Tulsi Gabbard is suing Hillary Clinton for defamation after Hillary claimed she was a Russian asset of some kind.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is suing Hillary Clinton for defamation over the former secretary of State’s remarks on a podcast characterizing the Democratic presidential candidate as a Russian asset.
Gabbard filed the defamation lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Gabbard’s lawyers allege that Clinton’s comments have “smeared” Gabbard’s “political and personal reputation.”
“Tulsi Gabbard is a loyal American civil servant who has also dedicated her life to protecting the safety of all Americans,” Gabbard’s lawyer Brian Dunne said in a statement.
“Rep. Gabbard’s presidential campaign continues to gain momentum, but she has seen her political and personal reputation smeared and her candidacy intentionally damaged by Clinton’s malicious and demonstrably false remarks.”
Gabbard’s campaign referred all questions on the lawsuit to Dunne.
In response to the lawsuit, Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said “that’s ridiculous.”
In a podcast released in October, Clinton said she thought Republicans were “grooming” a Democratic presidential candidate for a third-party bid. She also described the candidate as a favorite of the Russians.
Clinton did not name the candidate, but it was clear she was speaking about Gabbard.
“They’re also going to do third-party. I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who’s currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate,” Clinton said.
“She’s the favorite of the Russians, they have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far, and that’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not, because she’s also a Russian asset. Yeah, she’s a Russian asset, I mean totally. They know they can’t win without a third-party candidate,” Clinton said.
Even though I doubt Gabbard will win money from the old skank, I am definitely rooting for her.
It’s crazy that Gabbard was being called a Russian asset by Hillary simply because she doesn’t want a big war with them. Gabbard in addition to being in Congress has also served as a military officer. And unlike Hillary, she wasn’t involved in any shady Russian uranium deals.
When you look at the history of both women, you could argue that it is far more likely that Hillary was compromised by Russians versus Gabbard.
But all this Russia stuff is just goofy nonsense. Democrats and leftists went totally insane accusing anybody they disagree with as being a Russian asset. This insanity has totally discredited them, especially considering they went after somebody like Gabbard with this abject stupidity.
