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Political positions of Tulsi Gabbard

January 01, 1970

During Tulsi Gabbard's tenure as a congresswoman and presidential candidate, she placed much emphasis on her foreign policy views and regarded them as inseparable from her domestic policy views. She criticizes what she terms the "neoliberal/neoconservative war machine", which pushes for US involvement in "wasteful foreign wars". She has said that the money spent on war should be redirected to serve health care, infrastructure, and other domestic priorities. Nevertheless, she describes herself as both a hawk and a dove: "When it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk", but "when it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove".[1][2][3][4][5][6]

As a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Gabbard's political positions were broadly similar to those of contenders on health care, climate, education, infrastructure, and criminal justice reform, but she had distinguishable positions on issues ranging from Democratic Party internal politics to foreign affairs.

After ending her presidential campaign, Gabbard has since taken more conservative positions on culture war and social issues, including abortion and transgender rights.[7][8][9][10][11][12] Gabbard endorsed the controversial Florida House Bill 1557, referred to by critics as the "Don't Say Gay" bill,[13] and in 2022, she was a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).[14] She has been a frequent critic of the Biden administration.[11][12][15][16][17] Later in 2022, she announced that she had quit the Democratic Party without joining any other party. In her announcement she not only echoed conservative criticisms of the Democratic Party but also stated that she feared that the Democrats would start a nuclear war.[12]

Foreign policy edit

Gabbard describes herself as both a hawk and a dove on the topic of foreign policy and foreign relations: "When it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk," but "when it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove."[18] She has said that such wars "undermine our national security and … actually increase the suffering of people in the countries where we wage them."[19] Asked if there were any wars that justified the use of US military force, Gabbard said there are "very few examples" and cited World War II.[18]

When asked about her coverage in the mainstream media, Gabbard has said "We have seen for a long time how the mainstream media has been complicit in further pushing and pursuing the foreign policy establishment narrative."[20]

Council on Foreign Relations edit

Gabbard was a five-year "term member"[21] of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).[22][23] When asked about her involvement in it, she said that while many in CFR did not share her worldview, "If we only sit in rooms with people who we agree with, then we won’t be able to bring about the kind of change that we need to see."[24]

Counterterrorism and Islamic extremism edit

Following her 2017 visit to Syria, Gabbard opposed US involvement in regime change, calling it counterproductive to defeating ISIL, Al-Qaeda, and other terrorist organizations.[25][26]

Gabbard considers herself a hawk on war on terror.[27] She favors a "very limited use of drones" in situations where the "military is not able to get in without creating an unacceptable level of risk."[28]

Gabbard criticized the Obama administration for "refusing" to say that "Islamic extremists" are waging a war against the United States.[29] She has said it was Al-Qaeda who "attacked us on 9/11" and it is they who "must be defeated." She continued: "Obama won't bomb them in Syria. Putin did."[30]

In 2016, Gabbard spoke out against Islamism, stating "The ideology shared by ISIS, Al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist organizations is Islamism. Distinct from the religion of Islam, Islamism is a radical political ideology of violent jihad aimed at establishing a totalitarian society governed by laws based on a particular interpretation of Islam.”[31]

On December 20, 2019, the Stop Arming Terrorists Act[32][33] that she introduced in 2017[34] became law as part of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, § 1228[35] to prohibit the Department of Defense from "knowingly providing weapons or any other form of support to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Islamic State" [a] or other terrorist groups or individual or groups affiliated with any such organization.[36]

Gabbard's views on Islamic terrorism have distinguished her from many mainstream Democrats. In 2015 she met with U.S.-backed Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to discuss "the threat of ISIS and Islamic extremist groups".[37][38] She has advocated increasing pressure on Pakistan to stop terrorist attacks and expressed "solidarity with India" in reference to the 2016 Uri attack.[39] Gabbard has said she is mindful that most Muslims are not extremist, but has criticised Obama and Hillary Clinton for not acknowledging the threat posed by radical Islam.[40]

Nuclear weapons and arms race edit

Gabbard co-sponsored legislation that would prohibit the first-use of nuclear weapons.[41][42][43]

Gabbard decries powerful politicians who "beat the drums of war and ratchet up tensions" between the U.S. and nuclear-armed countries", dragging the country toward a New Cold War arms race, thereby bringing "the front lines … to our doorstep, as we sit on the precipice of nuclear war." She notes that nuclear strategists say "we are at a greater risk of nuclear war than we ever have been before."[44][45]

Gabbard has introduced legislation to prevent the use of taxpayer dollars for weapons that violate the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty[46] and has expressed disappointment no moderators at the Democratic presidential primary debates have "raised the issues or asked a question related to the most existential threat we face in this country."[44][47]

Regime change interventions edit

In a 2018 interview with The Intercept, Gabbard said U.S. efforts at regime change "have ended up worse off for the people of those countries and have been counterproductive to the interests of the American people." The Intercept described her as "an outspoken critic of U.S. involvement in the Middle East from the disastrous Iraq War to NATO’s 2011 intervention in Libya that followed Arab Spring protests against the brutal regime of Moammar Gadhafi."[28] She has also called for an end to the nearly two-decades-long U.S. war in Afghanistan.[48] In her February 2, 2019 campaign launch, Gabbard called on everyone to take a stand against what she described as the "neolibs and neocons" from both parties promoting regime change.[44]

According to Rolling Stone columnist Matt Taibbi, Gabbard's position is "not as has been represented in most press accounts. … She’s not an isolationist. She’s simply opposed to bombing the crap out of, and occupying, foreign countries for no apparent positive strategic objective, beyond enriching contractors".[49]

Displacement of civilians edit

On November 17, 2015, Gabbard, as one of the Hawaii legislators remarking on Gov. David Ige's support of President Obama's commitment to accept refugees from Syria, said "I’m currently … doing my due diligence on this vetting process … from the appropriate departments, from the Homeland Security, the intelligence community, and so on and so forth. The most humane thing we can do [regarding Syria] is stop creating new refugees."[50]

On November 19, 2015, Gabbard sponsored with Austin Scott (R-GA) (also a member of the House Armed Services Committee), H.R. 4108, a bipartisan bill to end U.S. efforts to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic led by President Bashar al-Assad. Gabbard said that "The war to overthrow Assad is counter-productive because it actually helps ISIS and other Islamic extremists achieve their goal of overthrowing the Syrian government of Assad and taking control of all of Syria—which will simply increase human suffering in the region, exacerbate the refugee crisis."[51][52]

On January 26, 2017, in response to reports President Trump was expected to order a temporary ban on refugees, Gabbard commented "[W]e must address the root cause that is making people flee their homes— regime-change wars."[53] In subsequent comments, she added that in Syria she had met with pastors who described intense suffering: "The reality of a genocide against religious minorities is very real".[54]

In March 2017, in response to President Trump's announcement of a newly revised blanket ban of refugees, Gabbard said "[W]e must address the cause of this refugee crisis and end the destructive U.S. policy of counterproductive regime-change wars, as we've seen most recently in Iraq, Libya, and now in Syria."[55]

Refugees from religious intolerance edit

In March, 2013, Gabbard joined with ten other Democratic and eight Republican representatives in a letter to President Obama asking that he "extend and reform visa programs for Iraqi and Afghan allies … who have risked their lives to aid our troops and protect America’s security, … as federal agencies have issued only a fraction of the visas that Congress originally authorized."[56]

In September, 2015, Gabbard sponsored with Duncan Hunter (R-CA), a bill "[r]ecognizing the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, especially Christians and Yezidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Daesh, and calling for the immediate prioritization of accepting refugees from such communities."[57] Gabbard noted these "and other minority groups in the Middle East are being targeted specifically because of their religious beliefs, and face forced conversions to Islam, mass abductions, sexual enslavements, and executions due to this ISIL-inflicted genocide."[58]

In November, 2015, after the ISIS terrorist attacks on Paris, Gabbard and 46 other Democrats voted with congressional Republicans in favor of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015 to require "supplemental certifications and background investigations on refugees from Syria and Iraq".[59][60][61][62][63] President Obama said he would veto the bill: "We are not well served when, in response to a terrorist attack, we descend into fear and panic."[64] Gabbard, in explaining her vote, said "voting for this bill was not a vote against refugees" but about "the long term viability and continuation of our country serving as a place of refuge for those who are truly in need of shelter." "It would be a double disaster if someone who came to America as a refugee ended up engaging in a terrorist act … [as] happened before in 2009, when two al-Qaeda terrorists came to the U.S. as refugees from Iraq and were actively supporting al-Qaeda from the U.S. while also plotting an attack on U.S. soil. Following their discovery and arrest, … the refugee program for Iraqis was completely shut down for six months."[65]

Also in November, 2015, Gabbard called for a suspension of the Visa Waiver Program for European passport holders until the intelligence community catches up with the influx of Syrian refugees. In response to Wolf Blitzer noting others were concerned about the economic impact of suspending the program, Gabbard said: "You want to talk about the effect on the economy if these actions are not taken and an attack is allowed to occur here, even though we’ve identified this vulnerability?"[66][67]

In January, 2017, in response to reports President Trump was expected to order a temporary ban on refugees, Gabbard said, "We shouldn’t ban refugees from entering our country. We need to responsibly ensure thorough vetting is in place …"[68] She called the president's order "unacceptable".[54]

In March, 2017, in response to President Trump's announcement of a newly revised blanket ban of refugees, Gabbard said, "True to our history and values as a nation, we have served as a place of refuge to the most vulnerable in the world. We should not be putting in place a blanket ban of refugees …."[55]

Sanctions edit

While Gabbard initially voted in favor of sanctions,[69] she has since condemned the act of "starving [other nations] with draconian sanctions".[70] In March 2019, she cosponsored Rep. Khanna's letter which expresses concern of the Trump administration's "misguided policies" such as "broad unilateral sanctions" and how they make life worse for ordinary Venezuelan people.[71]

In June 2020, Gabbard introduced and passed an amendment to the House version of the 2021 NDAA, which would require the Department of Defense to assess the humanitarian impact of sanctions, though it was not included in the final bill.[72] In December 2020, she introduced H.Res.1270, which called sanctions "an instrument of modern-day economic warfare" and called for no taxpayer dollars, government personnel, or equipment should be used to impose sanctions that inflict suffering on civilian populations.[73]

Torture edit

In a December 2014 interview Gabbard said she was "conflicted" about the report published that week on the CIA's use of torture in interrogations, saying, "the jury is still out on the report". She also said that while she abhorred torture, were there an imminent danger to American citizens, as president she "would do everything in my power to keep the American people safe."[74][75]

In a February 2019 interview with the Status Coup, Gabbard said, "Through my time on the armed services committee in congress over the last five years I've supported amendments to the defense bill that ban torture, ban these enhanced interrogation techniques, and as president will continue to strongly oppose torture and the use of those techniques".[76]

Specific nations and regions edit

Afghanistan edit

In 2011 and the following years, Gabbard repeatedly requested an end to the Afghanistan war.[77][78]

At the Democratic debate on July 31, 2019, Gabbard accused Trump of continuing to betray Americans by repeatedly walking back his plans to withdraw from Afghanistan, adding that withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan was about leadership" and that "the leadership" she would bring would be "to do the right thing" and "bring our troops home within the first year in office and end the wasteful regime change wars …."[79]

After The Washington Post reported on long lasting and systematic misleading of the American public by the US government about the situation and progress of the Afghanistan war,[80] Gabbard said she would introduce legislation for a congressional inquiry into "the lying and wasting of taxpayer dollars" and lives of US service members. She accused the military-industrial complex, contractors and consultancy companies of profiting from "a scam that ripped the US taxpayers off over a trillion dollars since 9/11 in Afghanistan alone." Gabbard reiterated her request to bring US troops home from Afghanistan.[81][82]

India edit

 
Gabbard and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York on September 28, 2014

Gabbard supports a strong US-India relationship "of mutual respect … for many reasons—not the least of which is the war against terrorists."[83] Critics charge that she is too close to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and to the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[84] She has met with officials from both the BJP and the major opposition party, Indian National Congress,[85][86] and has disputed claims she is partial to any political party in India.[87][83]

Gabbard was critical of the U.S. decision to deny Modi a visa over allegations of his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots, calling it a "great blunder" that could have undermined the U.S.-India relationship. In 2013 she joined some of her colleagues on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in opposing a House resolution that called for continuing the ban on Modi and for "religious freedom and related human rights to be included in the United States-India Strategic Dialogue and for such issues to be raised directly with federal and state Indian government officials". The bill admonished India to protect "the rights and freedoms of religious minorities" and specifically mentioned incidents of mass violence against India's Muslim minority that took place during Modi's tenure. Gabbard justified her opposition by saying the resolution would weaken the friendship between India and the US and citing its timing as potential interference in the Indian elections, while emphasizing the need for the U.S. to stand for religious freedom.[88]

In January 2019 The Intercept published an article stating that Gabbard had links with Hindu nationalist organization Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America and the Hindu American Foundation.[38] Gabbard rejected the idea that meeting with a democratically elected leader was evidence of collusion with that leader's party. An earlier version of The Intercept's article searched Gabbard's donor list for "names ... of Hindu origin" to "show Gabbard's broad base of support in the Hindu-American community".[38] Gabbard criticized this as religious bigotry, saying that Christians would not be subject to such scrutiny based on their names.[89] The Intercept removed the sentence with an apology, saying that it was not intended "to question the motives of those political donors" and apologizing "for any such implication".[38]

Iran edit

In 2013, Gabbard co-sponsored and voted for the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, which imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.[90]

In 2014, Gabbard described Iran as the "world's leading state sponsor of terrorism".[91]

Despite her initial criticism of it,[92][93] Gabbard voted in favor of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement with Iran that imposed restraints on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting nuclear-related sanctions against Iran.[94] She opposes the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the JCPOA and has said that as president she would reenter the agreement, but also negotiate on remaining issues in order to find a diplomatic solution and deescalate tensions.[95]

