Tulsi Gabbard tactics
Both Gabbard and Trump Jr. sat in the middle seat and commanded it like they owned it, doing what
most of America has been begging for for years, to put both the panel and their hand-picked audience in
their place.
Since she entered the race for the Democratic nomination Gabbard has been under consistent attack by
the establishment. They repeatedly make the arrogant mistake of trying to bully from their pulpit
believing they can destroy a person of obvious character into submission who dissents from foreign
policy orthodoxy, the true third-rail of American politics.
The hope is that Gabbard will make a mistake which can be then played ad nauseum, ad infinitum until
she slinks off the stage in shame.
But Gabbard is too strong for that. And the difference in demeanor and character was plainly evident as
she turned on Joy Behar, the lead torchbearer `for all things anti-Trump, war-like and pathetic.
Gabbard didn’t waste time, taking the fight to The View before they knew what was happening.
Because she has learned in this game that you do not fight on ground prepared by your opponent.
You set the stage. You command the field. It’s safe to say she’s learned something while being in the
military for the past seventeen years.
Doing this, you make your opponents look petty, venal and stupid for saying the things they’re saying.
By confronting her accusers directly Gabbard showed everyone watching the difference between the
caricature created by Clinton and her cronies on The View and the reality of her character.
And that is the kind of narrative-breaking moment that sinks careers for some and defines them for
others.
Speaking of careers, like it or not, Donald Trump Jr. has a future in politics. He came onto The View, like
Gabbard the day before, armed to the teeth and ready use everything at his disposal.
He knows walking into that arena they aren’t going to fight fair, that they’ll fall back on the laziest of
arguments, like Meghan McCain virtue signaling her false eyelashes off over “Gold Star Families” who
are disrespected by President Trump’s private locker room conversation, while disgustingly wrapping
herself in her dead father’s flag.
And his comebacks and arguments were so strong that he had The View’s audience cheering for him. It
forced Joy Behar to publicly scold her audience that her show wasn’t a MAGA rally.
A very Behar moment — petty, venal and stupid.