Tulsi Gabbard in PBS News Hour

On Abortion: Abortion should remain legal and accessible

Gabbard believes that abortion should remain legal and accessible.
She voted against a proposed ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Ban discrimination based on sexual preference, identity.
Gabbard has changed her position since she entered politics at age 21.
She was initially anti-abortion, or opposed to increased abortion access.

Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 14, 2019

On Education: Tuition-free community college for all

Gabbard backs Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal to cut or eliminate higher education tuition for most Americans. She would make community college tuition-free for all Americans, and four-year public colleges tuition-free for students whose families make $125,000 or less per year. The plan would pay for that tuition by imposing a new tax on stock and bond trades. Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 14, 2019

On Energy & Oil: No more fossil fuels for electricity by 2050

One of the most aggressive pieces of climate change legislation in Congress, Gabbard's "OFF Fuels for a Better Future Act" would mandate a dramatic move away from fossil fuels. The plan would require electric utilities to use 80 percent renewable resources by 2027 and 100 percent by 2035. In addition, it would set similar goals for car emissions, mandating zero emissions by 2050. Finally, it would end all subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuels and it would ban fracking. Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 14, 2019

On Gun Control: Ban assault weapons; require universal background checks

In Congress, Gabbard has co-sponsored bills that would ban assault weapons and require background checks for all gun purchases, including closing what is known as the "gun-show loophole." Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 14, 2019

On Health Care: Supports Medicare-for-All; tax wealthiest 5% to pay for it

Gabbard co-sponsored a bill to create a government-run system to provide health care for all residents of the United States. That bill, "The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act," would pay for health care by increasing taxes on the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans, create a progressive excise tax on payroll and self-employment, tax unearned income, and also tax stock and bond transactions (not just the gains from those transactions). Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 14, 2019

On Homeland Security: Allow transgender Americans in the military

Gabbard supports the legal status of same-sex marriage, opposes attempts to bar transgender Americans from the military and supports laws to ban discrimination based on sexual preference.
Gabbard has changed her position. In 2004, she opposed a bill allowing civil unions for same-sex couples in Hawaii.
Hawaii's LGBT caucus withheld their endorsement from her in 2016. She has said that her time in Iraq sparked soul-searching and led to changes in her beliefs.

Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 14, 2019

On War & Peace: End US support for Saudi-led conflict in Yemen

In general, Gabbard believes the U.S. should be less involved in foreign conflicts and have a smaller troop presence in many places around the world. She has specifically called on the U.S. military to pull out of Afghanistan.
Gabbard also opposes US military presence and action in Syria.
The congresswoman believes U.S. action around the world often benefits extremists. She also has argued that Democrats and others should not back away from the term "Islamic extremists."
Gabbard has said the US is complicit in a humanitarian disaster by giving support to the Saudis, because they have cut off aid to large parts of the Yemeni population while battling rebels there.
She also sent a controversial tweet that was highly critical of Trump following news that the U.S. was standing by Saudi leadership despite intelligence implicating the kingdom's crown prince in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Gabbard believes Saudi Arabia is a hub of anti-Western extremism.

Source: PBS News hour on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Jan 14, 2019

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