Summary

Democratic senators have raised concerns over Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as Director of National Intelligence, citing her past meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and her embrace of Russian talking points.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Gabbard shared a video echoing a false Kremlin claim that the U.S. was funding biological weapons labs in Ukraine.

A former Democratic congresswoman and critic of U.S. foreign policy, Gabbard recently joined the Republican Party and would now oversee 18 intelligence agencies and prepare the President’s Daily Brief.

  • Flying Squid
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    125 months ago

    As Stephen Colbert used to say, reality has a Russian bias.

    Do you mean when he was a fake conservative on a show making fun of Fox News?

    You do know that show was all fake, right?

    • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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      -35 months ago

      his actual quote is “reality has a liberal bias”. Liberal used to be inclusive of anti-war, and included non-suicidal respect for Russia.

      • Flying Squid
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        55 months ago

        So you put your words in his mouth.

        Are you usually this dishonest?