Tulsi Gabbard | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

first up she is the first female combat veteran running to be president in United States and Hawaii's rep from the second congressional district there Tulsi Gabbard okay well I love you and I love Hawaii I thought you did quite well thank you I did I did we're gonna eliminate some people tonight and you're not one of them I want you to stick around no what do you think of the debates in general how do you think the party in general looked look I think it is it's tough when you've got 60 seconds to say well how are you gonna solve climate change yeah how are you gonna you know deal with the the national security threats that we face how are you gonna deal with this threat of nuclear war that we face so you know I think the format is challenging but I think all of this really comes down to who can best defeat Donald Trump but that those issues didn't come up a lot that's a problem yeah right that is the problem right well you know if I was just passing viewer yeah it was like checking over the field chopping my first look at a lot of these people I would have thought well the Democrats really really really really really really care about illegal immigrants they also care somewhat about health care and energy and the environment mostly about how they affect illegal immigrants at one point last night they were asked or was it your night to raise your hand if you think that illegal immigrants should get free health care and they all raise their hand and this was the New York Post headline today who wants to lose the election what do you think about that look I saw an interview that you did recently talking specifically about how the media is driving for profits and ratings and divisive nasai looking at what are the real issues that the American people are struggling with how are we as candidates running for president seeking to solve those those challenges but ultimately I think what all of this comes down to is that ultimate question is who is the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump that's our objective in November of 2020 the people on this stage if they seem to be playing to the Twitter rowdy yeah that 2% one thing I like about you is having been to war I feel like your attitude about the Twitter people is like I've been to war so like I could give a what you people say about me much in yeah it's true though I mean this this is really about leadership or the lack thereof and we have too many politicians who you know put their finger up to the Twitter wind and see which way it's blowing and then respond or change their position or whatever the case may be rather than actually leading looking at these issues based on their merit on their substance saying what is in the best interests of the American people that that's what I try to do and and honestly people have a hard time figuring me out because I don't play those games right I don't fit in those boxes I mean politicians have always put their finger to the wind that's okay to some point you're supposed to represent to a degree to people who voted for you but put your finger up to the 98% yeah not the 2% if you're gonna put your finger in the wind don't do it to the 2% wind is my request okay so what do you think of who this all got buried because of the debates yeah Trump is in Japan he met with Putin loved it of course his his spirit animal I mean he was joking about the fact that Putin meddled in our election some reporter said are you gonna tell President Putin not to meddle in the election he made a joke out of it he made a joke out of the fact he said something about reporters fake news we have to deal with that you're lucky in Russia you don't which you know Putin is killed by some accounts over 20 journalists so get it ha ha I mean this is just beyond the pale yeah yeah I mean we have to take seriously the security of our elections because of the vulnerabilities that exists still now that really have the ability to undermine our democracy there's a hacking conference that's held every year in Las Vegas where I think a 14 or 15 year old girl from Florida hacked into a replica of Florida's election system in less than 15 minutes there are too many states in this country who still don't use any type of paper ballot or have any paper record of the votes that are cast so when you think about whether it's a foreign country or a rogue actor or a high school student who's going in with the intent of manipulating the outcome of the votes that we cast that is the true danger to our democracy and to our elections I've introduced legislation called the securing America's Elections Act that would very simply solve that make sure that there's either a paper ballot or if you're using a machine have a voter verified paper backup so that no matter what happens no matter who tries to interfere in our elections we have the ability to audit that vote that are well the problem is that whether it's Republicans and leadership or Democrats and leadership they're talking about how much they care about the security of our elections but they've failed to do anything about it they've failed to pass my legislation or other people who've introduced similar pieces of legislation it's all talk it's not actually how the Republicans can see a see a display like that of Trump with Putin he's done this before but you know with the American flag pin yeah I think you got to take that pin off if you're okay with that look it get getting back to what our mission is what our focus is is putting the interests of the American people above all else and that is the problem with Washington whether it's one party or the other party they'll go after the other party yeah well they turn our guide to the problems in their own rather than putting the key recognize one place where you're fairly similar to Trump is you're a non-interventionist I mean you see this with Iran lately he's he's kind of torn you know part of him of course always wants to strike back but he has kind of staked his claim Foreign Affairs wise on being the guy who does not want us to get into more Wars more regime regime change worse you're on that same page he talked a lot about that in his 2016 campaign but through his administration and through his presidency we've seen something very different I think that's why a lot of folks who voted for him are they feel very betrayed you mentioned Iran he says he doesn't want to go to war with Iran but if you look at the actions that he and his administration have taken and maybe he's not aware of it maybe these guys are doing on their own John Boehner Mike Pompeo and others but every single decision that they have made towards Iran is laying the groundwork for an eventual war but we're not there yet and he could have done it last week when they shot down the drone and he said something which I think if Obama said it we would have liked which was hey we don't know who who made that order that's what Kennedy said in them yeah Cuban Missile Crisis right it would be rash really doesn't want to go to war with Iran he's got to swallow his pride and get back into the Iran nuclear what was bribed that's not gonna happen no because if he doesn't I mean if he doesn't John Bolton and Mike Pompeo and others I mean they have they have literally laid the dynamite and I know but use one thing about him he's the boss yeah you know he doesn't care what other people say okay so where you want impeachment impeachment is not gonna get rid of Donald Trump no we've got understand that first probably it's realistically so you're ago no because I think it's important that the American people are the ones who decisively defeat Donald Trump in 2020 that's the debate in your party yeah good luck with the campaign I'm glad you're out there together you

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Length: 8min 47sec (527 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 29 2019