Trump recruits Tulsi Gabbard to Mar-a-Lago to help him prepare for debate

[mystery-ak]

Trump recruits Tulsi Gabbard to Mar-a-Lago to help him prepare for debate
By
Annabella Rosciglione
August 16, 2024 3:26 pm
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Former President Donald Trump is using former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to help him with debate preparations.

The former Democratic congresswoman was friends with Trump before her split from the Democratic Party in 2020 and has remained close since. Gabbard joined at least one debate preparation session ahead of the presidential debate on ABC News on Sept. 10, according to the New York Times.

Gabbard ran for president in 2020 and stood out at the Democratic debates that year for her fierce comebacks, especially on now-Vice President Kamala Harris. She and then-Sen. Harris sparred over foreign policy and criminal justice reform throughout the Democratic primary debate.

Gabbard’s debate style and ability to attack Harris were reportedly part of the reason Trump’s team tapped her for preparation.

Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Gabbard was in Florida preparing with the former president and said in a statement that Trump has “proven to be one of the best debaters in political history as evidenced by his knockout blow to Joe Biden. He does not need traditional debate prep but will continue to meet with respected policy advisers and effective communicators like Tulsi Gabbard, who successfully dominated Kamala Harris on the debate stage in 2020.”

Democrats are framing the presidential race as one between a prosecutor and a convicted felon, but in 2020, Harris was attacked for her record as a prosecutor while many other candidates ran to the left. During that race, many Democrats were pushing for vast criminal justice reform.

“There are too many examples to cite,” Gabbard said on the debate stage.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3124470/trump-recruits-tulsi-gabbard-debate-preparation/

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 Trump enlists former Dem Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who brutally attacked Kamala Harris’ record on stage in 2019, for debate prep at Mar-a-Lago
By Victor Nava   
Published Aug. 16, 2024, 10:15 p.m. ET

Donald Trump has enlisted the help of former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as he fine-tunes for his first debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Gabbard, 43, took part in a recent strategy session with the former president, 78, at his Mar-Lago estate ahead of his September debate against the 59-year-old Democratic nominee, according to the New York Times.

Gabbard, who at one point was on Trump’s lengthy running mate shortlist, has experience debating Harris dating back to their time as Democratic presidential primary candidates in 2019, and she unleashed a blistering attack on the then-California senator’s record as top prosecutor in the Golden State in one of their showdowns.

The Trump campaign confirmed that the former Democratic congresswoman was helping the former president, who is famously not a fan of traditional debate prep, get in shape for his face-off with Harris.

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  https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/trump-enlists-ex-dem-tulsi-gabbard-for-harris-debate-prep/

[mountaineer]

That time Tulsi ended Kamala’s presidential hopes and dreams … and now she’s helping Trump do it again.

https://twitter.com/PolitiBunny/status/1824756889663443315

[LMAO]

So a leftist is going to help debate prep the GOP nominee. The fact that she was even on his list is telling

And in the democrat primary, the fight between her and Harris was over who’s more to the left on policy

[mountaineer]

 

[kevindavis007]

So a leftist is going to help debate prep the GOP nominee. The fact that she was even on his list is telling

And in the democrat primary, the fight between her and Harris was over who’s more to the left on policy

Trump is a Democrat

[Free Vulcan]

I'd say it's a smart move. He doesn't have to adopt her ideology to adopt her tactics. She dismantled Shamala like an M-80 on tinker toys. Go with the army you got, use the tools you have.

[Free Vulcan]

Trump is a Democrat

Dude, you're a Democrat.

[NavyCanDo]

Trump is a Democrat

Not able to change your mind on you opinion of Trump but JD Vance can in no way shape or form be called a Democrat. Regardless of how we feel about the Trumpster, we are not only voting to keep Commies Harris and Walz OUT of the whitehouse we are also introducing America to who could be the front runner in 2028. That is how I am approaching election 2024.

[roamer_1]

Not able to change your mind on you opinion of Trump but JD Vance can in no way shape or form be called a Democrat. Regardless of how we feel about the Trumpster, we are not only voting to keep Commies Harris and Walz OUT of the whitehouse we are also introducing America to who could be the front runner in 2028. That is how I am approaching election 2024.

It isn't what you're voting against. It's what you're willing to vote *for* - That's the slight-of-hand.

[The_Reader_David]

Those who get their news from actual journalists who publish on Substack, rather than the state-aligned media, will probably be aware that even before this the Biden-Harris regime had decided that Gabbard was an enemy of the state:  she was placed on the TSA's "Quiet Skies" watchlist, followed by Air Marshalls, and pulled out of security screening lines for extra scrutiny on the basis of some un-specified "affiliation" (which was probably as fake as the "Russian-collusion" by the 2016 Trump campaign).  (see here:  https://www.racket.news/p/intimidation-and-waste-surveillance ).

[mountaineer]

Yes, we mentioned that here: https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,538999.0.html

[The_Reader_David]

So a leftist is going to help debate prep the GOP nominee. The fact that she was even on his list is telling

And in the democrat primary, the fight between her and Harris was over who’s more to the left on policy

Actually, I think had she not been from the one-party-state of Hawaii, Gabbard would have been a Republican of the sort decried as "RINOs" on this board, rather than a Democrat.

[kevindavis007]

Dude, you're a Democrat.

Why don't you stuff it where the sun doesn't shine!!!!


I was a Republican much longer than your Orange Messiah!

[LMAO]

I was a Republican much longer than your Orange Messiah!

Yep

I myself have never sent political donations to people like Harris, Schumer, Hillary, Harry Reid....

[kevindavis007]

Yep

I myself have never sent political donations to people like Harris, Schumer, Hillary, Harry Reid....

Nor have I voted for a Democrat, but since I don't worship the grounds of the Orange Messiah, I'm a Democrat.

[Free Vulcan]

Why don't you stuff it where the sun doesn't shine!!!!


I was a Republican much longer than your Orange Messiah!

Yeah, a Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, John Boehner Republican.

Who are you kidding dude?

[catfish1957]

I have neve voted for a democrat in my entire voting life (49 years) And was the 3rd registered Republican in the entire history of the county I lived in. 

Not that we are in a pissing contest.