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Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential campaign
Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential campaign
Campaign	2020 United States presidential election (Democratic Party primaries)
Candidate	Tulsi Gabbard; U.S. Representative (2013–present); Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (2002–2004)
Affiliation	Democratic Party
Status	Announced: January 11, 2019; Formal launch: February 2, 2019
Headquarters	Kapolei, Hawaii
Key people	Erika Tsuji (spokesperson)
Receipts	US$9,095,132.92 (2019-09-30)
Slogan	Lead with Love
Website
	www.tulsi2020.com

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The 2020 presidential campaign of Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, began on January 11, 2019.^[4] Gabbard is polling at about 1 to 2 percent.^[5]^[6] If she were to win, she would become the first female, Hindu, and Samoan president in American history, and she would be the youngest person to ever hold the office.^[7] She has made reducing military activity abroad a central message of her campaign.^[8]

Background

Gabbard had been a rising figure in the Democratic Party in the lead-up to the 2016 election cycle, when she served as Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).^[9]

On October 19, 2018, Politico reported that Gabbard was "weighing a 2020 presidential bid" but would not make an announcement until after the 2018 midterm elections.^[10] On December 12, 2018, Gabbard said on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews that she was "seriously considering" running for president in 2020.^[11]

Democratic primary campaign

Launch

Gabbard confirmed her intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination on January 11, 2019, in an interview with CNN's Van Jones.^[4] On January 24, she formally launched her campaign by releasing a video on her website, which stated:

We have people in positions of power who are not thinking of the well being of the people and our planet. ... Every time we launch these interventionist regime change wars, it is not only our veterans who pay the price for that. Every single one of us pays the price. We have spent trillions of your taxpayer dollars to pay for these wars taking those dollars away from our communities and our people who need them at home.^[12]

The following week, NBC News notified the Gabbard campaign they would be publishing a story^[13] the week after her campaign kickoff rally, where NBC would assert Gabbard were supported by the "Russian propaganda machine".^[14] Instead, NBC released the story two hours before her campaign kickoff in Hawaii on February 2.^[13] Glenn Greenwald criticized NBC for relying on a firm that had previously tried to imitate "an elaborate 'false flag' operation" that would plant the idea that Alabama Senatorial candidate Roy Moore was being supported by a "Russian botnet".^[15]

Campaign management

Shortly after the announcement, campaign manager Rania Batrice and consulting firm Revolution Messaging departed from the campaign. Politico reported that sources "familiar with the campaign" referred to Gabbard as "indecisive and impulsive".^[1] Her staff though insists that the vacancy in the campaign manager position is the result of "careful deliberation, not campaign dysfunction."^[16]

Debates

Gabbard was the most searched for candidate on Google after both the first and second Democratic primary debates.^[17] During the second debate, Gabbard pointedly criticized Kamala Harris's record as attorney general of California, accusing her of holding innocent people on death row and pointing out Harris's prosecution of marijuana crimes after admitting her own use.^[18]^[19]

In May 2019, the DNC announced that candidates would need to have at least 130,000 individual donors and have received at least 2 percent support in four qualifying polls between June 28 and August 28 in order to qualify for the third primary debate.^[20] Such polls could be national or early primary state polls, published by any of the 16 DNC-certified organizations.^[21] By August 2, the campaign had met the qualifying donor threshold, but had not yet reached the polling threshold.^[22]

On August 23, the Gabbard campaign criticized the lack of transparency in the stark drop in number of polls released by DNC-qualified polling organizations from six in the two weeks following the first debate to two in the two weeks following the second debate — where Gabbard had one of the strongest on-stage performances. (Five polls were released in the two weeks following the third debate.)

Gabbard also criticized the DNC for failure to publish their criteria for deeming certain polling organizations as “certified” and not explaining why other "very credible, recognized" polls were not "certified". She argued that the process of developing criteria for poll selection "should not be made in secret by party bosses”; that there were oddities regarding where DNC-certified polls were not taking place; and that the lack of “transparency" was creating a "lack of trust in the process".^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]

By August 26, two days before the deadline, the Gabbard campaign had exceeded the threshold on only two qualifying polls. The campaign called on the DNC to expand the selection of polls considered for qualification, noting that Gabbard had exceeded the 2 percent threshold in 24 other polls, including several from respected polling firms, that were not considered in the DNC's list.^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]

By September 24, Gabbard qualified for the October debate by receiving the fourth qualifying poll result at or above two percent.^[33] By November 6, she qualified for the November debate by receiving the fourth qualifying poll result at or above three percent.^[34]

On December 9, Gabbard announced she will not attend the December debate "regardless of whether or not there are qualifying polls." At the time of her announcement she had met the donors requirement and was one poll short of meeting the polling requirement for that debate.^[35]^[36] Between the November debate and her announcement there had been no qualifying polls in the early primary states and two nationwide polls. One day before the end of the qualification period for the December debate, Boston Globe's Joe Battenfeld wrote that Gabbard and several other candidates "never had much of a chance" to qualify or the December debate because of the low number of DNC-certified polls after the November debate. Battenfeld accused the Democratic party of "meddling" in the 2020 race by deciding which polls are qualifying and by preventing lower polling candidates from speaking at television debates months before the first votes are cast.^[37]