In May 2019 Gabbard warned about the danger, costs, and consequences of a potential war with Iran and criticized the Trump administration for elevating tensions.[96][97][98] She said it would be illegal for the Trump administration to take action against Iran relying on a 2001 law that authorized the use of U.S. Armed Forces against those responsible for the September 11 attacks and any "associated forces".[99]

In January 2020 Gabbard denounced President Trump's assassination of Iran's Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as an act of war against Iran without congressional declaration of war and thereby violation of the U.S. Constitution.[100] She questioned what the actual goal of the U.S. administration in Iraq is and warned of an Iranian retaliation that could lead to a devastating war.[101]

Gabbard said the U.S. regime change wars in Iraq, Libya and Syria caused Iraq and Syria to seek support from Iran and thereby created the growing influence of Iran in Iraq and Syria which the U.S. now attempts to counter militarily.[102][103] After U.S. troops announced they suspended their anti-terror operations in Iraq to concentrate on handling the fallout from Soleimani's assassination,[104] Gabbard said the act of war against Iran broke the fragile alliance between Iran, Iraq and the U.S. in combating ISIS, potentially causing a resurgence of terrorist groups. Iran's withdrawal from the JCPOA[105] means Iran gets closer to acquiring nuclear weapon capability according to Gabbard, who requested an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Syria to prevent the U.S. getting into the "quagmire" of a prolonged militarily "tit-for-tat".[106][107][108]

She would deescalate tensions with Iran by ending the "crippling" economic sanctions and reentering JCPOA to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapon capability.[109][110] This was in stark contrast to her previous support for Iranian sanctions.[69]

The intelligence briefing by the Trump administration did not convince Gabbard about the alleged "imminent threat" by Soleimani and gave "no justification whatsoever for this illegal and unconstitutional act of war". In her view, President Trump's actions showed a lack of basic understanding and foresight in national security.[111][112] Gabbard held a floor speech in the House to advocate for passing H.Con.Res.83[113] which reasserts the Constitutional authority of Congress to declare war and specifically directs the President to terminate the use of U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran. H.Con.Res.83 passed the House with a 224–194 vote.[114]

Since 2018, Gabbard had repeatedly attempted to insert amendments into the National Defense Authorization Act to prevent the President from starting a war with Iran without congressional approval, and she introduced the No More Presidential Wars Act to define starting or joining a war without congressional approval an impeachable "high crime and misdemeanor".[115] However, these previous legislative efforts did not find majorities in Congress.[116] Her campaign streamed a panel discussion with Stephen Kinzer and Dennis Kucinich on the Iran–United States relations in a collaboration with Kim Iversen.[117]

 
US congressional delegation at Halifax International Security Forum 2014

Israel edit

Gabbard supports a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. In March 2015, unlike 58 other Democrats, she did not boycott Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the U.S. Congress, saying at the time that relations "must rise above the political fray, as America continues to stand with Israel as her strongest ally".[118] On July 14, 2015, Gabbard attended the Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a conservative-leaning organization.[119]

In January 2017, Gabbard voted against a House resolution condemning the U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements built in the West Bank. She said: "While I remain concerned about aspects of the U.N. resolution, I share the Obama administration's reservation about the harmful impact Israeli settlement activity has on the prospects for peace."[118] She criticized Israel's use of live ammunition along the Gaza fence in May 2018.[118]

In March 2019, Gabbard responded to controversies arising from tweets by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) suggesting US support for Israel is motivated by money, which were characterized by both Democrats and Republicans as anti-Semitic. Gabbard told CNN, "There are people who have expressed their offense at these statements. I think that what Congresswoman Omar was trying to get at was a deeper issue related to our foreign policy, and I think there's an important discussion that we have to be able to have openly, even though we may end up disagreeing at the end of it, but we've got to have that openness to have the conversation."[120]

On July 23, 2019, Gabbard voted in favor of House Resolution 246, which expressed House opposition to the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) movement as delegitimizing the State of Israel, re-affirmed support for a two-state solution, and affirmed U.S. citizens rights to protest or criticize the policies of the U.S. or foreign governments.[121] Gabbard explained her vote by saying that she supported "a two-state solution that provides for the rights of both Israel and Palestine to exist, and for their people to live in peace, with security, in their homes. I don't believe the BDS movement is the only or best way to accomplish that. However, I will continue to defend those who choose to exercise their right to free speech without threat of legal action."[122]

On July 30, 2019, Gabbard co-sponsored House Resolution 496, introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar on July 17, which "affirms that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution".[123] Omar, shortly before introducing the bill, declared it "an opportunity for us to explain why it is we support a non-violent movement, which is the BDS movement".[citation needed] Gabbard explained that she co-sponsored the resolution "to affirm our freedom of speech and rights to protest or boycott for any cause", and stated that she "will continue to oppose unconstitutional legislation ... that seeks to restrict freedom of speech by imposing legal penalties against those who participate in the BDS movement".[122]

On November 14, 2023, Gabbard criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not joining the March for Israel to show solidarity with Israel during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.[124]

Saudi Arabia edit

In 2015, Gabbard claimed it was "understandable, given that Iran is right on their doorstep and this threat from Iran remains a concern" for Saudi Arabia to pursue its own nuclear program.[125]

Gabbard opposed a $1.15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. She declared, "The U.S. must stop arming Saudi Arabia, stop fueling this fire and hold Saudi Arabia accountable for their actions."[126][127]

Gabbard has called for ending U.S. support for the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, saying the U.S. is complicit in a humanitarian disaster.[128] In September 2018 she supported legislation invoking the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to stop U.S. involvement in the war.[129]

In November 2018, after Trump indicated the U.S. would not sanction Saudi Arabia over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, Gabbard tweeted at Trump, "being Saudi Arabia's bitch is not 'America First’."[130]

In October 2019, Gabbard requested the Trump administration to end all aid to Saudi Arabia until the findings of its investigation into possible Saudi involvement in the September 11 attacks are made public.[131][132]

Syria edit

In 2013, Gabbard opposed the Obama administration's proposed military strikes in Syria[133] and in November 2015 introduced legislation to block CIA activities in Syria and U.S. military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.[134][135] This legislation was referred to House committees[136] and subsequently blocked.[135]

In October, 2015, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Gabbard: "Does it not concern you that Bashar al-Assad's regime has been brutal, killing at least 200,000, maybe 300,000 of its own people?". Gabbard responded by commenting "the same things that are being said about Assad right now were said about Gadhafi" and Saddam Hussein "by those who were advocating for the U.S. to go in and intervene, to overthrow those regimes" and dictators. If the response is in the same way as in those wars, she continued, "we will end up with a situation far worse than we're seeing today ... with far greater human suffering, with far greater persecution of religious minorities and Christians in Syria, and our enemy will be far stronger." Hezbollah, and the Russian and Iranian involvement in Syria, were "working towards defeating our common enemy", meaning groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda, who she said made up "the vast majority" of the "so-called Syrian rebels."[137]

In March 2016, Gabbard was one of three members of Congress to vote against House Resolution 121, which condemned the government of Syria and "other parties to the conflict" for war crimes and crimes against humanity,"[138] saying that though Assad was a "brutal dictator," the resolution was "a War Bill—a thinly veiled attempt to use the rationale of 'humanitarianism' as a justification for overthrowing the Syrian government".[139][140] In November 2016, she met with Trump in an effort to convince him of her point of view.[141] In 2017, Gabbard cited US "regime-change" involvement in Syria as a source of the Syrian refugee crisis.[142]

In January 2017, Gabbard had two unplanned meetings with Assad during a trip to Syria and Lebanon.[143][144][145] Gabbard said that the Syrian people's message was "powerful and consistent: there is no difference between 'moderate' rebels and al-Qaeda (al-Nusra) or ISIS—they are all the same". She described the Syrian conflict as "a war between terrorists under the command of groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda and the Syrian government".[146][147]

Gabbard expressed skepticism regarding claims that Assad used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians, saying that "there is evidence to suggest that the attacks may have been staged by opposition forces for the purpose of drawing the United States and the West deeper into the war."[30][18][148] Following the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack, Gabbard called for a U.N. investigation into the attack and prosecution of Assad by the International Criminal Court should he be found responsible.[149][150] After Trump ordered the 2017 Shayrat missile strike targeting the Syrian airfield believed to be the source of the attack, Gabbard called the strike reckless "without care or consideration of the dire consequences of the United States attack on Syria without waiting for the collection of evidence from the scene of the chemical poisoning."[151][148] Her statements were sharply criticized both by former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden.[150][152]

In a 2018 interview with The Nation, Gabbard said the United States had "been waging a regime change war in Syria since 2011. Central to that war to overthrow the Syrian government of Assad, the U.S., along with its allies Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar, has been providing direct and indirect support to terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda".[153] In an August 2019 interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo,[154] Gabbard said of Assad: "He's a brutal dictator. Just like Saddam Hussein. Just like Gadhafi in Libya. The reason that I'm so outspoken on this issue of ending these wasteful regime-change wars is because I have seen firsthand this high human cost of war and the impact that it has on my fellow brothers and sisters in uniform".[155]

In August 2019, Eliot Higgins described Gabbard's views on chemical weapons usage in the Syrian Civil War, as expressed on her campaign website, as a "contradictory error-filled mess".[156]

Gabbard told The Washington Post in September 2019: "It is in our national security interests to end our regime change war in Syria. That war is prolonging the suffering of the Syrians, preventing Syrian refugees from returning home, strengthening al-Qaeda and Iran’s influence. Diplomatic relations are not a stamp of approval — they’re necessary to prevent war and resolve conflict. I would reestablish relations with Syria, whoever their president is, and work to bring peace to its long-suffering people."[157]

In October 2019, Gabbard introduced legislation[158] invoking the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to remove all troops from Syria which have no congressional authorization for deployment.[159] The legislation specifically opposes US President Trump's announcement to militarily "secure the oil" in Syria with the prospect of perhaps having to "fight for it",[160][161] as well as Secretary of Defense Esper's announcement to deny Syrian forces access to the oil.[162] Gabbard called the US government's action in Syria "the next step of the modern day siege that has been happening in Syria since 2011. It deprives the Syrian people of the resources they need to survive and to rebuild their lives."[163] Gabbard also called for an end to arming terrorist groups and an end to the "draconian" sanctions against Syria that prevent "the most vulnerable people" in Syria from getting "power, food and medicine".[164]

Turkey edit

In October 2019, Gabbard described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a "radical Islamist megalomaniac" and accused his government of supporting the Al-Qaeda and Islamic State terror organizations.[165] This earned her support from prominent Erdogan critic and NBA player Enes Kanter.[166] She has described the method by which Trump partially withdrew troops from northeastern Syria as "laying out a red-carpet, a green light for Erdoğan and Turkey to launch an ethnic cleansing and offensive against the Kurds."[167]

Trans-Pacific Partnership edit

Gabbard opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and led protests against it.[168] A member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, she criticized both the deal itself and the secrecy surrounding the negotiations:[169] "Because of a woeful lack of transparency, the American people know very little about his this agreement will benefit multi-national corporations at the expense of the American worker. … Despite the lack of transparency, one can predict the impact of TPP and whose interests this deal will serve, based on who favors the agreement."[170]

Venezuela edit

In the wake of the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, Gabbard said the United States needed to stay out of Venezuela and not get involved in overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. She said Venezuela, not the United States, should choose its government.[171]

Domestic policy edit

Aside from the "one main issue that is central to the rest, … war and peace", Gabbard highlights the following as the most important issues to her: national health insurance, big pharmaceutical and insurance companies; criminal justice reform, drug laws and the private prison industry; financial reform, including holding big banks and their executives accountable; and climate change and pollution.[172][173][174]

Abortion edit

Gabbard has generally supported legal abortion through the first 20 weeks of pregnancy,[175][176] though her views on abortion have changed over time.

When young, Gabbard opposed abortion. She changed her views on abortion (along with her views on LGBTQ issues) during her military experience in Iraq, seeing "the destructive effect of having governments ... act as moral arbiters for their people".[128][177][178]

During her early years in Congress, Gabbard had a 100% voting record with both Planned Parenthood and NARAL,[179] though she supported regulating abortions during the third trimester of pregnancy, stating on The Rubin Report: "I think [in] the third trimester, unless a woman's life or severe health consequences is at risk, then there shouldn't be an abortion in the third trimester."[180]

On December 9, 2020, Gabbard introduced a legislative bill which sought to ensure that a health-care practitioner exercises the proper degree of care in the event that a child survives an abortion, as an amendment to Title 18 of the United States Code.[181] The next day, Gabbard introduced a bill that would have prohibited all abortions after 20 weeks gestational age.[176] Neither bill was brought to the House floor for a vote.

