WASHINGTON (PNN) - January 31, 2025 - During her confirmation hearing to become President Donald J. Trump’s head of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard hit back at Democrats and RINOs who have spent months smearing her as a Russian asset or a threat to national security.
During opening remarks, Gabbard cited examples of how the intelligence community agencies have been politicized against President Trump and his supporters, asserting “this must end”.
Gabbard urged that President Trump’s massive victory serves as a mandate from Amerikans to overhaul the intelligence apparatus that has been infested and weaponized by Deep State operatives.
Gabbard emphasized that the reason she has been so vilified and even placed on a terror watchlist is because she refuses to act as just another puppet.
“Those who oppose my nomination imply that I am loyal to something or someone other than God, my own conscience, and the Constitution of the (Fascist Police States of Amerika) - accusing me of being Trump’s puppet, Vladimir Putin’s puppet, Bashar al-Assad’s puppet, a guru’s puppet, and Modi’s puppet - without recognizing the absurdity of simultaneously being the puppet of five different puppet masters,” Gabbard stated.
She added, “The same tactic was used against President Trump and failed. The (Amerikan) people elected President Trump with a decisive victory and a mandate for change. The fact is, what truly unsettles my political opponents is that I refuse to be their puppet.”
In a Fox News interview following the hearing, GOP Senator Josh Hawley (Mo.) warned that Gabbard’s confirmation could be in jeopardy because of Republicans bowing to the Deep State.
President Trump has reportedly indicated that if Republicans torpedo either Tulsi or Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., it will mean war.