re: Tulsi Gabbard is Hindu. Would that factor into whether or not you vote for her…

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…if she someday ran for President or as a VP running mate?

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I think Tulsi is level headed and not a far left loon , but she is not a conservative. She is somewhat attractive, depending on the light, and has a nice body, which doesn’t make me want to vote for her.

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Abortion: She is pro abortion rights

Medicare: she supports medicare for all

Same-sex marriage: Her father Mike Gabbard, a republican party politician was against same-sex marriage, Tulsi was against same-sex marriage in her youth when she assisted her father, she however over the time changed her stance, 'This is my own personal stance formed after I got to know about the issue better' she says. She was against same-sex marriage in 2005.

Trans-Pacific Partnership: She is opposed to the TPP

Political intervention: She is critical of US involving in the political issues of other countries, she opposes regime changes by the US. She has particularly opposed US intervention in Iraq, Libya, Syria.

Yemeni Civil War: She denounces US involvement in the Yemen civil war

Venezuelan crisis: She is against US intervention in the Venezuelan situation.

Tulsi on Sexual Assault in the Military: She supports independent committee to help the victims to present their case without pressure from peers.

Nuclear Tech Sale to Saudi Arabia: She is opposed to president Donald Trump's decision to help Saudi Arabia develop nuclear weapon. 'How does it help USA to help Saudi Arabia, the country which supports Salafist, Wahabist ideology?' She asks, 'It doesn't' she opines.

Corporate campaign funding: She has pledged not to take corporate campaign funding

Mueller Report: She strongly supported Mueller investigations into Russia's involvement in the 2016 American elections, after Mueller said there was no substantial proof, she called for all Americans across political spectrum to make peace with the findings.

Green New Deal: Tulsi was in favor of the deal which talks about legislation to eliminate fossil fuel from the economy. In 2019 she expressed concern over certain items of the new version of the deal

Iran: She is in favour of Iran nuclear Deal.

Israel: She advocates rising above partisanship to stand with Israel, she simultaneously shares Obama administrations reservations about the Israeli settlement activity

Saudi Arabia: She is opposed to sharing nuclear technology with Saudi

Syria: She was opposed to Obama administrations military strikes in Syria, she opined it would be a threat to America's national security, economic interests, morality and international credibility

Venezuela: She advocates that USA stay out of Venezuela, "The United States needs to stay out of Venezuela. Let the Venezuelan people determine their future. We don't want other countries to choose our leaders so we have to stop trying to choose theirs" she tweeted.


Yemen: She opposes American support to Saudi led intervention which is causing humanitarian disaster in Yemen

GMO labelling: She supports labelling of genetically modified organism (GMOs). She sponsored legislation to make GMO labelling a practice

Gun rights: she co-sponsored bill to ban assault weapons & gun purchase with background checks. She voted for the 2nd Amendment protection act in 2017

Religion: She supports religious freedom, she opposed opposition to Brian C. Buescher's nomination for his association with Roman Catholic Church. She called opposition on religious lines as bigotry and violation of article 4 of US constitution.

Abortion & reproductive rights: She is supportive of reproductive rights, she had opposed abortion earlier in her career, but has changed her stand later, she voted against the proposal of banning abortion after 20th week

Trump: She had met Trump in Trump tower in 2016, she called the meeting 'frank & positive' , she opposed Trump's orders for missile strikes in Syria. She has opposed his arms deal with Saudi Arabia of 2017 and for not sanctioning Saudis for killing journalist Khashoggi. However she was not opposed to Trump nominating Stephen Bannon as chief strategist, while lots of other democrats did.

Drug related imprisonment: She thinks very long imprisonments for drug related charges is too much.

Climate Change: She believes Now is the time to combat climate change, the change has to happen in the USA and then through USA's leadership all across the world.

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Likes Muffins

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