{"id":2395789,"date":"2025-01-27T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-defends-tulsi-gabbard-against-smears-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:10:12","slug":"tom-cotton-defends-tulsi-gabbard-against-smears-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-defends-tulsi-gabbard-against-smears-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton defends Tulsi Gabbard against \u2018smears\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftom-cotton-defends-tulsi-gabbard-against-smears-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=2395789&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>Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has \u200cpublicly defended Tulsi Gabbard,nominee for President Trump&#8217;s\u200c director of national \u2064intelligence,against criticisms he describes as &#8220;smears.&#8221; In a post on X (formerly Twitter),Cotton \u200cstated that Gabbard&#8217;s 20 years of honorable service and integrity should not be questioned,dismissing attacks\u200b against her,including those from former secretary of State Hillary Clinton. This support could be significant for Gabbard as she faces a confirmation hearing regarded as \u200ccontroversial, especially due to her past positions and actions, \u2063such as her meeting with\u2062 bashar Assad\u200b and her views on U.S. involvement in international\u200b conflicts. Cotton&#8217;s defense comes amid a lengthy feud between Gabbard and Clinton, which included a lawsuit that Gabbard eventually dropped.  <\/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\">Tom Cotton defends Tulsi Gabbard against &lsquo;smears&rsquo;<\/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_1955845\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-cotton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tom Cotton\">Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) is backing President Donald Trump&rsquo;s director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-elites-trash-gabbard-for-assad-meeting-they-just-hung-portrait-of-john-kerry-in-state-department\/\" title=\"As Elites Trash Gabbard for Assad Meeting, They Just Hung Portrait of John Kerry in State Department\">national intelligence nominee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a post on X, Cotton dismissed criticism of Gabbard as &ldquo;smears&rdquo; ahead of her confirmation hearing to be the nation&rsquo;s intelligence chief.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The smears against Tulsi Gabbard&mdash;including by Hillary Clinton&mdash;are disgraceful. Tulsi served for more than 20 years honorably, she passed every background check, and she&rsquo;s a patriot with integrity. She doesn&rsquo;t deserve to have her integrity impugned,&rdquo; Cotton said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The smears against Tulsi Gabbard&mdash;including by Hillary Clinton&mdash;are disgraceful. <\/p>\n<p>Tulsi served for more than 20 years honorably, she passed every background check, and she&#8217;s a patriot with integrity. <\/p>\n<p>She doesn&#8217;t deserve to have her integrity impugned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1883952454238417406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The backing from Cotton, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-caves-on-colin-kahl\/\" title=\"Manchin Caves on Colin Kahl\">defense hawk<\/a>, could serve as a major boon for Gabbard, whose critics largely reside in the defense hawk camp.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton&rsquo;s reference to Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s criticisms stems from a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">long-running feud<\/a> between the two, underscored by a lawsuit filed by Gabbard against the former secretary of state over claims Gabbard was a Russian asset. She later dropped the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has faced criticism for a 2017 meeting with former Syrian President Bashar Assad, her position that Washington bears some responsibility for the Russian-Ukraine war, and skepticism toward some findings of the U.S. intelligence community.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard&rsquo;s confirmation hearing will be held Thursday. Alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. 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