On Thursday, as we covered at the time, Attorney General Merrick Garland made some rather tone deaf remarks claiming that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “norms” are “a promise that we will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon.” Garland was promptly called out for such remarks, by the Trump-Vance campaign, as well as former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, once a Democrat, now an Independent who is on the Trump transition team. Gabbard also addressed how her criticism is personal.
“We will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon” – Attorney General Merrick Garland who weaponized the DOJ to go after political opponentspic.twitter.com/Z6UHNJBPHm
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That same night, Gabbard spoke with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham about her thoughts on Garland’s speech, as Doug P at our sister site of Twitchy covered.
In response to Ingraham pointing out that Garland’s remarks came so recently after the Trump-Harris debate on ABC News, Gabbard offered, “it’s hard not to laugh at his statement where he tried to sound so serious, and so convicted, and so grave about never ever politicizing or weaponizing these government agencies when in fact that is what they are doing currently and what they have been doing for years,” including during the Trump administration.
“I would tell Merrick Garland today, if you are serious about the words you have just delivered to the American people, why don’t you start by investigating some of your own federal agencies, like the Department of Homeland Security and TSA and ask them why after one day, the very next day after I called out Kamala Harris for being a danger to our country, should she be elected as president, I got added to a secret domestic terrorist list,” Gabbard continued, noting “that’s a good place to start.” […]
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