Tulsi Gabbard Violated Military Regulations for Political Gain in Every Campaign Since 2012 pplswar Follow Jun 13, 2018 · 5 min read

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard not only opportunistically exploits her military service during the Iraq war to mislead people into thinking she was against that war (she wasn’t until it was over), she also consistently violates military regulations governing partisan political activity.

As someone who is still a member of the National Guard, she is subject to Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 1344.10 which regulates how candidates may and may not use images of themselves in uniform during partisan election campaigns:

These military regulations are why disclaimers appeared under Gabbard in the famous Bernie Sanders 2016 primary campaign ad “The Cost of War” noting that her appearance did not indicate or imply endorsement by either the military or the DoD:

Unlike Sanders, Gabbard is rather unscrupulous when it comes to regulations and the law. So for example, Gabbard’s “Vote Tulsi” Facebook page posted the following image of her in uniform as a fund-raising appeal during her 2012 congressional campaign: