Don't look now Dems, but you have a "dissenter" in the ranks that MUST be muzzled and chained. And even WORSE -- she MIGHT be a "closet Libertarian"...
You obviously have not looked at her web site.
She's as socialist as they come. Like Bernie Sanders, the elder dissenter. In fact, she endorsed him for President.
She's the exact opposite of a Libertarian.
It's hard to find such a thing as "the opposite of Libertarian".. Because you'd have to reach down into the nether realm of leftist and rightest authoritarians to pluck one out.. We actually agree TOTALLY with folks like Bernie on at least 1/2 of their issues.. Mostly agree on Foreign policy. Mostly agree on stopping corporate/govt collusion. Mostly agree on "criminal justice reform" and Civil Liberties. The latter one is way different and more encompassing than just "rights".. And only libertarians and some of "old school socialists" understand the diff.
But the half is anything to do with math or economics or size of Federal Govt. And there we split ways. And the fact that the "old school" socialists are adopting and raising a whole bushel basket of your wild child progressive know-nothings that you just sent to Congress --- disturbs us greatly.
Gabbard is not in that fruit and nut basket. She's risen in the Armed Forces to a Major, speaks for herself and defends herself well in debate and with the public.. And lately, what I want in politics is "the best of breed".. The type that sticks to problem solving and "straight talk".. Don't really care where the country finds these solid specimens of independent politics, but it's independents that are the only way OUT of this downward spiral in leadership...