In her full statement regarding her decision to leave the Democratic Party, Gabbard criticized the Biden administration's October 2022 arrest and indictment of several pro-life activists who had allegedly blocked access to an abortion clinic. Gabbard also criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren's statements on the "illegitimacy of the Supreme Court" in light of their disappointment with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling.[11][12]

Criminal justice reform edit

Gabbard has been outspoken against a "broken criminal justice system" and abuse of private prisons that together put "people in prison for smoking marijuana while allowing corporations" such as Purdue Pharma, "who are responsible for the opioid-related deaths of thousands …, to walk away scot-free with their coffers full. This so-called criminal justice system, which favors the rich and powerful and punishes the poor, cannot stand."[182] In December 2018, she co-sponsored the First Step Act as a "first in a long line of steps toward comprehensive criminal justice reform, … greater sentencing reform, and [to] eradicate the private prison industry."[183]

Disability issues edit

Gabbard has stated that resources need to be dedicated "at every level of education as well as beyond" to help people with disabilities get the jobs they need to succeed. In addition to cosponsoring several bills of importance to the disability community, she has opposed bills such as the ADA Education and Reform Act[184] on the grounds it would impose undue requirements on individuals with disabilities before they could sue businesses for violating accessibility laws. She believed strongly that the bill would dismantle the ADA and voiced "strong opposition to this harmful legislation."[185]

Drug policy reform edit

 
Gabbard and Rep. Don Young speak in support of the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act in 2019

Gabbard supports the legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes.[186] She has stated that she has never consumed marijuana, but "believe(s) firmly in every person's freedom to make their own choices", and calls the drug "far less harmful and dangerous than alcohol".[186] Gabbard is also an advocate for the medical use of cannabis (particularly as an alternative to opioid painkillers),[186][187] stating: "The fact that marijuana's still a Schedule I drug is unacceptable in the harm that it is causing to the people of our country."[188]

Gabbard has introduced the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act and the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to legalize cannabis at the federal level.[189][190] She has also cosponsored numerous other cannabis-related measures including the Marijuana Justice Act.[186] In June 2020, Gabbard introduced an amendment to the House version of the 2021 NDAA to allow members of Armed Services to use products containing CBD and other hemp derivatives.[191] It passed 336 to 71 as a package, although House leaders did not fight for its inclusion in the final bill.[192]

On January 17, 2020, in response to a voter's question regarding "whether her plan to end the war on drugs centered on more harm reduction and treatment or if it involved moving to legalize and regulate narcotics so that you're no longer seeing tainted drugs on the street ... and involvement in the black market", Gabbard answered “all of the above”. Gabbard expressed support for the Portugal model of decriminalizing and regulating all drugs, saying that "the fears and the myths and the stigma about taking that step should be set aside."[193] Gabbard allegedly planned on introducing legislation to decriminalize drug possession at the federal level, until the COVID-19 pandemic came.[194]

Economy and financial reform edit

Gabbard has advocated for financial reform since first running for Congress, including such measures as restoring the Glass-Steagall Act, breaking up too-big-to-fail banks, strengthening protections against predatory lending practices, increasing capital requirements for the nation's largest banks, and banning naked credit default swaps.[195][196][37]

In 2012, during her first campaign for Congress, Gabbard critiqued JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon "and an army of Wall Street lobbyists" for having "anchored down" the process of implementing Dodd-Frank legislation "to the point that half of the modest regulations included in it aren’t even in place today, including the Volcker Rule, which limits risky trading behavior." She also called for breaking up big banks (noting that the five largest control 56 percent of the U.S. economy) and for preventing banks "from becoming too big and too precarious to ever again endanger our livelihoods as they did in 2008, and as they continue to do today."[195]

In 2014, she voted for Audit the Federal Reserve legislation.[197]

In 2015, in a written statement to President Obama regarding his State of the Union message, wrote "America also needs true Wall Street reform, which begins with reinstating Glass-Steagall. The financial stability of our nation depends on serious efforts to prevent Wall Street from making risky investments at taxpayer expense. The focus must always be on the needs of Main Street; we must prevent big banks from gambling with the well-being of our nation."[198]

In 2017, Gabbard co-sponsored a bill to reinstate provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act in order to separate investment banking from commercial banking and prevent the largest banks from engaging in speculative trading.[199][200] She urged her colleagues to oppose the Financial CHOICE Act, a bill rolling back financial regulations put into effect after the 2008 financial crisis.[201][202] She also supported a bill to increase the hourly minimum wage to $15 by 2024.[203]

In 2018, Gabbard voted with the minority against a bill she said worked to undo state-level legislation seeking to curb maximum interest rates on loans, noting that, in Hawaii, which has no such state-level legislation, interest rates could reach an annual percentage rate (APR) of 459 percent.[200]

On July 23, 2019, Gabbard introduced the Wall Street Banker Accountability for Misconduct Act,[204] which would require Wall Street's biggest banks to establish a deferment fund funded annually by senior executives who receive compensation more than 10 times the compensation of the median paid employee of the covered bank, receive total compensation of over $1 million, and receive one of the 100 largest compensation packages, and who have authority to expose more than 0.5% of covered bank's capital. The deferred compensation would be held for 10 years to be used to pay penalties for violations occurring on their watch.[174]

During the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak, Gabbard supported a temporary universal basic income of $1000 per month.[205] Another former candidate in the 2020 presidential election campaign, Andrew Yang, had supported the universal basic income.[205]

Education edit

Gabbard supports making community college tuition free for all Americans while making all four-year colleges tuition free for students with an annual family income of $125,000 or less. The tuition would be funded by a new tax on trading stocks and bonds.[128]

Environment edit

 
Gabbard at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii in September 2016

Gabbard received the Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter's endorsement in the 2012 Democratic primary election for Congress[206] and in her 2014 reelection campaign.[207]

In December 2016, Gabbard, along with approximately 2,000 U.S. military veterans dubbed "The Veterans Stand for Standing Rock," traveled to North Dakota to join the protests against the construction of the final leg of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Indian Reservations.[208][209]

In September 2017, Gabbard introduced the Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act ("OFF Act")[210] as legislation seeking to transition the United States to clean renewable energy. The bill would require electric utilities to transition to 80% renewable energy resources by 2027 and 100% renewable by 2035, while setting similar vehicle emission standards goals and banning hydraulic fracturing.[128]

In November 2018, Gabbard spoke in favor of a Green New Deal, which was at the time a draft resolution to task a special House committee with coming up with legislation to eliminate fossil fuel use from the economy within a decade. In February 2019, she expressed concerns about the vagueness of the version of the Green New Deal proposed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, saying "I do not support 'leaving the door open' to nuclear power unless and until there is a permanent solution to the problem of nuclear waste,"[211] and did not co-sponsor the legislation as a result.[212]

Gabbard successfully passed an amendment to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that would require the Department of Energy to reexamine the safety of the Runit Dome, a leaking Cold War era nuclear waste site in the Marshall Islands.[213] In July 2020, she called for "fresh eyes" to ensure a more independent assessment of the waste site's safety.[213]

Family policy edit

Gabbard co-sponsored the Family Act legislation which would entitle employees to take up to 60 days of paid, job-protected leave to care for a newborn child or to care for any family member for medical reasons. She advocates for universal basic income which would allow one parent to either provide childcare themselves at home or to afford to pay for childcare. She also advocates for expanding pre-kindergarten education to all Americans.[214][215]

Free speech edit

In her full announcement regarding her departure from the Democratic Party, Gabbard stated, "Today's Democratic Party does not believe in our constitutionally protected right of free speech. Fostering freedom of thought and diversity of expression is the very foundation of any flourishing democracy." She also criticized the Biden administration's creation of a Disinformation Governance Board, referring to it as a "Ministry of Truth."[12]

Gun control edit

 
Standing with fellow House Democrats to demand a vote on gun control measures

Gabbard's views on gun control and gun owners' rights have varied through the course of her political career.

During her time in Congress and throughout her presidential campaign, Gabbard supported a common rifle weapons ban and universal background checks.[216] She received an F-rating from the NRA, a 0% rating by the Hawaii Rifle Association and a 100% rating by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence for her time in Congress.[217]

Following her retirement from Congress, Gabbard's positions on gun control and gun owners' rights have slightly shifted to the right.

Gabbard has stated that she is a supporter of the Second Amendment. Gabbard says she believes the Second Amendment is necessary so citizens can "defend themselves and our loved ones, and to serve as a check on a tyrannical government seeking to take away our God-given freedoms."[11][12]

Gabbard expressed approval with the Supreme Court's ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, which held that an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home is protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.[11][12]

Health care edit

Gabbard supports a universal health care plan called "Single Payer Plus".[218][219][220][221][222][223] Her plan is loosely modeled after Australia's healthcare system.[224] In 2017, she co-sponsored the Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act[225][226] to create a national health insurance program that covers uninsured as well as underinsured people;[227] allows for private insurance supplemental to, but not duplicative of, benefits provided under the program; and paid for in part by raising taxes on the wealthy and taxing financial transactions.[128] Gabbard called the Republican-sponsored American Health Care Act of 2017 "really a handout to insurance and pharmaceutical companies that will further exacerbate the burden on American families."[228]

In Gabbard's view, "If you look at other countries in the world who have universal health care, every one of them has some form of a role for private insurance."[229][230] In 2019, she cosponsored House Resolution 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019, a bill that would allow private insurance.[231][232]

Gabbard has pushed to reinstate Medicaid eligibility for people from the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau who are working and living in the United States.[213]

In 2017, Gabbard cosponsored and worked toward passing the Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act[233] to extend Medicare medical nutrition therapy services to those with pre-diabetes or risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes so as to "help identify and treat diabetes earlier and more effectively."[234]

In 2019, Gabbard cosponsored the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act to allow wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals to import affordable and safe drugs; the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act[235] to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies under Medicare Part D; and the Prescription Drug Price Relief Act[236] to end government-granted monopolies for manufacturers that charge drug prices higher than the median prices at which the drugs are available in other countries.

Housing edit

Gabbard proposes addressing the housing crisis by bipartisan efforts to use zoning and public–private partnerships between local governments and private developers to quickly increase the amount and reduce the price of available housing.[237]

Immigration edit

Gabbard differs from other Democrats on some aspects of immigration. She sees the "root cause of mass immigration on our southern border" as being the "history of US military intervention in Latin America that left countries destroyed." She continues: "Before we talk about a wall, we need to end our ongoing threats of intervention – this time in Venezuela."[238] Gabbard voted with congressional Republicans in favor of "extreme vetting" of Iraqi and Syrian refugees.[239][240] Gabbard has also stated "I don’t support open borders. Without secure borders, we don’t really have a country” and that it is a "fair" criticism that other Democratic politicians had misguidedly embraced the idea of open borders.[241] In 2015, Gabbard called on the US government to give priority to persecuted minority refugees in the Middle East, such as Christians and Yazidis.[242] In response to Trump's proposals to build a border wall with Mexico, Gabbard stated that she prefers "using high-tech surveillance at the border rather than physical wall" but that "in some places, it may make sense to have a wall or some sort of physical barrier" but would rely on experts to clarify whether extensions of physical barriers are needed.[243][244] Gabbard has also called for a temporary suspension of the Visa Waiver Program for European passport holders, citing concerns about security and terrorism following the influx of Syrian refugees into Germany, until the threat of a potential terrorist attack is removed.[245][246] However, Gabbard has also spoken in favor of easing restrictions on granting temporary work visas to immigrants, increasing skilled immigration, creating a simplified path to citizenship for illegal and undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes, granting citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants and reinstating DACA. Gabbard also believes that immigrants should be assessed as individuals and for what they can contribute rather than by their nationality and background.[247][243] During the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Gabbard stated "we can and should have both secure borders as well as humane immigration policies."[248] She has also called for immigration reform, describing the system as "broken."[242][249]

Labeling GMOs edit

In 2013, Gabbard sponsored legislation to require GMO labeling.[250][251] In 2015, she criticized the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, saying it "makes a mockery of transparency and leaves U.S. consumers in the dark;"[252] and that it merely creates "an illusion of transparency, making things more difficult for consumers, not easier."[253] In 2016, she voted against a GMO-labeling bill, saying it was too weak.[254] In early February 2019, she "courageously criticized Monsanto for falsifying pesticide safety studies"[255] when she tweeted that Monsanto manufactured "'scientific studies' to influence the EPA while destroying small farmers," and unleashed "the scourge of Roundup."[256]

LGBTQ+ rights edit

Gabbard was a member of the House LGBT Equality Caucus, and during the 116th Congress had an 84% record in Congress for pro-LGBT legislation from the Human Rights Campaign, a group that advocates for LGBT rights.[257] During the 115th Congress, she had a 100% record.[258] Gabbard's position on LGBT issues has changed over the course of her lifetime.

Gabbard supported her father's campaign to amend the Constitution of Hawaii to give lawmakers the power to limit marriage to same-sex couples.[259] The amendment was overwhelmingly approved by voters in a referendum.[260] As a Hawaii state legislator in 2004, Gabbard opposed and protested against Hawaii House Bill 1024, which would have established legal parity between same-sex couples in civil unions and married straight couples. The bill was defeated in the House.[261][262][263] Also in 2004, Gabbard opposed a House resolution to study the demographics and needs of LGBT students saying that a study asking students questions about their sexuality would be a violation of their privacy.[264]

After two deployments with the Hawaii Army National Guard to Iraq in 2004 and Kuwait in 2008, Gabbard said in 2011 that her stance on LGBT issues was changed by her experience in the military "with LGBTQ service members both here at home and while deployed"[265] as well as seeing "the destructive effect of having governments … act as moral arbiters for their people."[177][266] In 2012, Gabbard apologized for what David Knowles called "anti-gay advocacy".[267]

Since 2013, Gabbard has been a member of the House LGBT Equality Caucus during her first,[268] third,[269] and fourth[270] terms in Congress. As Congresswoman, Gabbard co-sponsored pro-LGBT legislation, signed an amicus brief supporting Edith Windsor's challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, and supported the Equality Act to protect LGBT individuals, and other efforts to promote LGBT equality, including supporting the Restore Honor to Service Members Act,[271] the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Safe Schools Improvement Act and the Equality for All Resolution.[259][177] During a 2016 interview, while saying that her opinions on gay rights as a policy have changed, her personal views on gay people had not.[272] In 2019, after launching her presidential campaign, she apologized again for her past anti-gay policy positions.[273]

In 2020, Gabbard signaled a shift in her position on transgender issues after introducing the Protect Women in Sports Act of 2020 to the U.S. House of Representatives, which would amend Title IX protections to prohibit transgender females from participating in women's athletics.[274] In a statement, Gabbard claimed that the legislation is meant to protect "Title IX’s original intent which was based on the general biological distinction between men and women athletes based on sex.”[275]

On April 4, 2022, Gabbard endorsed Florida House Bill 1557, popularly dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which forbids discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public school classrooms for kindergarten through third grade. Gabbard stated the bill "bans government and government schools from indoctrinating woke sexual values in or schools to a captive audience". She also suggested the bill should apply to all grades.[276][277][278]

Opioid Addiction edit

In May 2016, Gabbard, citing a Los Angeles Times investigation into the manufacturer of OxyContin, called drug company marketing of painkillers "the root cause of the problems", as they were selling Oxycontin as a 12-hour drug while it wore off early in many patients, increasing the risk of addiction.[279]

