The Daily Signal - BONUS: Tulsi Gabbard Slams 'Propaganda' Media for Parroting White House 'Cheap Fakes' Rhetoric

Episode Date: June 22, 2024

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard accused corporate media outlets of parroting “propaganda” talking points from the White House regarding controversial videos of President Joe Biden. Gabbard, who ran as a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, addressed the Biden White House's dismissing videos highlighting Biden’s declining mental acuity as “cheap fakes.” Each year, the Faith & Freedom Coalition hosts the Road to Majority Policy Conference with political leaders and other newsmakers. Gabbard delivered a speech Friday and spoke with The Daily Signal. Stay tuned for more interviews from our Daily Signal team, which is on location at the Washington Hilton. And be sure to visit DailySignal.com for additional news from the conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a bonus episode of the Daily Signal podcast. Each year, the Faith and Freedom Coalition hosts the Road to Majority Policy Conference with political leaders and other newsmakers. Our team was on location at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. for this year's event, and we're bringing you their interviews with some of the speakers. Be sure to visit DailySignal.com for additional coverage of the conference from reporters Mary Margaret O'Lahan, Fred Lucas, Elizabeth Troutman, and Olivia Perro. Stay tuned for the interview right after this. Today, news you can trust feels like a

rarity. That's why the Daily Signal podcast releases a top news edition every weekday at 5 p.m. Whether driving home from work, fixing dinner, or picking the kids up from soccer practice, you can stay informed on the headlines you care about. Every show is quick and succinct, designed to keep you up to speed on the issues that actually matter. Catch our top news edition right here in your Daily Signal podcast feed every evening or listen first thing in the morning before catching the day's interview. And be sure to subscribe on the Daily Signal podcast so you never miss an episode. We just wanted to ask you, first of all, what your thoughts on the current presidential race are, who your hopes are for VP. This is the most important election of our lives because of what is at stake. When we

we look at the brazen abusive power that's occurring under the Biden-Harris administration, it challenges not only the fact that they are trying to take down President Biden's opponent, Donald Trump, but how they are undermining the rule of law and weaponizing these institutions against people who disagree with them or who challenge their authority. It is our freedom and our democracy that's on the line in this election, and it's why all of us as Americans need to recognize that. Make sure that we vote on November 5th, send President Biden and Kamala Harris home

and elect Donald Trump to the White House. So who would be the best person to run with him? That's something only Donald Trump can decide. You don't have any top five? Nope. All right. On the same topic of, you know, you're talking about the DOJ persecuting people, what do you make of Dr. Etonheim

and the federal investigators coming to his home to interview him about boiling whistle in his Texas hospital. Yeah, I just learned about that yesterday. It's one of unfortunately many different examples of how the FBI is being used to go after people, if for no other reason than pure intimidation. And, of course, if they follow through on some kind of trumped-up charges, this is exactly what we're talking about. How is this any different than a dictatorship and some other part of the world?

going after political dissidents. We're already seeing it happening. It's not some theory or possibility that it may happen in the future. It's happening right before our very eyes. It's a very dangerous thing, but I am glad that these stories are coming to light, and it's important that we shine a light on them, because there's a lot of people who are busy in their lives, and they don't pay much attention to politics.

So this is one of the reasons why I'm just dedicating my time my time over the next four and a half months, five months until the election, speaking the truth, sharing these stories, sharing my own experience, and encouraging people to choose the side of freedom. Is there an issue that you think is going to be the defining issue in this election? It's hard to say. Four and a half months is a long time before election day. A lot can happen. There are so many issues both here at home, whether you're talking about, border security the ones that I hear people expressing concern the most about is and that transcends the usual you know D versus our left versus right lines in the sand people are very concerned about

our open borders people are very concerned about increasing crime these are the things that they're living with and dealing with and not just border towns or states but in you know the rural Midwest they're being affected by this people are extremely concerned about Biden's of Title IX and the fact that their daughters are now being confronted with the potential of having a boy, a biological boy in the bathroom or in the locker room or competing against them in sports, issues with education, the lack of school choice. I mean, there are so many different issues here at home that are affecting people in a very, very direct way that I hope will motivate them to take action and inform how they vote.

And then, of course, we are facing wars either directly or indirectly in many different regions of the world or potential for wars. We are closer to the possibility of nuclear Armageddon now more than ever. So both on the domestic front and on the foreign policy front, our national security, we are seeing many reasons why President Biden should not be reelected, why the Democrats can't be allowed to stay in power. Okay, and last question, because I know there's a bunch of people waiting. Have you seen Karin Jean-Pierre's rhetoric recently on these deep fakes, so-called? Can we get your thoughts on that? I laughed when I saw one clip.

I don't know all that's out there, but I saw one clip from her saying, you know, look at these cheap fakes. Even the media is calling them cheap fakes. And it made me laugh because I'm obviously familiar with how the main. mainstream propaganda media works. And when you look at the montage of all of these different people on many cable networks or broadcast networks, and they're literally all using the same talking point. And so when we look at like, oh, they've worn misinformation, disinformation,

they are doing it right now. We are not stupid. And I think that's the thing that is most fascinating to me is they really think that we are that stupid to buy their spin. on the unfortunate reality of what we were seeing, which is President Biden's deteriorating condition. All right. Well, thank you so much.

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