What a Virginia Democrat mentioned of Tulsi Gabbard after marketing campaign go to for GOP rival

A centrist Democratic congresswoman lashed out at Tulsi Gabbard after the social gathering defector campaigned for her Republican rival in Virginia this weekend.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer, took intention at Gabbard with a pointed tweet bearing a photograph exhibiting Gabbard smiling whereas standing beside GOP candidate Yesli Vega. Spanberger condemned Gabbard, a former congresswoman who years in the past stoked the ire of the Democratic Celebration with a secret journey to go to with chief Bashar Assad for a "fact-finding" lacking in war-torn Syria, over her overseas coverage views.

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"What do Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and Yesli Vega have in widespread? Tulsi Gabbard helps them," Spanberger mentioned.

The photograph of Gabbard and Vega appeared to come back from a tweet from the GOP candidate at her Saturday get-out-the-vote rally as she campaigns to flip Virginia's seventh Congressional District.

Taking the mould of Spanberger's tweet, Vega tweeted proper again on the incumbent. "What do Guzman, Pelosi, and Groomers have in widespread? They personal [Spanberger's] vote.

Although Vega accused Spanberger as being beholden to Democratic Celebration management, name-dropping Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) specifically together with "groomers" swipe that's associated to a tradition struggle challenge surrounding the LGBTQ neighborhood, the incumbent has not been afraid to criticize social gathering leaders, as she lately did so over a stock-trading invoice. Spanberger has additionally decried a spotlight by extra liberal members in her social gathering in recent times on socialism and defunding the police.

Gabbard is a former congresswoman from Hawaii, Military Reserve officer, and fight veteran. She additionally served as vice chairwoman of the Democratic Nationwide Committee and ran for president in 2020 as a Democrat. Though Gabbard was as soon as seen as a rising star within the social gathering, that relationship has soured in recent times. She introduced her departure from the Democratic Celebration this month, claiming it's now below the "management of an elitist cabal of warmongers," and Gabbard has decried what she says are "regime change wars" in locations reminiscent of Syria, and subsequent, maybe in Russia. Although she says she is now an impartial, Gabbard has been hitting the marketing campaign path for Republican candidates in current weeks, together with for MAGA stars in Arizona.