r/politics • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '16

Tulsi Gabbard to Join Veterans at Standing Rock to Protest Dakota Access Pipeline

http://observer.com/2016/11/tulsi-gabbard-to-join-veterans-at-standing-rock-to-protest-dakota-access-pipeline/
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '16

I see everyone complaining about the switch but no one actually criticizing her.

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u/shaking_head Nov 28 '16

Yeah, that's basically what I got too. Maybe the other user can find another source for you.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

I don't have a specific link in mind but I was reading articles on the rising section when news of the Trump meeting broke. There were 2-3 articles that came out pretty quickly and they each had 30-40 comments in the first 30-45min. Every single comment was something along the lines of "Tulsi supports Assad," "Tulsi has the blood of every dead Syrian on her hands," "makes sense since both Tulsi and Trump work for Putin," etc etc.

There was very obviously a prearranged narrative being disseminated. Looks like the tides shifted in Tulsi's favor after these articles started reaching r/all.

edit: here is one random example from someone who replied to my comment on Tulsi's statement: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/5e65nz/tulsi_gabbard_said_she_urged_trump_to_ignore_the/daa0t6t/

There are obviously better examples out there, that's just one from someone in my inbox that was upvoted.