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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!
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!