In May 2018 Gabbard, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Representatives Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal introduced The Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018[280] "to penalize drug companies found to be profiting from the opioid epidemic [targeting] companies that engage in false marketing or distribution of opioids."[281]

Policing and prosecution edit

Gabbard has criticized the "defund the police" movement for "demonizing law enforcement." She has argued that many prosecutors and defense attorneys are too lenient on criminals at the expense of law-abiding citizens.[11][12]

Sex work decriminalization edit

On March 7, 2019, Gabbard told BuzzFeed News, "If a consenting adult wants to engage in sex work, that is their right, and it should not be a crime." She continued, "All people should have autonomy over their bodies and their labor." A spokesperson for her presidential campaign cited that comment later that month and added, "She believes it should be decriminalized, and that is the action we would take on the federal level."[282]

In February 2020, she echoed the same words in a statement to Reason.[283] The sex worker advocacy group Decriminalize Sex Work gave her a grade of A− on sex work decriminalization, making her only presidential candidate to get a score above a B−.[284][283]

Taxation edit

According to Politico, Gabbard supports eliminating cutes in corporate income taxes for "offshoring", but has taken no positions on capital gains taxes, tax credits, Wall Street taxes, and wealth taxes.[285]

Tech industry edit

Gabbard has called for breaking up "big tech companies" who, together with "overreaching intel agencies", she says "take away our civil liberties and freedoms in the name of national security and corporate greed".[286] She supports net neutrality, and has criticized Facebook for banning users.[287] In Gabbard's lawsuit against Google for temporarily suspending her campaign's advertisement account,[288] her lawyers contended that Google should be considered a "state actor" and that Google's program to verify election ads amounts to a regulation of political speech, thereby violating the First Amendment.[289]

Veterans' issues edit

In 2014, Gabbard introduced the Access to Care and Treatment Now for Veterans Act[290] to allow veterans not getting timely healthcare from the VA to get care from non-VA medical providers. This bill was incorporated into the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act passed later that year.[291]

On March 19, 2015, Gabbard and Scott Perry (R-Pa.) launched a new congressional caucus dedicated to helping post-9/11 veterans in transition to civilian life and improve services for veterans such as reducing the backlog in Veteran Affairs disability claims, and promoting education, entrepreneurship and employment opportunities.[292]

Also in 2015, Gabbard introduced legislation with Chris Stewart (UT-02) to expand veterans’ healthcare options by allowing them to pause their TRICARE benefits to participate in an employer's Health Savings Account (HSA) program.[293][294][295]

In 2016, Gabbard worked successfully with John Kline (R-MN) to amend the National Defense Authorization Act to allow military retirees living more than 100 miles from a military treatment facility to re-enroll in Tricare Prime, reversing a 2013 policy that eliminated such access.[296][297]

In 2017, Gabbard, as co-chair of the Post 9/11 Veterans Caucus[298] helped introduce the Forever GI Bill to extend and improve the GI Bill benefits granted to veterans, surviving spouses, and dependents.[299] The bill passed with bipartisan support.

In January 2019, together with Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), she introduced the Retired Pay Restoration Act[300] to ensure disabled veterans receiving 40 percent or lower rates of service-connected disability would receive both their military pension as well as Veterans Affairs’ disability compensation or combat-related special pay. As founder and co-chair of the Post-9/11 Veterans Caucus,[298] she said: "Retirement benefits and disability benefits are two different things, and one should not be counted against the other" and that this bipartisan legislation will "ensure that our veterans receive the benefits they’ve earned and deserve."[301]

Women's issues edit

Gabbard says, addressing sexual harassment at the workplace requires leadership to bring about a culture shift in the private and public sectors. She was an original cosponsor of the Military Justice Improvement Act[302] to transfer decision-making in military sexual assault cases from the chain of command to experienced trial counsel to determine the appropriate trial path to pursue.[214][215]

She has also cosponsored: the Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act[303] to that ensure congressional perpetrators are held personally and financially accountable for sexual harassment abuses of power by ending taxpayer-funded harassment settlements and requiring full reimbursement to the Treasury for past settlements; the Power Act[304] which requires every state's U.S. attorney to promote and expand pro-bono legal services, specifically for domestic violence survivors; and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018[305] to revise and reauthorize various programs and activities to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.[214][215]

To close the wage gap between women and men, Gabbard co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act.[306][214][215]

Gabbard calls for a concerted effort to encourage the professional development and opportunities of women in the workplace, government and military. She opposes policies that would dictate the demographics of corporate boards.[214][215]

Governance edit

Campaign finance reform edit

Gabbard has supported campaign finance reform,[307] and the Financial Times describes it as one of her signature issues.[308] She is opposed to the influence of Super PACs in politics,[309] and stated that, "Politicians must represent and listen to the people who elected them to serve — not whatever lobbyist writes them the biggest check."[307]

In December 2016, Gabbard co-sponsored the We the People Amendment, which proposes an amendment to the Constitution that would abolish corporate personhood and would hold that campaign contributions would not be protected under the First Amendment.[310][311]

In May 2017 Gabbard pledged to no longer accept money from political action committees (PACs).[312] In July 2017 Gabbard was one of only seven members of the No PAC Caucus.[313] In October 2018 The Intercept reported that Gabbard was one of only four members of Congress who had pledged not to accept corporate campaign donations.[314]

In February 2018 Gabbard gave closing remarks at the Unrig the System Summit of RepresentUs, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for state and local laws based on model legislation called the American Anti-Corruption Act. Gabbard lamented the influence of big money in politics: "Getting to the heart of how corrosive an effect money has on our politics and really regaining that voice and trust and confidence of the people, that’s how we begin to get back to a government of, by, and for the people."[315]

Civil liberties edit

Gabbard is an original member of the bi-partisan 4th Amendment Caucus. As Gabbard notes, "Our laws regarding freedom, privacy, and civil liberties have not kept up with the rapid expansion of technology in today's digital age." The caucus aims to protect against warrantless searches and seizures, close privacy violating surveillance loopholes, and champion reform efforts to protect and restore Fourth Amendment rights.[316]

In 2014 remarks on an NSA phone data mining bill, Gabbard said: "We still have yet to hear of a single example of how national security has been strengthened by allowing bulk data collection."[317]

In 2015, Gabbard spearheaded, together with Ron Wyden (D-OR),[318] and co-sponsored by Trey Gowdy (R-SC-4) and Tom Udall (D-NM), the Strengthening Privacy, Oversight, and Transparency (SPOT) Act[319] to as Udall stated, "strengthen the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)" and "significantly improve the oversight and accountability of the nation's intelligence community to protect Americans' constitutional rights."[320]

On January 29, 2019, Gabbard was awarded an 'A+' rating "as a champion for protecting a free and open internet and civil liberties" from Restore The Fourth and Fight for the Future, "recogniz[ing] the congresswoman’s strong record of opposing mass surveillance and the warrantless collection of Americans’ calls, emails, texts and other communications, support of civil liberties and the USA Rights amendment and more."[321] Gabbard said "It is unfortunate that some leaders in Washington claim that the American people must choose between our national security, and our civil liberties. This is a false choice. We must ensure that our laws and policies strike the appropriate balance – protecting our national security, while simultaneously ensuring the constitutional rights of Americans are upheld."[322]

Election integrity edit

Gabbard introduced the Securing America's Elections Act of 2018[323] to require voter-verified paper ballots in federal elections in case of any audit or recount, allow voters to verify and correct any errors before their permanent paper ballot is preserved for official government record; and establish voter-verified paper ballots as the correct record of votes cast if there were any inconsistencies or irregularities between electronic and paper vote tallies.[324]

Media and party edit

Gabbard says the "Washington bubble is disconnected" from the people in the country.[325] During a January 2020 interview with a newspaper's editor board, she criticized her party and the cable news media. Gabbard stated that the Democratic party "unfortunately has become more and more out of touch" with people across the country, and that the party needs to listen to the concerns of ordinary voters. She called for the Democratic party to renounce the influence of lobbyists for the fossil-fuel industry, military contractors and other giant corporations to trigger a shift in foreign and domestic priorities of the United States. She warned, the impeachment of President Trump could prevent this shift in priorities and could lead to Republican wins of House, Senate and presidency in 2020. Gabbard said, voters "feel a sense of great frustration" that their opinions and everyday concerns are "not at all reflected" in the cable news media.[326] She introduced legislation to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine,[327] a policy that required media outlets to present contrasting views on any political or social issue.[328][329]

On October 12, 2022, Gabbard announced her decision to leave the Democratic Party, stating that, "I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are hostile to people of faith and spirituality, demonize the police and protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, believe in open borders, weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents, and above all, dragging us ever closer to nuclear war."[330][12][11]

Assange, Snowden, and Manning edit

Gabbard has stated the U.S. government should drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: "[H]is arrest and all … that just went down … poses a great threat to our freedom of the press and to our freedom of speech"[331] She has also expressed concerns that "our government … can basically create this climate of fear against … those … publishing things that they don't like …. This … threatens every American — the message … we are getting is 'Be quiet, toe the line, otherwise there will be consequences.'"[332]

She would also pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and take action to "close the loopholes" in the law Snowden exposed. Of Snowden and Chelsea Manning, she said, "there is not an actual channel for whistle-blowers like them to bring forward information that exposes egregious abuses of our constitutional rights and liberties, period. There was not a channel for that to happen in a real way, and that's why they ended up taking the path that they did, and suffering the consequences."[331]

In October 2020, Gabbard introduced two bipartisan resolutions in the House of Representatives to pardon and drop all charges against Edward Snowden and Julian Assange respectively.[333] She also introduced a bill to reform the Espionage Act—HR8452 ("Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act") -- which was supported by Daniel Ellsberg, best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers.[334][335]

In November 2020, Gabbard called for President Donald Trump to pardon Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.[336]

Trump administration edit

On November 21, 2016, Gabbard became the second Democrat (after Michelle Rhee) to meet with President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team at Trump Tower.[337] She described the meeting as "frank and positive" and said she accepted the meeting to influence Trump before Republicans grew in influence and escalated the war to overthrow the Syrian government.[338] She later called the Trump administration's 2017 Shayrat missile strike reckless and "short-sighted."[149]

Gabbard did not join the 169 congressional Democrats who signed a letter of opposition to Steve Bannon's appointment as Trump's chief strategist,[339][340] but she joined 182 other colleagues to co-sponsor a bill to remove him from the National Security Council.[341]

Gabbard vehemently criticized the 2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal[127][342] and the administration's decision not to sanction Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.[130]

In an October 29, 2019 press conference with family members of victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, Gabbard requested the Trump administration to declassify the findings of its investigation into a possible involvement of Saudi Arabia government officials in the September 11 attacks and to end all aid for Saudi Arabia until this information is made public.[131][132] Gabbard reintroduced House resolution 663 from 2017[343] as resolution 662[344] to push for this goal.[345][346]

Impeachment of Donald Trump edit

Gabbard voted "present" when the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump in December 2019, saying, "I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing. I could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country."[347]

She explained the motivation for her "present" vote in two video messages[348][349] and a press release. Gabbard cited The Federalist Papers essay No. 69[350] and described her vote as a protest against a political zero-sum game where both parties "aim to extract maximum hurt from their opponent, but everybody loses and nothing gets done." She said she felt the impeachment process had become a partisan endeavor. Gabbard criticized Republicans for "blindly supporting their party leader and abdicating their responsibility to exercise legitimate oversight" and she criticized Democrats for using "extreme rhetoric that was never conducive to an impartial fact-finding process". She called for "reconciliation of the divided nation".[351] Gabbard introduced House resolution H.Res.766[352][353] that would censure President Trump for several of his foreign policy decisions and "send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked, while leaving the question of removing Trump from office to the voters to decide."[354]

A week after voting, Gabbard said she thinks the impeachment of President Trump would unfortunately embolden him, increase the likelihood of his reelection and causes her serious concern about her party losing the presidential election and the majority in the House of Representatives.[355]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Josh Gottheimer's (D-NJ-5) amendment to add "Hamas, Hizballah, Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" was also incorporated.

