Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii never denied that there was a chemical attack on Syrian civilians, but she was skeptical of claims that President Bashar Assad, whom she met with in Syria in January, was responsible.
Now that President Trump ordered a missile strike on the airbase where the attack was believed to have been launched, though, the world might never know who was to blame … something UN investigators might have been able to determine if the president hadn’t been in such a rush to blow something up.
Have we not learned from Iraq and Libya? The road to hell is paved w/ good intentions. Escalation means more dead children, more refugees.
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) April 7, 2017
US attacks on Syria won't save children, rather will strengthen al-Qaeda's attempts to overtake Syria, leading to more deaths and refugees.
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) April 7, 2017
The US should have supported a through UN investigation and international law in regard to the gas attacks in Syria.
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) April 7, 2017
Now, a proper investigation of the attacks will likely not even be possible because of Trump's reckless rush to bomb Syria.
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) April 7, 2017
A UN investigation into a gas attack in Syria in 2017? Who wants to be the one to tell her that, according to former United Nations ambassador Susan Rice, the Syrian government “voluntarily and verifiably” gave up its chemical weapons stockpile under the Obama administration?
Now, thanks to President Trump’s impulsive missile strike, that crack team of UN inspectors won’t be able to travel to the Syrian military airbase where the chemical attack was reportedly launched and poke around the facility looking for evidence that might have fingered al-Qaeda or ISIS.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is 'skeptical' that the Assad regime was behind the chemical weapons attack https://t.co/iIX2bJiiK1 pic.twitter.com/ApjFnaJrvg
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) April 8, 2017
@CNNSitRoom I'm skeptical that Tulsi Gabbard is fit to be in office
— Nate Bent (@realnatebent) April 8, 2017
@CNNSitRoom And I'm 'skeptical' that Gabbard doesn't have more loyalty to Assad than to the USA. Whose payroll is she on?
— TheTrialist ⭐️ (@SounderTrialist) April 8, 2017
@CNNSitRoom @soledadobrien I'm skeptical of her embrace of a murderous dictator. Benefit of the doubt to someone who gasses innocents? There's no excuse.
— Read History (@smarcy1) April 8, 2017
Remarkable charge given US capability to track aircraft & detect blast signatures & doctors' accounts of autopsies consistent w/CW https://t.co/7zPCOOeHT7
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 8, 2017
@jimsciutto @MalcolmNance Quite something, an elected U.S. representative who at every turn excuses away the atrocities of one of the world's great tyrants. #Syria
— Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) April 8, 2017
@CNNSitRoom What's the end game here, @TulsiGabbard? Maybe let Assad prove he didn't do it rather than making the case for him.
— C.Mon (@ClaireeMonroe) April 8, 2017
@CNNSitRoom So Russia has managed to cultivate/infiltrate even Democratic legislators. We're in deeper than we think.
— Karl Stockton (@Stockton2Karl) April 8, 2017
@CNNSitRoom Who voted for her?
— Arsenal Hound (@SEMinLF) April 9, 2017
@CNNSitRoom And yet they wonder why congress is trusted less than gas station sushi
— Avg Joe (@AvgJ0seph) April 8, 2017
@CNNSitRoom This demands congressional investigation, give her Jared's flak vest and a parachute.
— James Murray (@JamesMu63151819) April 8, 2017
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‘Unethical’? Dem Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says she met with Assad https://t.co/mziupfPfvG
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 25, 2017
