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Dulcinea

(9,812 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:25 AM 10 hrs ago

Tulsi Gabbard under scrutiny for showing up at FBI raid of Georgia election hub

(NBC News) WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump watched a live feed of the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was not in the room. Just two days earlier, she had posted photos of herself on a beach in Hawaii at sunset practicing yoga, sending out a new year’s greeting for “peace.”

That she appeared to be on vacation in the run-up to such a high-stakes, ultra-sensitive military operation seemed to underscore the extent to which she has been sidelined by the administration.

But there she was on Wednesday, at an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, as FBI agents conducted a raid seeking ballots from the 2020 presidential election, which Trump has falsely claimed he won.

Gabbard's presence baffled national security experts and raised questions about whether she is seeking new relevancy in the eyes of a president who had soured on her.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tulsi-gabbard-under-scrutiny-showing-020901940.html

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Tulsi Gabbard under scrutiny for showing up at FBI raid of Georgia election hub (Original Post) Dulcinea 10 hrs ago OP
Only good can come from this! True Dough 10 hrs ago #1
Sen. Mark Warner knows the score... True Dough 10 hrs ago #2
That's exactly the point you made............and I really think that this needs to be laid at the feet of the turbinetree 7 hrs ago #4
With Noem getting so much screen time, did Gabbard feel the need to get some attention from Trump? Attilatheblond 8 hrs ago #3
I wonder if Rogan is still a big Gabbard fan. BobTheSubgenius 5 hrs ago #5
Tulsi under scutiny? ShazzieB 5 hrs ago #6
I think she misunderstood and assumed they were going to Georgia the country and not the state. betsuni 4 hrs ago #7
Oh Noes, SCRUTINY. maxsolomon 1 hr ago #8
Isn't Gabbard a known conduit to the Kremlin? erronis 26 min ago #9

True Dough

(26,024 posts)
2. Sen. Mark Warner knows the score...
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:38 AM
10 hrs ago

Mark Warner
@MarkWarner
So the FBI has time to raid an elections office in Georgia in order to prop up Trump’s conspiracy theories about losing the 2020 election… but not to release the Epstein Files?

turbinetree

(27,145 posts)
4. That's exactly the point you made............and I really think that this needs to be laid at the feet of the
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:14 AM
7 hrs ago

maga US Senate and US Supreme Court, ( not once but twice) and lets not forget that this maga US Supreme Court was given the opportunity to have had this orange traitor removed from a ballot in Colorado..........the right wing hand picked US Supreme Court is a abject failure and needs to be called out as being so..............

Attilatheblond

(8,477 posts)
3. With Noem getting so much screen time, did Gabbard feel the need to get some attention from Trump?
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 10:17 AM
8 hrs ago

Are the cheerleaders competing for attention from the guy who fancies himself a star athlete?

Girls, GIRLS! This is not the ticket to success you think it is.

betsuni

(28,854 posts)
7. I think she misunderstood and assumed they were going to Georgia the country and not the state.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 01:57 PM
4 hrs ago
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