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During Tulsi Gabbard s tenure as a congresswoman and presidential candidate she placed much emphasis on her foreign policy views and regarded them as inseparable from her domestic policy views She criticizes what she terms the neoliberal neoconservative war machine which pushes for US involvement in wasteful foreign wars She has said that the money spent on war should be redirected to serve health care infrastructure and other domestic priorities Nevertheless she describes herself as both a hawk and a dove When it comes to the war against terrorists I m a hawk but when it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change I m a dove 1 2 3 4 5 6 As a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary Gabbard s political positions were broadly similar to those of contenders on health care climate education infrastructure and criminal justice reform but she had distinguishable positions on issues ranging from Democratic Party internal politics to foreign affairs After ending her presidential campaign Gabbard has since taken more conservative positions on culture war and social issues including abortion and transgender rights 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gabbard endorsed the controversial Florida House Bill 1557 referred to by critics as the Don t Say Gay bill 13 and in 2022 she was a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC 14 She has been a frequent critic of the Biden administration 11 12 15 16 17 Later in 2022 she announced that she had quit the Democratic Party without joining any other party In her announcement she not only echoed conservative criticisms of the Democratic Party but also stated that she feared that the Democrats would start a nuclear war 12 Contents 1 Foreign policy 1 1 Council on Foreign Relations 1 2 Counterterrorism and Islamic extremism 1 3 Nuclear weapons and arms race 1 4 Regime change interventions 1 4 1 Displacement of civilians 1 4 2 Refugees from religious intolerance 1 5 Sanctions 1 6 Torture 1 7 Specific nations and regions 1 7 1 Afghanistan 1 7 2 India 1 7 3 Iran 1 7 4 Israel 1 7 5 Saudi Arabia 1 7 6 Syria 1 7 7 Turkey 1 7 8 Trans Pacific Partnership 1 7 9 Venezuela 2 Domestic policy 2 1 Abortion 2 2 Criminal justice reform 2 3 Disability issues 2 4 Drug policy reform 2 5 Economy and financial reform 2 6 Education 2 7 Environment 2 8 Family policy 2 9 Free speech 2 10 Gun control 2 11 Health care 2 12 Housing 2 13 Immigration 2 14 Labeling GMOs 2 15 LGBTQ rights 2 16 Opioid Addiction 2 17 Policing and prosecution 2 18 Sex work decriminalization 2 19 Taxation 2 20 Tech industry 2 21 Veterans issues 2 22 Women s issues 3 Governance 3 1 Campaign finance reform 3 2 Civil liberties 3 3 Election integrity 3 4 Media and party 3 5 Assange Snowden and Manning 4 Trump administration 4 1 Impeachment of Donald Trump 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksForeign policy editGabbard describes herself as both a hawk and a dove on the topic of foreign policy and foreign relations When it comes to the war against terrorists I m a hawk but when it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change I m a dove 18 She has said that such wars undermine our national security and actually increase the suffering of people in the countries where we wage them 19 Asked if there were any wars that justified the use of US military force Gabbard said there are very few examples and cited World War II 18 When asked about her coverage in the mainstream media Gabbard has said We have seen for a long time how the mainstream media has been complicit in further pushing and pursuing the foreign policy establishment narrative 20 Council on Foreign Relations edit Gabbard was a five year term member 21 of the Council on Foreign Relations CFR 22 23 When asked about her involvement in it she said that while many in CFR did not share her worldview If we only sit in rooms with people who we agree with then we won t be able to bring about the kind of change that we need to see 24 Counterterrorism and Islamic extremism edit Following her 2017 visit to Syria Gabbard opposed US involvement in regime change calling it counterproductive to defeating ISIL Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations 25 26 Gabbard considers herself a hawk on war on terror 27 She favors a very limited use of drones in situations where the military is not able to get in without creating an unacceptable level of risk 28 Gabbard criticized the Obama administration for refusing to say that Islamic extremists are waging a war against the United States 29 She has said it was Al Qaeda who attacked us on 9 11 and it is they who must be defeated She continued Obama won t bomb them in Syria Putin did 30 In 2016 Gabbard spoke out against Islamism stating The ideology shared by ISIS Al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist organizations is Islamism Distinct from the religion of Islam Islamism is a radical political ideology of violent jihad aimed at establishing a totalitarian society governed by laws based on a particular interpretation of Islam 31 On December 20 2019 the Stop Arming Terrorists Act 32 33 that she introduced in 2017 34 became law as part of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 1228 35 to prohibit the Department of Defense from knowingly providing weapons or any other form of support to Al Qaeda Jabhat Fateh al Sham the Islamic State a or other terrorist groups or individual or groups affiliated with any such organization 36 Gabbard s views on Islamic terrorism have distinguished her from many mainstream Democrats In 2015 she met with U S backed Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el Sisi to discuss the threat of ISIS and Islamic extremist groups 37 38 She has advocated increasing pressure on Pakistan to stop terrorist attacks and expressed solidarity with India in reference to the 2016 Uri attack 39 Gabbard has said she is mindful that most Muslims are not extremist but has criticised Obama and Hillary Clinton for not acknowledging the threat posed by radical Islam 40 Nuclear weapons and arms race edit Gabbard co sponsored legislation that would prohibit the first use of nuclear weapons 41 42 43 Gabbard decries powerful politicians who beat the drums of war and ratchet up tensions between the U S and nuclear armed countries dragging the country toward a New Cold War arms race thereby bringing the front lines to our doorstep as we sit on the precipice of nuclear war She notes that nuclear strategists say we are at a greater risk of nuclear war than we ever have been before 44 45 Gabbard has introduced legislation to prevent the use of taxpayer dollars for weapons that violate the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 46 and has expressed disappointment no moderators at the Democratic presidential primary debates have raised the issues or asked a question related to the most existential threat we face in this country 44 47 Regime change interventions edit In a 2018 interview with The Intercept Gabbard said U S efforts at regime change have ended up worse off for the people of those countries and have been counterproductive to the interests of the American people The Intercept described her as an outspoken critic of U S involvement in the Middle East from the disastrous Iraq War to NATO s 2011 intervention in Libya that followed Arab Spring protests against the brutal regime of Moammar Gadhafi 28 She has also called for an end to the nearly two decades long U S war in Afghanistan 48 In her February 2 2019 campaign launch Gabbard called on everyone to take a stand against what she described as the neolibs and neocons from both parties promoting regime change 44 According to Rolling Stone columnist Matt Taibbi Gabbard s position is not as has been represented in most press accounts She s not an isolationist She s simply opposed to bombing the crap out of and occupying foreign countries for no apparent positive strategic objective beyond enriching contractors 49 Displacement of civilians edit On November 17 2015 Gabbard as one of the Hawaii legislators remarking on Gov David Ige s support of President Obama s commitment to accept refugees from Syria said I m currently doing my due diligence on this vetting process from the appropriate departments from the Homeland Security the intelligence community and so on and so forth The most humane thing we can do regarding Syria is stop creating new refugees 50 On November 19 2015 Gabbard sponsored with Austin Scott R GA also a member of the House Armed Services Committee H R 4108 a bipartisan bill to end U S efforts to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic led by President Bashar al Assad Gabbard said that The war to overthrow Assad is counter productive because it actually helps ISIS and other Islamic extremists achieve their goal of overthrowing the Syrian government of Assad and taking control of all of Syria which will simply increase human suffering in the region exacerbate the refugee crisis 51 52 On January 26 2017 in response to reports President Trump was expected to order a temporary ban on refugees Gabbard commented W e must address the root cause that is making people flee their homes regime change wars 53 In subsequent comments she added that in Syria she had met with pastors who described intense suffering The reality of a genocide against religious minorities is very real 54 In March 2017 in response to President Trump s announcement of a newly revised blanket ban of refugees Gabbard said W e must address the cause of this refugee crisis and end the destructive U S policy of counterproductive regime change wars as we ve seen most recently in Iraq Libya and now in Syria 55 Refugees from religious intolerance edit In March 2013 Gabbard joined with ten other Democratic and eight Republican representatives in a letter to President Obama asking that he extend and reform visa programs for Iraqi and Afghan allies who have risked their lives to aid our troops and protect America s security as federal agencies have issued only a fraction of the visas that Congress originally authorized 56 In September 2015 Gabbard sponsored with Duncan Hunter R CA a bill r ecognizing the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities especially Christians and Yezidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL also known as Daesh and calling for the immediate prioritization of accepting refugees from such communities 57 Gabbard noted these and other minority groups in the Middle East are being targeted specifically because of their religious beliefs and face forced conversions to Islam mass abductions sexual enslavements and executions due to this ISIL inflicted genocide 58 In November 2015 after the ISIS terrorist attacks on Paris Gabbard and 46 other Democrats voted with congressional Republicans in favor of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies SAFE Act of 2015 to require supplemental certifications and background investigations on refugees from Syria and Iraq 59 60 61 62 63 President Obama said he would veto the bill We are not well served when in response to a terrorist attack we descend into fear and panic 64 Gabbard in explaining her vote said voting for this bill was not a vote against refugees but about the long term viability and continuation of our country serving as a place of refuge for those who are truly in need of shelter It would be a double disaster if someone who came to America as a refugee ended up engaging in a terrorist act as happened before in 2009 when two al Qaeda terrorists came to the U S as refugees from Iraq and were actively supporting al Qaeda from the U S while also plotting an attack on U S soil Following their discovery and arrest the refugee program for Iraqis was completely shut down for six months 65 Also in November 2015 Gabbard called for a suspension of the Visa Waiver Program for European passport holders until the intelligence community catches up with the influx of Syrian refugees In response to Wolf Blitzer noting others were concerned about the economic impact of suspending the program Gabbard said You want to talk about the effect on the economy if these actions are not taken and an attack is allowed to occur here even though we ve identified this vulnerability 66 67 In January 2017 in response to reports President Trump was expected to order a temporary ban on refugees Gabbard said We shouldn t ban refugees from entering our country We need to responsibly ensure thorough vetting is in place 68 She called the president s order unacceptable 54 In March 2017 in response to President Trump s announcement of a newly revised blanket ban of refugees Gabbard said True to our history and values as a nation we have served as a place of refuge to the most vulnerable in the world We should not be putting in place a blanket ban of refugees 55 Sanctions edit While Gabbard initially voted in favor of sanctions 69 she has since condemned the act of starving other nations with draconian sanctions 70 In March 2019 she cosponsored Rep Khanna s letter which expresses concern of the Trump administration s misguided policies such as broad unilateral sanctions and how they make life worse for ordinary Venezuelan people 71 In June 2020 Gabbard introduced and passed an amendment to the House version of the 2021 NDAA which would require the Department of Defense to assess the humanitarian impact of sanctions though it was not included in the final bill 72 In December 2020 she introduced H Res 1270 which called sanctions an instrument of modern day economic warfare and called for no taxpayer dollars government personnel or equipment should be used to impose sanctions that inflict suffering on civilian populations 73 Torture edit In a December 2014 interview Gabbard said she was conflicted about the report published that week on the CIA s use of torture in interrogations saying the jury is still out on the report She also said that while she abhorred torture were there an imminent danger to American citizens as president she would do everything in my power to keep the American people safe 74 75 In a February 2019 interview with the Status Coup Gabbard said Through my time on the armed services committee in congress over the last five years I ve supported amendments to the defense bill that ban torture ban these enhanced interrogation techniques and as president will continue to strongly oppose torture and the use of those techniques 76 Specific nations and regions edit Afghanistan edit In 2011 and the following years Gabbard repeatedly requested an end to the Afghanistan war 77 78 At the Democratic debate on July 31 2019 Gabbard accused Trump of continuing to betray Americans by repeatedly walking back his plans to withdraw from Afghanistan adding that withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan was about leadership and that the leadership she would bring would be to do the right thing and bring our troops home within the first year in office and end the wasteful regime change wars 79 After The Washington Post reported on long lasting and systematic misleading of the American public by the US government about the situation and progress of the Afghanistan war 80 Gabbard said she would introduce legislation for a congressional inquiry into the lying and wasting of taxpayer dollars and lives of US service members She accused the military industrial complex contractors and consultancy companies of profiting from a scam that ripped the US taxpayers off over a trillion dollars since 9 11 in Afghanistan alone Gabbard reiterated her request to bring US troops home from Afghanistan 81 82 India edit nbsp Gabbard and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York on September 28 2014 Gabbard supports a strong US India relationship of mutual respect for many reasons not the least of which is the war against terrorists 83 Critics charge that she is too close to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and to the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 84 She has met with officials from both the BJP and the major opposition party Indian National Congress 85 86 and has disputed claims she is partial to any political party in India 87 83 Gabbard was critical of the U S decision to deny Modi a visa over allegations of his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots calling it a great blunder that could have undermined the U S India relationship In 2013 she joined some of her colleagues on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in opposing a House resolution that called for continuing the ban on Modi and for religious freedom and related human rights to be included in the United States India Strategic Dialogue and for such issues to be raised directly with federal and state Indian government officials The bill admonished India to protect the rights and freedoms of religious minorities and specifically mentioned incidents of mass violence against India s Muslim minority that took place during Modi s tenure Gabbard justified her opposition by saying the resolution would weaken the friendship between India and the US and citing its timing as potential interference in the Indian elections while emphasizing the need for the U S to stand for religious freedom 88 In January 2019 The Intercept published an article stating that Gabbard had links with Hindu nationalist organization Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America and the Hindu American Foundation 38 Gabbard rejected the idea that meeting with a democratically elected leader was evidence of collusion with that leader s party An earlier version of The Intercept s article searched Gabbard s donor list for names of Hindu origin to show Gabbard s broad base of support in the Hindu American community 38 Gabbard criticized this as religious bigotry saying that Christians would not be subject to such scrutiny based on their names 89 The Intercept removed the sentence with an apology saying that it was not intended to question the motives of those political donors and apologizing for any such implication 38 Iran edit In 2013 Gabbard co sponsored and voted for the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act which imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program 90 In 2014 Gabbard described Iran as the world s leading state sponsor of terrorism 91 Despite her initial criticism of it 92 93 Gabbard voted in favor of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action an agreement with Iran that imposed restraints on Iran s nuclear program in exchange for lifting nuclear related sanctions against Iran 94 She opposes the Trump administration s decision to withdraw from the JCPOA and has said that as president she would reenter the agreement but also negotiate on remaining issues in order to find a diplomatic solution and deescalate tensions 95 In May 2019 Gabbard warned about the danger costs and consequences of a potential war with Iran and criticized the Trump administration for elevating tensions 96 97 98 She said it would be illegal for the Trump administration to take action against Iran relying on a 2001 law that authorized the use of U S Armed Forces against those responsible for the September 11 attacks and