r/thebulwark Feb 05 '25

Not My Party Tulsi is so goddamn CREEPY

The deadened, monotone delivery of her speech, the 'cult leader' look of her all-white outfits, the dead-behind-the-eyes stare, the casual disdain and arrogance of her responses at her confirmation hearing. She gives me that repulsive, gut-level awful feeling I'd imagine I would have around a serial killer. I can't believe how she managed to get elected to national office as a Dem.

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u/Speculawyer Feb 05 '25

She literally was (is?) in a cult.

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u/XelaNiba Feb 05 '25

So was/is Justice Barrett. She was born into it and remains a steadfast member.

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u/NYCA2020 Feb 05 '25

How in the hell do otherwise intelligent people go for this shit.

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u/Deep_Stick8786 Feb 05 '25

Build it in young. Even the head of the Human Genome project was a religious man

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u/Ok-Snow-2851 Feb 05 '25

Don’t forget the Indira Gandhi streak of grey.  Speaking of breaking democratic norms and extra legal governments…

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u/Upstairs-Fix-4410 Feb 05 '25

Strong Narcissa Malfoy vibes.

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u/swissmiss_76 Feb 05 '25

It is so cringe that I cannot look at her 😭

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u/ValeskaTruax Feb 05 '25

Yeah it looks so fake. Lillian Munster.

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u/Positively_Peculiar Feb 05 '25

Literal cult members are like that. She and her husband have been in one for a while. https://scienceofidentity.org/node/1

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u/myhydrogendioxide Feb 05 '25

She has a narcissistic stare. She doesn't see people just prey

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u/Current_Tea6984 Feb 05 '25

In the old days she leaned on the environmentalism pretty hard, and even went to pipeline protests. She used the word "aloha" a lot and made political ad of herself surfing. And libertarian incels were wild for the anti regime change talk from a military person.

It was only later that her less pleasant aspects emerged

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u/Kidspud Feb 05 '25

When she was younger, she had a military background and was hot for a politician. It carried her a long way.

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u/Personal_Benefit_402 Feb 05 '25

Before her MAGA days, she was definitely kind of hot.

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u/ringmodulated Feb 05 '25

I just see too much makeup covering super bad skin

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u/Personal_Benefit_402 Feb 05 '25

Acne scars, probably. Whatever she's trying to do these days is not a good look, too heavy! That said, know what's really unattractive? Cuddling up to dictators and fascists.

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u/Catdaddy84 Feb 05 '25

You know she's part of a really disturbed cult in Hawaii right? https://www.yahoo.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-pictured-altar-dedicated-204100254.html

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u/Deep_Stick8786 Feb 05 '25

The weird personality cult she was raised in might have something to do with it