu Advertiser , August 8, 2005.
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  16. ^ Karen Blakeman, Guard soldier Tamayo won't campaign , The Honolulu Advertiser , Aug. 30, 2004.
  17. ↑ Tulsi Gabbard: "On a Personal Note ..." ( Memento from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), April 30, 2011.
  18. ↑ “ Akaka Staffer Graduates Army Officer Training at the Top of Class ( Memento from October 18, 2012 on the Internet Archive )”, Daniel Kahikina Akaka, US Senator of Hawaii, Press Releases, March 13, 2007.
  19. ^ Jon Letman, " Cost of War: An Interview with Tulsi Gabbard, " Foreign Policy in Focus , Nov. 12, 2012.
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  22. ↑ “ Alumni News ”, HPU Alumni Newsletter , Fall 2012, Issue 12.
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  26. ↑ “ EMILY's List Endorses Tulsi Gabbard and Kelda Roys for Congress, Move from“ On the List ”to a Full Recommendation ”, EMILY's List Press Release, May 30, 2012.
  27. ↑ http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2012/primary/elections/results/2012/primary/files/histatewide.pdf
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  34. ↑ John Celock, " Cory Booker Backs Tulsi Gabbard For Hawaii Senate Seat, " Huffington Post , December 26, 2012.
  35. ↑ Meghashyam Mali: Rep.-elect Gabbard seeking Inouye's seat , The Hill's Ballot Box , December 25, 2012.
  36. ↑ Keoki Kerr and Rick Daysog, “ Schatz is considered leader among 14 candidates to replace Inouye, ” Hawaii News Now , December 26, 2012.
  37. ↑ Keoki Kerr and Rick Daysog, “ Dems choose Hanabusa, Kiaaina, Schatz as finalists for Inouye Senate seat, ” Hawaii News Now , December 26, 2012.
  38. ↑ Stephen Prothero, “ A Hindu moment for Congress, ” USA Today , Jan. 3, 2013.
  39. ^ Nate Thayer, “ Tulsi Gabbard Gets Foreign Affairs Assignment Plus Homeland Security, ” Honolulu Civil Beat , Jan. 4, 2013.
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  42. ↑ “ Gabbard elected as DNC Vice Chair ( Memento from February 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )”, KITV, January 22, 2013.
  43. ↑ http://gabbard.house.gov/index.php/press-releases/246-rep-tulsi-gabbard-appointed-to-house-armed-services-committee
  44. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of November 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  45. ↑ https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5594
  46. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  47. ↑ Kathy Erich Dowd: Inside US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's 'Perfect' Hawaiian Hindu Wedding on April 10, 2015 on people.com
  48. ^ Bob Woletz: A Love of Surfing Leads to a Proposal . New York Times, April 10, 2015.
  49. ↑ https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/435
  50. ↑ US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard promoted to Army major. West Hawaii Today, October 13, 2015.
  51. ^ Maggie Haberman: DNC Officer Says She Was Disinvited From Debate After Calling for More of Them. New York Times, October 12, 2015.
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  55. ↑ Yamiche Alcindor: Tulsi Gabbard, Rising Democratic Star, Endorses Bernie Sanders . New York Times, February 28, 2016.
  56. ↑ Dem Rep. Gabbard: Use Term Radical Islamic Terrorism, "Important That You Identify Your Enemy," Ian Schwartz, RealClearPolitics, June 18, 2016
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  58. ↑ Gabbard won't seek re-election to Congress so she can focus on White House run. In: Hawaii News Now , October 24, 2019.
  59. ↑ Hawaii's Gabbard formally launches campaign for president , Associated Press, Jan. 24, 2019
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  61. ↑ a b Leila Ettachfini: Where Each 2020 Democratic Candidate Stands on Palestine and Israel , Vice, September 25, 2019
  62. ↑ a b Soumya Shankar: Tulsi Gabbard Is a Rising Star Progressive Despite Her Support for Hindu Nationalists, the intercept, January 5, 2019
  63. ↑ Pieter Friedrich: US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Urged to Sever Ties with Indian 'Hate Groups' , caravandaily.com, August 9, 2018
  64. ↑ a b 2020 candidates, Views on the Issues, Tulsi Gabbard , Politico
  65. ↑ After 2 Decades, Democrats Still Don't Agree on When to Leave Afghanistan , Dan Spinelli, Mother Jones, August 1, 2019
  66. ↑ Tulsi Gabbard hammers Donald Trump for turning US into 'prostitute of Saudi Arabia' , AP News, April 17, 2019
  67. ↑ Congresswoman to Trump: 'Being Saudi Arabia's Bitch Is Not' America First , Haaretz, November 22, 2018
  68. ↑ Stop Arming Terrorists Act , HR 608
  69. ↑ Protect a woman's right to choose , Tulsi 2020, own election campaign website
  70. ↑ Gun & Second Amendment , Tulsi 2020, own election campaign website
  71. ↑ Hillary Clinton appears to suggest Russians are 'grooming' Tulsi Gabbard for third-party run Dan Merica, CNN, October 18, 2019
  72. ↑ Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard , Robert Windrem, Ben Popken, NBC, February 2, 2019
  73. ↑ Who's Afraid of Tulsi Gabbard? , Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone , August 9, 2019
  74. ↑ Glenn Greenwald and Tucker Carlson Go on the Attack Against Tulsi Gabbard's Critics: 'Democrats Hate Her' , Aidan McLaughlin, Mediaite, January 15, 2019
  75. ↑ Cristina Marcos: Gabbard votes 'present' on impeaching Trump ( en ) December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  76. ↑ Tulsi Gabbard Is Still in the 2020 Presidential Race Despite Having Only Two Delegates , Eddy Rodriguez, Newsweek, March 5, 2020
  77. ↑ Tulsi Gabbard ends White House bid, endorses Biden , Quint Forgey, Politico, March 19, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Gabbard, Tulsi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tamayo, Tulsi (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and military man
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Leloaloa, American Samoa