any associated forces 99 In January 2020 Gabbard denounced President Trump s assassination of Iran s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al Muhandis as an act of war against Iran without congressional declaration of war and thereby violation of the U S Constitution 100 She questioned what the actual goal of the U S administration in Iraq is and warned of an Iranian retaliation that could lead to a devastating war 101 Gabbard said the U S regime change wars in Iraq Libya and Syria caused Iraq and Syria to seek support from Iran and thereby created the growing influence of Iran in Iraq and Syria which the U S now attempts to counter militarily 102 103 After U S troops announced they suspended their anti terror operations in Iraq to concentrate on handling the fallout from Soleimani s assassination 104 Gabbard said the act of war against Iran broke the fragile alliance between Iran Iraq and the U S in combating ISIS potentially causing a resurgence of terrorist groups Iran s withdrawal from the JCPOA 105 means Iran gets closer to acquiring nuclear weapon capability according to Gabbard who requested an immediate withdrawal of U S troops from Iraq and Syria to prevent the U S getting into the quagmire of a prolonged militarily tit for tat 106 107 108 She would deescalate tensions with Iran by ending the crippling economic sanctions and reentering JCPOA to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapon capability 109 110 This was in stark contrast to her previous support for Iranian sanctions 69 The intelligence briefing by the Trump administration did not convince Gabbard about the alleged imminent threat by Soleimani and gave no justification whatsoever for this illegal and unconstitutional act of war In her view President Trump s actions showed a lack of basic understanding and foresight in national security 111 112 Gabbard held a floor speech in the House to advocate for passing H Con Res 83 113 which reasserts the Constitutional authority of Congress to declare war and specifically directs the President to terminate the use of U S Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran H Con Res 83 passed the House with a 224 194 vote 114 Since 2018 Gabbard had repeatedly attempted to insert amendments into the National Defense Authorization Act to prevent the President from starting a war with Iran without congressional approval and she introduced the No More Presidential Wars Act to define starting or joining a war without congressional approval an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor 115 However these previous legislative efforts did not find majorities in Congress 116 Her campaign streamed a panel discussion with Stephen Kinzer and Dennis Kucinich on the Iran United States relations in a collaboration with Kim Iversen 117 nbsp US congressional delegation at Halifax International Security Forum 2014 Israel edit Gabbard supports a strong U S Israel relationship In March 2015 unlike 58 other Democrats she did not boycott Benjamin Netanyahu s address to the U S Congress saying at the time that relations must rise above the political fray as America continues to stand with Israel as her strongest ally 118 On July 14 2015 Gabbard attended the Christians United for Israel CUFI a conservative leaning organization 119 In January 2017 Gabbard voted against a House resolution condemning the U N Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements built in the West Bank She said While I remain concerned about aspects of the U N resolution I share the Obama administration s reservation about the harmful impact Israeli settlement activity has on the prospects for peace 118 She criticized Israel s use of live ammunition along the Gaza fence in May 2018 118 In March 2019 Gabbard responded to controversies arising from tweets by Rep Ilhan Omar D MN suggesting US support for Israel is motivated by money which were characterized by both Democrats and Republicans as anti Semitic Gabbard told CNN There are people who have expressed their offense at these statements I think that what Congresswoman Omar was trying to get at was a deeper issue related to our foreign policy and I think there s an important discussion that we have to be able to have openly even though we may end up disagreeing at the end of it but we ve got to have that openness to have the conversation 120 On July 23 2019 Gabbard voted in favor of House Resolution 246 which expressed House opposition to the Global Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement BDS Movement movement as delegitimizing the State of Israel re affirmed support for a two state solution and affirmed U S citizens rights to protest or criticize the policies of the U S or foreign governments 121 Gabbard explained her vote by saying that she supported a two state solution that provides for the rights of both Israel and Palestine to exist and for their people to live in peace with security in their homes I don t believe the BDS movement is the only or best way to accomplish that However I will continue to defend those who choose to exercise their right to free speech without threat of legal action 122 On July 30 2019 Gabbard co sponsored House Resolution 496 introduced by Rep Ilhan Omar on July 17 which affirms that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution 123 Omar shortly before introducing the bill declared it an opportunity for us to explain why it is we support a non violent movement which is the BDS movement citation needed Gabbard explained that she co sponsored the resolution to affirm our freedom of speech and rights to protest or boycott for any cause and stated that she will continue to oppose unconstitutional legislation that seeks to restrict freedom of speech by imposing legal penalties against those who participate in the BDS movement 122 On November 14 2023 Gabbard criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not joining the March for Israel to show solidarity with Israel during the 2023 Israel Hamas war 124 Saudi Arabia edit In 2015 Gabbard claimed it was understandable given that Iran is right on their doorstep and this threat from Iran remains a concern for Saudi Arabia to pursue its own nuclear program 125 Gabbard opposed a 1 15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia She declared The U S must stop arming Saudi Arabia stop fueling this fire and hold Saudi Arabia accountable for their actions 126 127 Gabbard has called for ending U S support for the Saudi led intervention in Yemen saying the U S is complicit in a humanitarian disaster 128 In September 2018 she supported legislation invoking the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to stop U S involvement in the war 129 In November 2018 after Trump indicated the U S would not sanction Saudi Arabia over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi Gabbard tweeted at Trump being Saudi Arabia s bitch is not America First 130 In October 2019 Gabbard requested the Trump administration to end all aid to Saudi Arabia until the findings of its investigation into possible Saudi involvement in the September 11 attacks are made public 131 132 Syria edit In 2013 Gabbard opposed the Obama administration s proposed military strikes in Syria 133 and in November 2015 introduced legislation to block CIA activities in Syria and U S military action against Syrian President Bashar al Assad 134 135 This legislation was referred to House committees 136 and subsequently blocked 135 In October 2015 CNN s Wolf Blitzer asked Gabbard Does it not concern you that Bashar al Assad s regime has been brutal killing at least 200 000 maybe 300 000 of its own people Gabbard responded by commenting the same things that are being said about Assad right now were said about Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein by those who were advocating for the U S to go in and intervene to overthrow those regimes and dictators If the response is in the same way as in those wars she continued we will end up with a situation far worse than we re seeing today with far greater human suffering with far greater persecution of religious minorities and Christians in Syria and our enemy will be far stronger Hezbollah and the Russian and Iranian involvement in Syria were working towards defeating our common enemy meaning groups like ISIS and al Qaeda who she said made up the vast majority of the so called Syrian rebels 137 In March 2016 Gabbard was one of three members of Congress to vote against House Resolution 121 which condemned the government of Syria and other parties to the conflict for war crimes and crimes against humanity 138 saying that though Assad was a brutal dictator the resolution was a War Bill a thinly veiled attempt to use the rationale of humanitarianism as a justification for overthrowing the Syrian government 139 140 In November 2016 she met with Trump in an effort to convince him of her point of view 141 In 2017 Gabbard cited US regime change involvement in Syria as a source of the Syrian refugee crisis 142 In January 2017 Gabbard had two unplanned meetings with Assad during a trip to Syria and Lebanon 143 144 145 Gabbard said that the Syrian people s message was powerful and consistent there is no difference between moderate rebels and al Qaeda al Nusra or ISIS they are all the same She described the Syrian conflict as a war between terrorists under the command of groups like ISIS and al Qaeda and the Syrian government 146 147 Gabbard expressed skepticism regarding claims that Assad used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians saying that there is evidence to suggest that the attacks may have been staged by opposition forces for the purpose of drawing the United States and the West deeper into the war 30 18 148 Following the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack Gabbard called for a U N investigation into the attack and prosecution of Assad by the International Criminal Court should he be found responsible 149 150 After Trump ordered the 2017 Shayrat missile strike targeting the Syrian airfield believed to be the source of the attack Gabbard called the strike reckless without care or consideration of the dire consequences of the United States attack on Syria without waiting for the collection of evidence from the scene of the chemical poisoning 151 148 Her statements were sharply criticized both by former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden 150 152 In a 2018 interview with The Nation Gabbard said the United States had been waging a regime change war in Syria since 2011 Central to that war to overthrow the Syrian government of Assad the U S along with its allies Saudi Arabia Turkey and Qatar has been providing direct and indirect support to terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda 153 In an August 2019 interview with CNN s Chris Cuomo 154 Gabbard said of Assad He s a brutal dictator Just like Saddam Hussein Just like Gadhafi in Libya The reason that I m so outspoken on this issue of ending these wasteful regime change wars is because I have seen firsthand this high human cost of war and the impact that it has on my fellow brothers and sisters in uniform 155 In August 2019 Eliot Higgins described Gabbard s views on chemical weapons usage in the Syrian Civil War as expressed on her campaign website as a contradictory error filled mess 156 Gabbard told The Washington Post in September 2019 It is in our national security interests to end our regime change war in Syria That war is prolonging the suffering of the Syrians preventing Syrian refugees from returning home strengthening al Qaeda and Iran s influence Diplomatic relations are not a stamp of approval they re necessary to prevent war and resolve conflict I would reestablish relations with Syria whoever their president is and work to bring peace to its long suffering people 157 In October 2019 Gabbard introduced legislation 158 invoking the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to remove all troops from Syria which have no congressional authorization for deployment 159 The legislation specifically opposes US President Trump s announcement to militarily secure the oil in Syria with the prospect of perhaps having to fight for it 160 161 as well as Secretary of Defense Esper s announcement to deny Syrian forces access to the oil 162 Gabbard called the US government s action in Syria the next step of the modern day siege that has been happening in Syria since 2011 It deprives the Syrian people of the resources they need to survive and to rebuild their lives 163 Gabbard also called for an end to arming terrorist groups and an end to the draconian sanctions against Syria that prevent the most vulnerable people in Syria from getting power food and medicine 164 Turkey edit In October 2019 Gabbard described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a radical Islamist megalomaniac and accused his government of supporting the Al Qaeda and Islamic State terror organizations 165 This earned her support from prominent Erdogan critic and NBA player Enes Kanter 166 She has described the method by which Trump partially withdrew troops from northeastern Syria as laying out a red carpet a green light for Erdogan and Turkey to launch an ethnic cleansing and offensive against the Kurds 167 Trans Pacific Partnership edit Gabbard opposed the Trans Pacific Partnership and led protests against it 168 A member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific she criticized both the deal itself and the secrecy surrounding the negotiations 169 Because of a woeful lack of transparency the American people know very little about his this agreement will benefit multi national corporations at the expense of the American worker Despite the lack of transparency one can predict the impact of TPP and whose interests this deal will serve based on who favors the agreement 170 Venezuela edit In the wake of the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis Gabbard said the United States needed to stay out of Venezuela and not get involved in overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro She said Venezuela not the United States should choose its government 171 Domestic policy editAside from the one main issue that is central to the rest war and peace Gabbard highlights the following as the most important issues to her national health insurance big pharmaceutical and insurance companies criminal justice reform drug laws and the private prison industry financial reform including holding big banks and their executives accountable and climate change and pollution 172 173 174 Abortion edit Gabbard has generally supported legal abortion through the first 20 weeks of pregnancy 175 176 though her views on abortion have changed over time When young Gabbard opposed abortion She changed her views on abortion along with her views on LGBTQ issues during her military experience in Iraq seeing the destructive effect of having governments act as moral arbiters for their people 128 177 178 During her early years in Congress Gabbard had a 100 voting record with both Planned Parenthood and NARAL 179 though she supported regulating abortions during the third trimester of pregnancy stating on The Rubin Report I think in the third trimester unless a woman s life or severe health consequences is at risk then there shouldn t be an abortion in the third trimester 180 On December 9 2020 Gabbard introduced a legislative bill which sought to ensure that a health care practitioner exercises the proper degree of care in the event that a child survives an abortion as an amendment to Title 18 of the United States Code 181 The next day Gabbard introduced a bill that would have prohibited all abortions after 20 weeks gestational age 176 Neither bill was brought to the House floor for a vote In her full statement regarding her decision to leave the Democratic Party Gabbard criticized the Biden administration s October 2022 arrest and indictment of several pro life activists who had allegedly blocked access to an abortion clinic Gabbard also criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren s statements on the illegitimacy of the Supreme Court in light of their disappointment with the Dobbs v Jackson Women s Health Organization ruling 11 12 Criminal justice reform edit Gabbard has been outspoken against a broken criminal justice system and abuse of private prisons that together put people in prison for smoking marijuana while allowing corporations such as Purdue Pharma who are responsible for the opioid related deaths of thousands to walk away scot free with their coffers full This so called criminal justice system which favors the rich and powerful and punishes the poor cannot stand 182 In December 2018 she co sponsored the First Step Act as a first in a long line of steps toward comprehensive criminal justice reform greater sentencing reform and to eradicate the private prison industry 183 Disability issues edit Gabbard has stated that resources need to be dedicated at every level of education as well as beyond to help people with disabilities get the jobs they need to succeed In addition to cosponsoring several bills of importance to the disability community she has opposed bills such as the ADA Education and Reform Act 184 on the grounds it would impose undue requirements on individuals with disabilities before they could sue businesses for violating accessibility laws She believed strongly that the bill would dismantle the ADA and voiced strong opposition to this harmful legislation 185 Drug policy reform edit nbsp Gabbard and Rep Don Young speak in support of the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act in 2019 Gabbard supports the legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes 186 She has stated that she has never consumed marijuana but believe s firmly in every person s freedom to make their own choices and calls the drug far less harmful and dangerous than alcohol 186 Gabbard is also an advocate for the medical use of cannabis particularly as an alternative to opioid painkillers 186 187 stating The fact that marijuana s still a Schedule I drug is unacceptable in the harm that it is causing to the people of our country 188 Gabbard has introduced the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act and the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement MORE Act to legalize cannabis at the federal level 189 190 She has also cosponsored numerous other cannabis related measures including the Marijuana Justice Act 186 In June 2020 Gabbard introduced an amendment to the House version of the 2021 NDAA to allow members of Armed Services to use products containing CBD and other hemp derivatives 191 It passed 336 to 71 as a package although House leaders did not fight for its inclusion in the final bill 192 On January 17 2020 in response to a voter s question regarding whether her plan to end the war on drugs centered on more harm reduction and treatment or if it involved moving to legalize and regulate narcotics so that you re no longer seeing tainted drugs on the street and involvement in the black market Gabbard answered all of the above Gabbard expressed support for the Portugal model of decriminalizing and regulating all drugs saying that the fears and the myths and the