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Gabbard accuses Joy Behar of spreading 'innuendos' about her
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) accused “The View” host Joy Behar on the show Wednesday of spreading “innuendos” about her.
Gabbard responded to Behar’s previous comments on the show last month calling her a “useful idiot” for Russia.
“Some of you have accused me of being a traitor to my country, a Russian asset, a Trojan horse or a 'useful idiot,' I think was the term that you used, which basically means that I am naive or lack intelligence,” she said.
The Hawaii representative said she wants to “let your viewers know exactly who I am.”
“I am a patriot,” she said. “I love our country. I am a strong and intelligent woman of color, and I have dedicated almost my entire adult life to protecting the safety, the security and the freedom of all Americans in this country.”
Behar responded saying, “Franklin Graham finds you refreshing. He doesn’t find me refreshing. Richard Spencer, the white nationalist leader, says he could vote for you. You’re on Tucker Carlson at least 10 times. Why don’t you go on Chris Wallace's show?”
“This is why I’m here,” Gabbard answered. “Because you and other people continue to spread these innuendos that have nothing to do with who I am.”
“The View” host called Gabbard a “useful idiot” when discussing her feud with Hillary Clinton last month, after the former secretary of State suggested Gabbard was “the favorite of the Russians,” without referring to her by name.
“I don’t say that Tulsi is an agent,” Behar said on the show at the time. “I just think that she could be a useful idiot the way Trump is a useful idiot to the Russians. That they see something. They say, ‘Oh look, a useful idiot. Let’s play this.'”
Gabbard slammed Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, for her comments, calling her “the queen of the warmongers” and “the personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic party.”
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Tulsi Gabbard confronts Joy Behar over 'useful idiot' label, Hillary's 'Russian asset' claim
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, got into a testy exchange with "View" co-host Joy Behar on Wednesday as the 2020 candidate confronted Behar over her claim that she was a "useful idiot" for the Russians.
"Some of you have accused me of being a traitor to my country, a Russian asset, a trojan horse, or a useful idiot I think was the term that you used," Gabbard told Behar.
"Well, useful," Behar said, apparently trying to excuse her description. "But that's a Russian term, they use that," she added.
After Gabbard defended herself, Behar cited compliments of Gabbard that she saw as objectionable.
"Franklin Graham finds you refreshing. He doesn't find me refreshing. Richard Spencer, the white nationalist leader, says he could vote for you," she said.
Gabbard laughed and responded: "This is why I'm here -- because you and other people continue to spread these innuendos that have nothing to do with who I am."
She went on to accuse Behar of doubling down on "baseless accusations" that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appeared to make about Gabbard. Clinton previously claimed that Gabbard was being "groomed" by the Russians to be a third-party candidate and was an "asset" of the Kremlin.
"I'm a soldier -- because of the attacks on 9/11," Gabbard said. "I enlisted in the military to go after and defeat and destroy the evil that visited us on that day. I've served now for over 16 years. I deployed twice to the Middle East during the height of the war where every single day I saw firsthand the terribly high human cost. It's why I ran for Congress."
Gabbard, on Wednesday, rejected the idea that she would run as a third-party candidate.
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