Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard willing to work with Trump administration

[Spike]

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard met with Donald Trump Monday at Trump Tower, sparking speculation that she could be offered a job in the Trump administration. One job that is being mentioned in connection with Gabbard is U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Gabbard supported Bernie Sanders during the primaries and resigned her position as DNC vice chair back in February.

Stephen Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, reportedly likes Gabbard because of her stance on guns, refugees and Islamic extremism along with her ability to invoke strong anti-establishment populist sentiment on the left.

Gabbard did not join the majority of her Democratic colleagues in the House by co-sponsoring gun control legislation this summer. She was one of 47 Democrats who voted in favor of a Republican-sponsored bill that requires refugees from Iraq and Syria to receive background checks from the FBI.

Gabbard said that while the “rules of political expediency” would suggest she not take a meeting with the president-elect, she refuses to “play politics” with American and Syrian lives. “I will continue to seek common ground to deliver results that best serve all Americans, as I have tried to do during my time in Congress,” she said.

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/11/...-trump-plans-to-work-with-his-administration/

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Defection in the Dem ranks! just for meeting with him! I can hear the howling from here!

 

[DBS1970]

Nope.

No former DNC people in the new administration. They would just be infiltrators looking to undermine his initiatives. Learn from the past Donald and don't trust the Quislings from the left.

 

[Spike]

She's now a traitor to the left



Gabbard Statement on Meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump

"I will continue to seek common ground to deliver results that best serve all Americans, as I have tried to do during my time in Congress.

“Where I disagree with President-elect Trump on issues, I will not hesitate to express that disagreement. However, I believe we can disagree, even strongly, but still come together on issues that matter to the American people and affect their daily lives. We cannot allow continued divisiveness to destroy our country.

“President-elect Trump and I had a frank and positive conversation in which we discussed a variety of foreign policy issues in depth. I shared with him my grave concerns that escalating the war in Syria by implementing a so-called no fly/safe zone would be disastrous for the Syrian people, our country, and the world. It would lead to more death and suffering, exacerbate the refugee crisis, strengthen ISIS and al-Qaeda, and bring us into a direct conflict with Russia which could result in a nuclear war. We discussed my bill to end our country’s illegal war to overthrow the Syrian government, and the need to focus our precious resources on rebuilding our own country, and on defeating al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other terrorist groups who pose a threat to the American people.

“For years, the issue of ending interventionist, regime change warfare has been one of my top priorities. This was the major reason I ran for Congress—I saw firsthand the cost of war, and the lives lost due to the interventionist warmongering policies our country has pursued for far too long.

http://gabbard.house.gov/index.php/...-on-meeting-with-president-elect-donald-trump

 

[Spike]

Nope.

No former DNC people in the new administration. They would just be infiltrators looking to undermine his initiatives. Learn from the past Donald and don't trust the Quislings from the left.

I think there will be a few he hires


Dems are desperate and will sell-out for any scraps


Democrat Congressman Tim Ryan: 'Democrats are ‘not even a national party at this point'

 

[Steeltime]

Hit.

 

[Stryker]

It's smart to cross party lines to ensure policy moves forward. This would be a good move for Trump's admin.