stigma about taking that step should be set aside 193 Gabbard allegedly planned on introducing legislation to decriminalize drug possession at the federal level until the COVID 19 pandemic came 194 Economy and financial reform edit Gabbard has advocated for financial reform since first running for Congress including such measures as restoring the Glass Steagall Act breaking up too big to fail banks strengthening protections against predatory lending practices increasing capital requirements for the nation s largest banks and banning naked credit default swaps 195 196 37 In 2012 during her first campaign for Congress Gabbard critiqued JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and an army of Wall Street lobbyists for having anchored down the process of implementing Dodd Frank legislation to the point that half of the modest regulations included in it aren t even in place today including the Volcker Rule which limits risky trading behavior She also called for breaking up big banks noting that the five largest control 56 percent of the U S economy and for preventing banks from becoming too big and too precarious to ever again endanger our livelihoods as they did in 2008 and as they continue to do today 195 In 2014 she voted for Audit the Federal Reserve legislation 197 In 2015 in a written statement to President Obama regarding his State of the Union message wrote America also needs true Wall Street reform which begins with reinstating Glass Steagall The financial stability of our nation depends on serious efforts to prevent Wall Street from making risky investments at taxpayer expense The focus must always be on the needs of Main Street we must prevent big banks from gambling with the well being of our nation 198 In 2017 Gabbard co sponsored a bill to reinstate provisions of the Glass Steagall Act in order to separate investment banking from commercial banking and prevent the largest banks from engaging in speculative trading 199 200 She urged her colleagues to oppose the Financial CHOICE Act a bill rolling back financial regulations put into effect after the 2008 financial crisis 201 202 She also supported a bill to increase the hourly minimum wage to 15 by 2024 203 In 2018 Gabbard voted with the minority against a bill she said worked to undo state level legislation seeking to curb maximum interest rates on loans noting that in Hawaii which has no such state level legislation interest rates could reach an annual percentage rate APR of 459 percent 200 On July 23 2019 Gabbard introduced the Wall Street Banker Accountability for Misconduct Act 204 which would require Wall Street s biggest banks to establish a deferment fund funded annually by senior executives who receive compensation more than 10 times the compensation of the median paid employee of the covered bank receive total compensation of over 1 million and receive one of the 100 largest compensation packages and who have authority to expose more than 0 5 of covered bank s capital The deferred compensation would be held for 10 years to be used to pay penalties for violations occurring on their watch 174 During the 2019 2020 coronavirus outbreak Gabbard supported a temporary universal basic income of 1000 per month 205 Another former candidate in the 2020 presidential election campaign Andrew Yang had supported the universal basic income 205 Education edit Gabbard supports making community college tuition free for all Americans while making all four year colleges tuition free for students with an annual family income of 125 000 or less The tuition would be funded by a new tax on trading stocks and bonds 128 Environment edit nbsp Gabbard at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii in September 2016 Gabbard received the Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter s endorsement in the 2012 Democratic primary election for Congress 206 and in her 2014 reelection campaign 207 In December 2016 Gabbard along with approximately 2 000 U S military veterans dubbed The Veterans Stand for Standing Rock traveled to North Dakota to join the protests against the construction of the final leg of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Indian Reservations 208 209 In September 2017 Gabbard introduced the Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act OFF Act 210 as legislation seeking to transition the United States to clean renewable energy The bill would require electric utilities to transition to 80 renewable energy resources by 2027 and 100 renewable by 2035 while setting similar vehicle emission standards goals and banning hydraulic fracturing 128 In November 2018 Gabbard spoke in favor of a Green New Deal which was at the time a draft resolution to task a special House committee with coming up with legislation to eliminate fossil fuel use from the economy within a decade In February 2019 she expressed concerns about the vagueness of the version of the Green New Deal proposed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Ed Markey saying I do not support leaving the door open to nuclear power unless and until there is a permanent solution to the problem of nuclear waste 211 and did not co sponsor the legislation as a result 212 Gabbard successfully passed an amendment to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that would require the Department of Energy to reexamine the safety of the Runit Dome a leaking Cold War era nuclear waste site in the Marshall Islands 213 In July 2020 she called for fresh eyes to ensure a more independent assessment of the waste site s safety 213 Family policy edit Gabbard co sponsored the Family Act legislation which would entitle employees to take up to 60 days of paid job protected leave to care for a newborn child or to care for any family member for medical reasons She advocates for universal basic income which would allow one parent to either provide childcare themselves at home or to afford to pay for childcare She also advocates for expanding pre kindergarten education to all Americans 214 215 Free speech edit In her full announcement regarding her departure from the Democratic Party Gabbard stated Today s Democratic Party does not believe in our constitutionally protected right of free speech Fostering freedom of thought and diversity of expression is the very foundation of any flourishing democracy She also criticized the Biden administration s creation of a Disinformation Governance Board referring to it as a Ministry of Truth 12 Gun control edit nbsp Standing with fellow House Democrats to demand a vote on gun control measures Gabbard s views on gun control and gun owners rights have varied through the course of her political career During her time in Congress and throughout her presidential campaign Gabbard supported a common rifle weapons ban and universal background checks 216 She received an F rating from the NRA a 0 rating by the Hawaii Rifle Association and a 100 rating by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence for her time in Congress 217 Following her retirement from Congress Gabbard s positions on gun control and gun owners rights have slightly shifted to the right Gabbard has stated that she is a supporter of the Second Amendment Gabbard says she believes the Second Amendment is necessary so citizens can defend themselves and our loved ones and to serve as a check on a tyrannical government seeking to take away our God given freedoms 11 12 Gabbard expressed approval with the Supreme Court s ruling in New York State Rifle amp Pistol Association Inc v Bruen which held that an individual s right to carry a handgun for self defense outside the home is protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution 11 12 Health care edit Gabbard supports a universal health care plan called Single Payer Plus 218 219 220 221 222 223 Her plan is loosely modeled after Australia s healthcare system 224 In 2017 she co sponsored the Expanded amp Improved Medicare For All Act 225 226 to create a national health insurance program that covers uninsured as well as underinsured people 227 allows for private insurance supplemental to but not duplicative of benefits provided under the program and paid for in part by raising taxes on the wealthy and taxing financial transactions 128 Gabbard called the Republican sponsored American Health Care Act of 2017 really a handout to insurance and pharmaceutical companies that will further exacerbate the burden on American families 228 In Gabbard s view If you look at other countries in the world who have universal health care every one of them has some form of a role for private insurance 229 230 In 2019 she cosponsored House Resolution 1384 Medicare for All Act of 2019 a bill that would allow private insurance 231 232 Gabbard has pushed to reinstate Medicaid eligibility for people from the Marshall Islands Micronesia and Palau who are working and living in the United States 213 In 2017 Gabbard cosponsored and worked toward passing the Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act 233 to extend Medicare medical nutrition therapy services to those with pre diabetes or risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes so as to help identify and treat diabetes earlier and more effectively 234 In 2019 Gabbard cosponsored the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act to allow wholesale distributors pharmacies and individuals to import affordable and safe drugs the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act 235 to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies under Medicare Part D and the Prescription Drug Price Relief Act 236 to end government granted monopolies for manufacturers that charge drug prices higher than the median prices at which the drugs are available in other countries Housing edit Gabbard proposes addressing the housing crisis by bipartisan efforts to use zoning and public private partnerships between local governments and private developers to quickly increase the amount and reduce the price of available housing 237 Immigration edit Gabbard differs from other Democrats on some aspects of immigration She sees the root cause of mass immigration on our southern border as being the history of US military intervention in Latin America that left countries destroyed She continues Before we talk about a wall we need to end our ongoing threats of intervention this time in Venezuela 238 Gabbard voted with congressional Republicans in favor of extreme vetting of Iraqi and Syrian refugees 239 240 Gabbard has also stated I don t support open borders Without secure borders we don t really have a country and that it is a fair criticism that other Democratic politicians had misguidedly embraced the idea of open borders 241 In 2015 Gabbard called on the US government to give priority to persecuted minority refugees in the Middle East such as Christians and Yazidis 242 In response to Trump s proposals to build a border wall with Mexico Gabbard stated that she prefers using high tech surveillance at the border rather than physical wall but that in some places it may make sense to have a wall or some sort of physical barrier but would rely on experts to clarify whether extensions of physical barriers are needed 243 244 Gabbard has also called for a temporary suspension of the Visa Waiver Program for European passport holders citing concerns about security and terrorism following the influx of Syrian refugees into Germany until the threat of a potential terrorist attack is removed 245 246 However Gabbard has also spoken in favor of easing restrictions on granting temporary work visas to immigrants increasing skilled immigration creating a simplified path to citizenship for illegal and undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes granting citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants and reinstating DACA Gabbard also believes that immigrants should be assessed as individuals and for what they can contribute rather than by their nationality and background 247 243 During the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Gabbard stated we can and should have both secure borders as well as humane immigration policies 248 She has also called for immigration reform describing the system as broken 242 249 Labeling GMOs edit In 2013 Gabbard sponsored legislation to require GMO labeling 250 251 In 2015 she criticized the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act saying it makes a mockery of transparency and leaves U S consumers in the dark 252 and that it merely creates an illusion of transparency making things more difficult for consumers not easier 253 In 2016 she voted against a GMO labeling bill saying it was too weak 254 In early February 2019 she courageously criticized Monsanto for falsifying pesticide safety studies 255 when she tweeted that Monsanto manufactured scientific studies to influence the EPA while destroying small farmers and unleashed the scourge of Roundup 256 LGBTQ rights edit Gabbard was a member of the House LGBT Equality Caucus and during the 116th Congress had an 84 record in Congress for pro LGBT legislation from the Human Rights Campaign a group that advocates for LGBT rights 257 During the 115th Congress she had a 100 record 258 Gabbard s position on LGBT issues has changed over the course of her lifetime Gabbard supported her father s campaign to amend the Constitution of Hawaii to give lawmakers the power to limit marriage to same sex couples 259 The amendment was overwhelmingly approved by voters in a referendum 260 As a Hawaii state legislator in 2004 Gabbard opposed and protested against Hawaii House Bill 1024 which would have established legal parity between same sex couples in civil unions and married straight couples The bill was defeated in the House 261 262 263 Also in 2004 Gabbard opposed a House resolution to study the demographics and needs of LGBT students saying that a study asking students questions about their sexuality would be a violation of their privacy 264 After two deployments with the Hawaii Army National Guard to Iraq in 2004 and Kuwait in 2008 Gabbard said in 2011 that her stance on LGBT issues was changed by her experience in the military with LGBTQ service members both here at home and while deployed 265 as well as seeing the destructive effect of having governments act as moral arbiters for their people 177 266 In 2012 Gabbard apologized for what David Knowles called anti gay advocacy 267 Since 2013 Gabbard has been a member of the House LGBT Equality Caucus during her first 268 third 269 and fourth 270 terms in Congress As Congresswoman Gabbard co sponsored pro LGBT legislation signed an amicus brief supporting Edith Windsor s challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act and supported the Equality Act to protect LGBT individuals and other efforts to promote LGBT equality including supporting the Restore Honor to Service Members Act 271 the Employment Non Discrimination Act the Safe Schools Improvement Act and the Equality for All Resolution 259 177 During a 2016 interview while saying that her opinions on gay rights as a policy have changed her personal views on gay people had not 272 In 2019 after launching her presidential campaign she apologized again for her past anti gay policy positions 273 In 2020 Gabbard signaled a shift in her position on transgender issues after introducing the Protect Women in Sports Act of 2020 to the U S House of Representatives which would amend Title IX protections to prohibit transgender females from participating in women s athletics 274 In a statement Gabbard claimed that the legislation is meant to protect Title IX s original intent which was based on the general biological distinction between men and women athletes based on sex 275 On April 4 2022 Gabbard endorsed Florida House Bill 1557 popularly dubbed the Don t Say Gay bill which forbids discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public school classrooms for kindergarten through third grade Gabbard stated the bill bans government and government schools from indoctrinating woke sexual values in or schools to a captive audience She also suggested the bill should apply to all grades 276 277 278 Opioid Addiction edit In May 2016 Gabbard citing a Los Angeles Times investigation into the manufacturer of OxyContin called drug company marketing of painkillers the root cause of the problems as they were selling Oxycontin as a 12 hour drug while it wore off early in many patients increasing the risk of addiction 279 In May 2018 Gabbard Senator Bernie Sanders and Representatives Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal introduced The Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018 280 to penalize drug companies found to be profiting from the opioid epidemic targeting companies that engage in false marketing or distribution of opioids 281 Policing and prosecution edit Gabbard has criticized the defund the police movement for demonizing law enforcement She has argued that many prosecutors and defense attorneys are too lenient on criminals at the expense of law abiding citizens 11 12 Sex work decriminalization edit On March 7 2019 Gabbard told BuzzFeed News If a consenting adult wants to engage in sex work that is their right and it should not be a crime She continued All people should have autonomy over their bodies and their labor A spokesperson for her presidential campaign cited that comment later that month and added She believes it should be decriminalized and that is the action we would take on the federal level 282 In February 2020 she echoed the same words in a statement to Reason 283 The sex worker advocacy group Decriminalize Sex Work gave her a grade of A on sex work decriminalization making her only presidential candidate to get a score above a B 284 283 Taxation edit According to Politico Gabbard supports eliminating cutes in corporate income taxes for offshoring but has taken no positions on capital gains taxes tax credits Wall Street taxes and wealth taxes 285 Tech industry edit Gabbard has called for breaking up big tech companies who together with overreaching intel agencies she says take away our civil liberties and freedoms in the name of national security and corporate greed 286 She supports net neutrality and has criticized Facebook for banning users 287 In Gabbard s lawsuit against Google for temporarily suspending her campaign s advertisement account 288 her lawyers contended that Google should be considered a state actor and that Google s program to verify election ads amounts to a regulation of political speech thereby violating the First Amendment 289 Veterans issues edit In 2014 Gabbard introduced the Access to Care and Treatment Now for Veterans Act 290 to allow veterans not getting timely healthcare from the VA to get care from non VA medical providers This bill was incorporated into the Veterans Access Choice and Accountability Act passed later that year 291 On March 19 2015 Gabbard and Scott Perry R Pa launched a new congressional caucus dedicated to helping post 9 11 veterans in transition to civilian life and improve services for veterans such as reducing the backlog in Veteran Affairs disability claims and promoting education entrepreneurship and employment opportunities 292 Also in 2015 Gabbard introduced legislation with