"I Refuse to Be Their Puppet!" | Top 5 Moments from Tulsi Gabbard’s Explosive Senate Hearing
Several of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees faced tough questioning from Republicans and Democrats alike during hours-long confirmation hearings on Thursday.
Former Democrat and military veteran Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, was grilled about her past remarks supporting government whistleblower Edward Snowden as well as her relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria’s former dictator Bashar al-Assad.
Democrats probe Gabbard’s ties to Putin
Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii who ran for her party’s presidential nomination in 2020 before ditching the party and endorsing Trump in 2024, faced sharp questions about her past remarks about Russia’s war in Ukraine. She has been accused of repeating Russian propaganda to justify Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
At one point during the hearing, Democratic Senator Michael Bennet read several of Gabbard’s previous comments out loud, including when she said Putin had "legitimate security concerns" over Nato expansion in Eastern Europe.
The Colorado lawmaker accused Gabbard of agreeing that a "totalitarian state" was "justified in rolling over the peaceful border of Ukraine".
He noted that Russian state TV aired her comments and called her "our friend Tulsi".
Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard who was twice deployed to the Middle East, has no formal intelligence experience.
Both Republicans and Democrats quizzed Gabbard about her support for Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistleblower who leaked millions of classified documents that he alleged showed the US was conducting illegal surveillance of its citizens.
Critics said the leaks threatened American national security.
Lawmakers asked Gabbard multiple times whether she considered Snowden – someone whom she has previously called "brave" and argued should be pardoned for his crimes – a traitor to the US.
Gabbard dug in her heels on the matter, refusing to give a yes or no answer and making the moment uneasy for several Republicans.
"Snowden broke the law," she told lawmakers. "He released information about the United States … I have more immediate steps that I would take to prevent another Snowden."
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