{"id":2340824,"date":"2024-09-13T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-says-it-was-hard-not-to-laugh-at-garlands-doj-address-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:37:23","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-says-it-was-hard-not-to-laugh-at-garlands-doj-address-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-says-it-was-hard-not-to-laugh-at-garlands-doj-address-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard says it was \u2018hard not to laugh\u2019 at Garland\u2019s DOJ address &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftulsi-gabbard-says-it-was-hard-not-to-laugh-at-garlands-doj-address-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2340824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tulsi Gabbard, a \u200dformer Democratic representative from Hawaii, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-pick-called-out-by-republicans-for-democrats-awful-record-on-green-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Energy Secretary Pick Called Out By Republicans For Democrats\u2019 Awful Record On \u2018Green Jobs\u2019 (VIDEO)\">expressed skepticism<\/a> about Attorney General Merrick Garland&#8217;s\u2063 assertions \u200cthat the Department of Justice (DOJ) is not politically\u2062 weaponized. During a speech to DOJ employees, \u200dGarland defended the integrity of the department, emphasizing a commitment to fairness and impartiality, and claimed that rumors of politicization stem from &#8220;dangerous \u2064falsehoods.&#8221; He \u2062stated that the department upholds the Constitution and protects civil liberties. In response, Gabbard, speaking to Fox News host\u200d Laura Ingraham, stated it \u200cwas &#8220;hard not to laugh&#8221;\u200d at \u200cGarland&#8217;s claims, arguing that such politicization has been ongoing, \u200ceven during \u2064the Trump administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tulsi Gabbard says it was &lsquo;hard not to laugh&rsquo; at Garland&rsquo;s DOJ address<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1742699\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Democratic Hawaii Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> pushed back on Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/merrick-garland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Merrick Garland&rsquo;s<\/a> claims that the Department of Justice would never &ldquo;be used as a political weapon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During an address to DOJ employees, Garland fought back against threats made against them, which he said were spurred by &ldquo;dangerous falsehoods&rdquo; that the department is being weaponized for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Garland said his department follows the Constitution, which &ldquo;protects civil liberties.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is what I want to talk about today &mdash; this workforce&rsquo;s ironclad commitment to the principles of fairness and impartiality,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon,&rdquo; Garland said. &ldquo;And our norms are a promise that we will not allow this nation to become a country where law enforcement is treated as an apparatus of politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard shared that she found it &ldquo;hard not to laugh&rdquo; at&nbsp;Garland&rsquo;s claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">federal agencies<\/a> are &ldquo;never&rdquo; politicized with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what they are doing currently and what they have been doing for years, even going all the way back during President Trump&rsquo;s administration,&rdquo; Gabbard argued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The former Democrat-turned-Trump ally alleged that a day after saying Vice President Kamala Harris would be a danger to the United States if elected president, the&nbsp;Transportation Security Administration placed her on a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-delegation-calls-on-biden-to-take-action-at-border\/\" title=\"GOP delegation calls on Biden to take action at border\">terror watch list<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would tell Merrick Garland today, if you are serious about the words you have just delivered to the American people, why don&rsquo;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,&rdquo; Gabbard said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also argued that former FBI agent Steve Friend was doxxed after he brought to light that the agency was using the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to focus counterterrorism efforts on citizens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those who are in power, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, are weaponizing and politicizing the Department of Justice and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a>, both at the federal level and the state level, to take out their political opponent, the greatest threat to their power, in a way that has never been done before in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-does-not-show-israeli-settlers-trying-to-tear-palestinian-child-apart\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Does Not Show Israeli Settlers Trying To Tear Palestinian Child Apart\">country&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s history,&rdquo; Gabbard said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1742699\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742699\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulsi Gabbard expressed skepticism about Attorney General Merrick Garland&#8217;s assertion that the Department of Justice would never be utilized as a political tool. In his speech to DOJ staff, Garland addressed threats against them, attributing these to &#8220;dangerous falsehoods&#8221; suggesting the department is being politicized. He emphasized that the DOJ adheres to the Constitution and upholds civil liberties, stating, &#8220;Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon.&#8221; Gabbard reacted by saying it was &#8220;hard not to laugh&#8221; at Garland&#8217;s claims during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham. She contended that federal agencies have been politicized for years, even during Trump&#8217;s presidency. Gabbard recounted an incident where she was allegedly placed on a &#8220;terror watch list&#8221; by the Transportation Security Administration just one day after criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris as a potential danger if elected president. She urged Garland to investigate federal agencies like Homeland Security and TSA regarding her situation. Additionally, she claimed former FBI agent Steve Friend faced doxxing for revealing how the agency was using the January 6 Capitol riot to target citizens in counterterrorism efforts. Gabbard accused those in power\u2014Harris and Biden\u2014of weaponizing both federal and state law enforcement against their political adversaries in unprecedented ways throughout U.S. history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2340825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MOMS_LIBERTY-1-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40855,10151,32171,37690,32076],"class_list":["post-2340824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-doj-address","tag-garland","tag-political-commentary","tag-tulsi-gabbard","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MOMS_LIBERTY-1-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}