Tulsi Gabbard not running for re-election to House of Representatives

Tulsi Takes Republicans' Side After Being Sidelined in Impeachment Inquiry  . . . "As entertaining as her thoughts on Hillary were, Hannity also wanted to know what Gabbard thought of the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry in Congress. Republicans have complained of late that Adam Schiff has been blocking them from closed door testimonies, even members of the Judiciary Committee, which launched the inquiry. Although she supports the inquiry, it sounded like Gabbard took the GOP's side in criticizing how the Democrats are handling it." . . .

This writer speculates on Gabbard-Clinton, but as yet no reasons why Clinton might be bringing this about; only Gabbard's low support percentage. TD

Thomas Lifson "Bad things tend to happen to people who find themselves on Hillary Clinton’s enemies list.  Just days after being attacked by Hillary Clinton for being a favorite of the Russians and for allegedly being “groomed” (by Republicans, her spokesman later claimed she meant) to run as a third-party candidate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced late last night that she will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives, where she has served since winning election there in 2012.

"It is an odd coincidence that becoming an official enemy of Hillary Clinton preceded this surprise announcement that offered no new reason for the decision announced on Twitter beyond her desire to serve as president."
Her announcement:

. . . "With Hillary Clinton’s reputation for hardball tactics against her enemies, I have to wonder if any pressure was applied to Gabbard?

"Here is the interview with Hannity in which she gave her boilerplate rhetoric but refused to condemn Hunter Biden."

Hillary Clinton Adviser Says She Has Not Ruled Out 2020 Run

“If she thought she had the best odds of beating Donald Trump I think she would think about it long and hard,” Reines told Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Sweet revenge: President Trump's suicide would be best for her, but this will do, I suppose.