A Collection Of Quotes From Tulsi Gabbard and Nikolai Patrushev

They both keep saying how they're concerned about Ukrainians, while they justify a war against them.

“It has been noted more than once that the United States and its allies intend to fight to the last Ukrainian because the people of this country are just a bargaining chip in the geopolitical game for them.” – Patrushev (RBC, 10.05.22)

Dear Presidents Putin, Zelensky, and Biden. It’s time to put geopolitics aside and embrace the spirit of aloha, respect, and love, for the Ukrainian people by coming to an agreement that Ukraine will be a neutral country– This would allow the Ukrainian people to live in peace.” -Tulsi Gabbard (Twitter, 2022)

“The Kyiv regime’s so-called Western partners are also not opposed to taking advantage of the current situation for their own selfish interests and have special plans for Ukrainian lands. … By all appearances, Poland is already taking actions related to the seizure of western Ukrainian territories.” -Patrushev (Interfax, 05.31.22)

Ignore the use of chemical weapons, the indiscriminate bombings, and the funding of terrorism by the Syrian Arab Republic. They believe the US should have backed Bashar Al Assad's regime, like Putin.

“Al-Qaeda attacked us on 9/11 and must be defeated. Obama won’t bomb them in Syria. Putin did.” -Tulsi Gabbard (Twitter, 2015)

“Assad is not the enemy of the United States, because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States.” -Tulsi Gabbard (Morning Jo, 2019)

“The military defeat of the Syrian Arab Republic and its possible disintegration would inevitably lead to the strengthening of terrorist organizations, and in the future, the extremists will refocus on Russian territory.” -Patrushev (MK.ru, 01.26.16)

They think the US and Russia are on the same page when it comes to free speech.

“This is what’s so dangerous about the place that we’re in right now as a country, where this idea, this principle, this foundation of freedom of speech, freedom of expression is directly under threat and under attack. And you’re right, it’s not so different. What’s happening here is not so different from what we’re seeing happening in Russia, where you’ve got state TV and controlled messaging across the board. This is where we’re at.” -Tulsi Gabbard (Fox, 2022)

“After all, the main task of the political regime in the present-day US is to mislead their own population amid the system-wide crisis they are facing. Their democracy is nothing more than a pretty façade of a state structure designed to cover up how they ignore the rights of the common American.” -Patrushev (RG, 2022)

Out of all the countries in the world, they are worried about Japan.

Washington nudged Tokyo to begin another militarisation. … In addition to arming Japan, Washington is trying to revive the spirit of Japanese militarism, which seemed to have been uprooted in 1945. It appears that someone plans to turn residents of that island state into kamikazes dying for other people’s interests. -Patrushev (RG, 2022)

“As we remember Japan’s aggression in the Pacific, we need to ask ourselves this question: is the remilitarization of Japan, which is presently underway, truly a good idea? We need to be careful that shortsighted, self-serving leaders do not end up bringing us again face-to-face with a remilitarized Japan.” -Tulsi Gabbard (Twitter, 2023)

They do not believe countries or people outside of “the West” have ambitions, impact, or relevance. Everything is always solely the US’s fault.

“This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia’s legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine’s becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russia’s border” -Tulsi Gabbard (Twitter, 2022)

“All attempts at the negotiation process [between Ukraine and Russia] were thwarted by the order of the American patrons of the Kyiv regime.” -Patrushev (RBC/TASS, 10.05.22)

“The tragic scenarios of world crises, both in past years and today, are being imposed by Washington in its desire to consolidate its hegemony, resisting the collapse of the unipolar world.” (RG, 04.26.22)

“The natural consequence of the United States’ destructive policies is the deterioration in global security,” -Patrushev (Reuters, 2023)

“This administration [Trump 2016] has been dangerously waging a trade and tariff war without any kind of clear strategy. Because China is a nuclear power…. These economic or trade wars can very easily escalate into hot wars and that puts the American people at risk, that puts the world at risk.” -Tulsi Gabbard (Bloomberg, 2019)

“Harris-Biden have embroiled us in multiple wars around the world and pushed us closer to nuclear war than ever before.” -Tulsi Gabbard (Facebook, 2024)