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Um...no. Tulsi is as socialist as Bernie Sanders. She left the Democrats for the same reasons Bernie did. The Democrats aren't socialist enough for her.
Don't be fooled by her pretty face.
Tulsi Gabbard backed Sanders in 2016.
She supports the Green New Deal.
She supports reparations for slavery.
She wants a $15 minimum wage.
She believes college should be free.
She supports banning offshore drilling.
She supports closing down all existing nuclear power plants.
She supports a ban on assault weapons.
She supports Medicare For All.
Healthcare For All
People Before Profits & Politics "People Before Profits". An age-old socialist slogan.
Racial Justice
Hold Wall Street Accountable
“We must break up the big banks, reinstate Glass-Steagall, and get our economy back to working for the benefit of all Americans.”
Second Amendment Rights & Gun Safety
“We don’t have to wait for answers to these questions for Congress to pass legislation already supported by a majority of Americans, like universal background checks, closing the gun show loophole and reinstating a federal ban on military-style assault weapons.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/policy-2020/climate-change/nuclear-power/
Gabbard is no longer running for president. “No, I do not support new nuclear power plants and am in favor of phasing out nuclear power,” Gabbard told The Post. She said she supports ending “subsidies or waivers to the nuclear power industry, which should itself be completely responsible for paying for its own insurance and paying the long term cost for safe storage of nuclear waste over centuries.”
Candidate positions highlighted
Here's a bill cosponsored by Tulsi:
H.R.40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act To establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery.
"I'll usher in a Green Economy":