Chris Stewart UT 02 to expand veterans healthcare options by allowing them to pause their TRICARE benefits to participate in an employer s Health Savings Account HSA program 293 294 295 In 2016 Gabbard worked successfully with John Kline R MN to amend the National Defense Authorization Act to allow military retirees living more than 100 miles from a military treatment facility to re enroll in Tricare Prime reversing a 2013 policy that eliminated such access 296 297 In 2017 Gabbard as co chair of the Post 9 11 Veterans Caucus 298 helped introduce the Forever GI Bill to extend and improve the GI Bill benefits granted to veterans surviving spouses and dependents 299 The bill passed with bipartisan support In January 2019 together with Rep Gus Bilirakis R FL she introduced the Retired Pay Restoration Act 300 to ensure disabled veterans receiving 40 percent or lower rates of service connected disability would receive both their military pension as well as Veterans Affairs disability compensation or combat related special pay As founder and co chair of the Post 9 11 Veterans Caucus 298 she said Retirement benefits and disability benefits are two different things and one should not be counted against the other and that this bipartisan legislation will ensure that our veterans receive the benefits they ve earned and deserve 301 Women s issues edit Gabbard says addressing sexual harassment at the workplace requires leadership to bring about a culture shift in the private and public sectors She was an original cosponsor of the Military Justice Improvement Act 302 to transfer decision making in military sexual assault cases from the chain of command to experienced trial counsel to determine the appropriate trial path to pursue 214 215 She has also cosponsored the Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act 303 to that ensure congressional perpetrators are held personally and financially accountable for sexual harassment abuses of power by ending taxpayer funded harassment settlements and requiring full reimbursement to the Treasury for past settlements the Power Act 304 which requires every state s U S attorney to promote and expand pro bono legal services specifically for domestic violence survivors and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 305 to revise and reauthorize various programs and activities to prevent and respond to domestic violence sexual assault dating violence and stalking 214 215 To close the wage gap between women and men Gabbard co sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act 306 214 215 Gabbard calls for a concerted effort to encourage the professional development and opportunities of women in the workplace government and military She opposes policies that would dictate the demographics of corporate boards 214 215 Governance editCampaign finance reform edit Gabbard has supported campaign finance reform 307 and the Financial Times describes it as one of her signature issues 308 She is opposed to the influence of Super PACs in politics 309 and stated that Politicians must represent and listen to the people who elected them to serve not whatever lobbyist writes them the biggest check 307 In December 2016 Gabbard co sponsored the We the People Amendment which proposes an amendment to the Constitution that would abolish corporate personhood and would hold that campaign contributions would not be protected under the First Amendment 310 311 In May 2017 Gabbard pledged to no longer accept money from political action committees PACs 312 In July 2017 Gabbard was one of only seven members of the No PAC Caucus 313 In October 2018 The Intercept reported that Gabbard was one of only four members of Congress who had pledged not to accept corporate campaign donations 314 In February 2018 Gabbard gave closing remarks at the Unrig the System Summit of RepresentUs a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that advocates for state and local laws based on model legislation called the American Anti Corruption Act Gabbard lamented the influence of big money in politics Getting to the heart of how corrosive an effect money has on our politics and really regaining that voice and trust and confidence of the people that s how we begin to get back to a government of by and for the people 315 Civil liberties edit Gabbard is an original member of the bi partisan 4th Amendment Caucus As Gabbard notes Our laws regarding freedom privacy and civil liberties have not kept up with the rapid expansion of technology in today s digital age The caucus aims to protect against warrantless searches and seizures close privacy violating surveillance loopholes and champion reform efforts to protect and restore Fourth Amendment rights 316 In 2014 remarks on an NSA phone data mining bill Gabbard said We still have yet to hear of a single example of how national security has been strengthened by allowing bulk data collection 317 In 2015 Gabbard spearheaded together with Ron Wyden D OR 318 and co sponsored by Trey Gowdy R SC 4 and Tom Udall D NM the Strengthening Privacy Oversight and Transparency SPOT Act 319 to as Udall stated strengthen the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board PCLOB and significantly improve the oversight and accountability of the nation s intelligence community to protect Americans constitutional rights 320 On January 29 2019 Gabbard was awarded an A rating as a champion for protecting a free and open internet and civil liberties from Restore The Fourth and Fight for the Future recogniz ing the congresswoman s strong record of opposing mass surveillance and the warrantless collection of Americans calls emails texts and other communications support of civil liberties and the USA Rights amendment and more 321 Gabbard said It is unfortunate that some leaders in Washington claim that the American people must choose between our national security and our civil liberties This is a false choice We must ensure that our laws and policies strike the appropriate balance protecting our national security while simultaneously ensuring the constitutional rights of Americans are upheld 322 Election integrity edit Gabbard introduced the Securing America s Elections Act of 2018 323 to require voter verified paper ballots in federal elections in case of any audit or recount allow voters to verify and correct any errors before their permanent paper ballot is preserved for official government record and establish voter verified paper ballots as the correct record of votes cast if there were any inconsistencies or irregularities between electronic and paper vote tallies 324 Media and party edit Gabbard says the Washington bubble is disconnected from the people in the country 325 During a January 2020 interview with a newspaper s editor board she criticized her party and the cable news media Gabbard stated that the Democratic party unfortunately has become more and more out of touch with people across the country and that the party needs to listen to the concerns of ordinary voters She called for the Democratic party to renounce the influence of lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry military contractors and other giant corporations to trigger a shift in foreign and domestic priorities of the United States She warned the impeachment of President Trump could prevent this shift in priorities and could lead to Republican wins of House Senate and presidency in 2020 Gabbard said voters feel a sense of great frustration that their opinions and everyday concerns are not at all reflected in the cable news media 326 She introduced legislation to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine 327 a policy that required media outlets to present contrasting views on any political or social issue 328 329 On October 12 2022 Gabbard announced her decision to leave the Democratic Party stating that I can no longer remain in today s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti white racism actively work to undermine our God given freedoms are hostile to people of faith and spirituality demonize the police and protect criminals at the expense of law abiding Americans believe in open borders weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents and above all dragging us ever closer to nuclear war 330 12 11 Assange Snowden and Manning edit Gabbard has stated the U S government should drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange H is arrest and all that just went down poses a great threat to our freedom of the press and to our freedom of speech 331 She has also expressed concerns that our government can basically create this climate of fear against those publishing things that they don t like This threatens every American the message we are getting is Be quiet toe the line otherwise there will be consequences 332 She would also pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and take action to close the loopholes in the law Snowden exposed Of Snowden and Chelsea Manning she said there is not an actual channel for whistle blowers like them to bring forward information that exposes egregious abuses of our constitutional rights and liberties period There was not a channel for that to happen in a real way and that s why they ended up taking the path that they did and suffering the consequences 331 In October 2020 Gabbard introduced two bipartisan resolutions in the House of Representatives to pardon and drop all charges against Edward Snowden and Julian Assange respectively 333 She also introduced a bill to reform the Espionage Act HR8452 Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act which was supported by Daniel Ellsberg best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers 334 335 In November 2020 Gabbard called for President Donald Trump to pardon Edward Snowden and Julian Assange 336 Trump administration editOn November 21 2016 Gabbard became the second Democrat after Michelle Rhee to meet with President elect Donald Trump and his transition team at Trump Tower 337 She described the meeting as frank and positive and said she accepted the meeting to influence Trump before Republicans grew in influence and escalated the war to overthrow the Syrian government 338 She later called the Trump administration s 2017 Shayrat missile strike reckless and short sighted 149 Gabbard did not join the 169 congressional Democrats who signed a letter of opposition to Steve Bannon s appointment as Trump s chief strategist 339 340 but she joined 182 other colleagues to co sponsor a bill to remove him from the National Security Council 341 Gabbard vehemently criticized the 2017 United States Saudi Arabia arms deal 127 342 and the administration s decision not to sanction Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi 130 In an October 29 2019 press conference with family members of victims of the September 11 2001 terror attacks Gabbard requested the Trump administration to declassify the findings of its investigation into a possible involvement of Saudi Arabia government officials in the September 11 attacks and to end all aid for Saudi Arabia until this information is made public 131 132 Gabbard reintroduced House resolution 663 from 2017 343 as resolution 662 344 to push for this goal 345 346 Impeachment of Donald Trump edit Gabbard voted present when the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump in December 2019 saying I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing I could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country 347 She explained the motivation for her present vote in two video messages 348 349 and a press release Gabbard cited The Federalist Papers essay No 69 350 and described her vote as a protest against a political zero sum game where both parties aim to extract maximum hurt from their opponent but everybody loses and nothing gets done She said she felt the impeachment process had become a partisan endeavor Gabbard criticized Republicans for blindly supporting their party leader and abdicating their responsibility to exercise legitimate oversight and she criticized Democrats for using extreme rhetoric that was never conducive to an impartial fact finding process She called for reconciliation of the divided nation 351 Gabbard introduced House resolution H Res 766 352 353 that would censure President Trump for several of his foreign policy decisions and send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked while leaving the question of removing Trump from office to the voters to decide 354 A week after voting Gabbard said she thinks the impeachment of President Trump would unfortunately embolden him increase the likelihood of his reelection and causes her serious concern about her party losing the presidential election and the majority in the House of Representatives 355 See also editList of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress Women in the United States House of RepresentativesNotes edit Josh Gottheimer s D NJ 5 amendment to add Hamas 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gov 19 November 2015 Retrieved 31 December 2019 McCaul Michael T 20 January 2016 H R 4038 114th Congress 2015 2016 American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 www congress gov Retrieved 31 December 2019 Steinhauer Jennifer Shear Michael D 19 November 2015 House Approves Tougher Refugee Screening Defying Veto Threat The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 31 December 2019 Yardley Jim Bennhold Katrin 16 November 2019 Mounting clues point to brothers trip to Syria Attackers were in contact with ISIS officials say Boston Globe The New York Times Retrieved 31 December 2019 via Newspapers com 2015 Paris Terror Attacks Fast Facts CNN CNN Editorial Research 13 November 2019 Retrieved 31 December 2019 Walsh Deirdre Barrett Ted 19 November 2015 House passes bill that could limit Syrian refugees over Obama veto threat CNNPolitics CNN Retrieved 31 December 2019 CAPAC Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Members Split on Syrian Refugee Bill rafu com Rafu Shimpo Los Angeles 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If U S Sanctions Are Killing Children The National Interest Retrieved 4 February 2021 Gabbard Tulsi 18 December 2020 Text H Res 1270 116th Congress 2019 2020 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no taxpayer dollars will be used to enact sanctions that inflict suffering on civilian populations www congress gov Retrieved 4 February 2021 US Should Not Be Policing the World US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard NDTV 17 December 2014 16 00 Retrieved 16 February 2019 The jury is still out on this report Clearly we would not like to see any human any person around the world being treated inhumanely On the other side I can understand that any of us if we were in a situation where our family our community our state or our country is in a place where let s say in an hour a nuclear bomb or an attack will go off unless this information was found I believe that if I were the president of the United States that I would do everything in my power to keep the American people safe 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Retrieved 19 May 2019 Mike Pompeo Said Congress Doesn t Need to Approve War With Iran 2020 Democrats Aren t Having It The Intercept 14 June 2019 Stockler Asher 3 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard called the Soleimani strike an act of war saying that President Trump violated the U S Constitution Newsweek Retrieved 4 February 2021 Duster Chandelis 8 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard says no justification whatsoever by Trump administration for killing Soleimani CNN Retrieved 4 February 2021 Musto Julia 3 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard rips Soleimani strike Trump isn t acting like he wants to end forever wars Fox News Tulsi Gabbard slams Soleimani airstrike Fox News on YouTube 3 January 2020 Sabbagh Dan 5 January 2020 Anti Isis coalition suspends operations as Iraqi MPs vote to expel US troops The Guardian Lister Tim 6 January 2020 Iran drives another stake into the heart of the nuclear deal CNN Garcia Victor 8 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard calls Hillary Clinton a warmonger says US troops should leave Iraq and Syria Fox News Carlson Tucker 8 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard Everybody knows Hillary Clinton is a war monger Fox News on YouTube Fearnow Benjamin 5 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard Demands No War With Iran Says There Is No American Victory in Middle East Newsweek Tur Katy 9 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard discusses how she would handle an escalating crisis with Iran MSNBC Tur Katy 9 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard On Conflict With Iran We ve Got To Choose Diplomacy Katy Tur MSNBC MSNBC on YouTube Duster Chandelis 8 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard says no justification whatsoever by Trump administration for killing Soleimani CNN Tapper Jake 8 January 2020 President Trump No justification Whatsoever By CNN CNN via YouTube Slotkin Elissa 8 January 2020 H Con Res 83 Directing the President pursuant to section 5 c of the War Powers Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran 116th Congress 2019 2020 FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 7 House of Representatives 9 January 2020 Gabbard Tulsi 30 May 2020 H Res 411 Defining Presidential wars not declared by Congress under article I section 8 clause 11 Declare War Clause as impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors within the meaning of article II section 4 of the Constitution and defining the meanings of war and cobelligerency for purposes of the Declare War Clause and Impeachment provisions 116th Congress 2019 2020 Rep Tulsi Gabbard Votes to Pass War Powers Resolution Maui Now 9 January 2020 Tulsi Gabbard January 15 2020 Tulsi talks IRAN with Guests Stephen Kinzer amp Dennis Kucinich Intro by Kim Iversen on YouTube a b c Presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard loves Israel just not the Gaza border The Jerusalem Post 13 January 2019 Hill Evan 17 January 2019 Tulsi Gabbard s Deceptive Foreign Policy The Nation Archived from the original on 20 August 2019 Retrieved 26 August 2019 via www thenation com Rocha Veronica Ries Brian 10 March 2019 Gabbard says she doesn t think Rep Ilhan Omar was trying to offend anyone with her tweets CNN Schneider Bradley Scott 23 July 2019 Text H Res 246 116th Congress 2019 2020 Opposing efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel www congress gov Retrieved 23 December 2019 a b Why I voted for HRes 246 TULSI 2020 TULSI2020 com Archived from the original on 23 December 2019 Retrieved 23 December 2019 Omar Ilhan 30 July 2019 Text H Res 496 116th Congress 2019 2020 Affirming that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution www congress gov Retrieved 23 December 2019 Former Rep Tulsi Gabbard calls out Biden and Harris for not attending March for Israel rally in DC Washington Examiner 14 November 2023 CNN Rep Gabbard Comments on Iran ISIS amp Saudi King Salman s Declination to President Obama s Gulf Summit Meeting Rep Tulsi Gabbard 13 May 2015 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