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opening speech, Tulsi Gabbard, January 30, 2025, former representative,
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Tulsi Gabbard took Washington by storm as she exposed the rot of deep state corruption, slamming 51 intelligence officials, Hillary Clinton, and the Democrat Party for their blatant weaponization of America’s intelligence agencies.

As she stood before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing as President Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard delivered a devastating indictment of the intelligence community’s failures and abuses over the last two decades.

Gabbard, a combat veteran and former Democrat presidential candidate, wasted no time calling out the politically motivated intelligence fiascos that have cost American lives, undermined national security, and fueled dangerous global instability.

Gabbard:
For too long, faulty, inadequate, or weaponized intelligence has led to costly failures and the undermining of our national security and God-given freedoms enshrined in the Constitution. The most obvious example of one of these failures is our invasion of Iraq, based on a total fabrication or a complete failure of intelligence.

This disastrous decision led to the deaths of tens of thousands of American soldiers, millions of people in the Middle East, mass migration, destabilization, and the undermining of the security and stability of our European allies. It also contributed to the rise of ISIS, the strengthening of Al Qaeda and other Islamist jihadist groups, and the empowerment of Iran.

The American people elected Donald Trump as their President—not once, but twice—yet the FBI and intelligence agencies were politicized by his opponents to undermine his presidency and falsely portray him as a puppet of Putin.

Gabbard’s testimony ripped into the coordinated efforts of the Clinton and Biden campaigns to manipulate intelligence agencies for political gain.

She highlighted how the now-discredited Steele dossier—funded by the Clinton campaign—was used as “evidence” to illegally spy on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page via FISA warrants.

Gabbard also targeted the now-infamous 51 former intelligence officials who falsely labeled Hunter Biden’s laptop as “Russian disinformation” to help Joe Biden secure victory in the 2020 election.

She exposed Biden campaign operative Tony Blinken as the mastermind behind the disinformation letter.

Gabbard:
Title I of FISA was used illegally to obtain a warrant to spy on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page, using a Clinton-Biden campaign-funded false dossier as their so-called evidence. Biden campaign advisor Tony Blinken was the impetus for the “51 former senior intelligence officials’ letter,” dismissing Hunter Biden’s laptop as disinformation and specifically intended to help Biden win the election.”

Gabbard also blasted former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for blatantly lying to Congress about mass surveillance programs that targeted American citizens.

And she didn’t hold back on ex-CIA chief John Brennan, who she reminded the world spied on Congress, got caught, and faced zero accountability.

Gabbard revealed one of the most chilling abuses under the Biden administration: the FBI’s targeting of devout Catholics.

“Under Biden, the FBI abused its power for political reasons to try to surveil Catholics who attend traditional Latin mass, labeling them as radical traditionalist Catholics.”

Gabbard also exposed how, just 24 hours after she criticized Kamala Harris’s nomination, she was placed on a secret domestic terror watchlist called “Quiet Skies.”

Gabbard dismantled the left’s predictable playbook, warning Americans exactly what was coming: false accusations, fear-mongering, and outright lies designed to discredit her before she even steps into office.

Gabbard:
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 United States—accusing me of being Trump’s puppet, Putin’s puppet, 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.

The same tactic was used against President Trump and failed. The American 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.

I condemn those actions as a Democrat in Congress at the time, as religious bigotry must be thoroughly condemned by all of us, no matter the religion. Unfortunately, some Democrat senators still don’t understand the principle of freedom of religion and Article VI of the Constitution: “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”

Unfortunately, they are once again using the religious bigotry card—this time, trying to foment religious bigotry against Hindus and Hinduism.

If anyone is sincerely interested in knowing more about my personal spiritual path of Hinduism, I welcome you to visit my account on X, where I’ll share more on this topic.
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