Fundraising

In mid-2017 Gabbard pledged to no longer accept money from political action committees.^[38]

In the first quarter of 2019, the campaign raised $4,495,770, with $1,995,770 from individual donations and $2,500,000 transferred from Gabbard's congressional campaign.^[39] The campaign has met the polling and the individual donor requirements of the DNC's qualifying criteria for participating in the June and July 2019 debates.^[40]

In the second quarter, the campaign raised $1,567,204 bringing the total to $6,062,974^[39] with 69 percent coming from "small dollar" donors giving $200 or less.^[41]

In the third quarter, the campaign raised $3,032,159 bringing the total to $9,095,133 with 68 percent coming from "small dollar" donors giving $200 or less.^[39]^[42] The campaign has met DNC's 200,000 individual donors qualifying criterion for participating in the December 2019 debate.^[35]

In the fourth quarter, the campaign raised $3.4 million.^[43]

By 26 January 2020, the campaign has met DNC's 225,000 individual donors qualifying criterion for participating in the February 2020 debate.^[44]

Lawsuit against Google

On July 27, 2019, Tulsi Now Inc. filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the internet company suspended, for no proper cause, the campaign's Google Ads account for several hours after the first primary debate. Gabbard declared: "Google plays favorites, with no warning, no transparency — an accountability (until now)."^[45] The lawsuit contends that Google had treated the campaign's mail differently than it treated other campaigns' mail and seeks "an injunction against Google from further meddling in the election and damages of at least $50 million."^[46]

Media coverage

Gabbard has received little news coverage relative to her polling position.^[47]^[48]^[49] In addition, much of the coverage her campaign has received has been negative. In May 2019, Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi stated, "we have hit a new low in campaign hit pieces" after critical coverage of Gabbard's campaign in The Daily Beast, CNN and Politico.^[50] Following the second presidential debate, Sky News' James Morrow stated, the media has "Russia paranoia"^[51] and A.B. Stoddard, the associate editor of Real Clear Politics described the situation as "there are serious knives out for Tulsi Gabbard".^[52]

In September 2019, Vanity Fair summarized the media coverage of Gabbard's presidential campaign as "the press hates Gabbard even more than it hates Sanders".^[53] The Hill's news anchor Krystal Ball and Chief Washington Correspondent Saagar Enjeti both describe Gabbard as "the most unfairly maligned person in Washington".^[54] Lexico-statistical analysis confirmed that she received the most negative coverage during the June-September period.^[55]

In 2019, Cecily Strong played Gabbard on Saturday Night Live, during the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

A December 23 DNC fund-raising video left out Tulsi Gabbard, sparking a "Where's Tulsi?" tweet by Andrew Yang. The tweet was deleted when Yang found out Gabbard had not yet qualified for the January debate, although it does feature Mike Blomberg and Deval Patrick. Julian Castro was also left off the video. The DNC has not explained its criteria for inclusion.^[56]

In January 2020, CNN was criticized for "snubbing" Gabbard when CNN invited candidate Deval Patrick to their town halls leading up to the New Hampshire primary but did not invite Gabbard, although Gabbard polls at 4.8 percent on average in the first primary state and Patrick polls at 0 percent.^[57]

Polling

Gabbard has polled in single digits in national polls. Gabbard has polled at 1 percent in several major polls.^[58]^[59]^[60] In a poll conducted between July 9 and 18 of registered Democrats in New Hampshire, Gabbard and former Representative Beto O'Rourke were tied in sixth place at 2 percent.^[61] On August 23, 2019, Gabbard's campaign stated that she had received 2 percent or more in 26 national and statewide polls, but only two of the polls were certified by the DNC.^[62]

On August 19, 2019, Gabbard garnered 4.8 percent of the Iowa State Fair Straw Poll, placing 7th in a field of 24.^[63]^[64]^[65]

Gabbard received 4 percent in the early primary states subset of two non-qualifying Morning Consult national polls from August 25 ^[66] and September 1.^[67]^[68] On September 4 she received 1 percent in the same states in qualifying polls sponsored by CBS News.

Tulsi Gabbard poll results in New Hampshire

Between the debates of July 31 and September 12, Gabbard's polling results in the early primary state New Hampshire were 1 percent in one qualifying poll and an average of 4.6 percent in five non-qualifying polls. Gabbard, who did not qualify for the September debate, received 5 percent in an August 6 poll from Gravis Marketing^[69] and 6 percent in polls from Emerson College on September 9 ^[70]^[71] and HarrisX on September 11, thereby reaching the 4th place in the "Granite state".^[72]^[73] Professor Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson College Polling, said he is "not surprised" about Gabbard's rise to 6 percent in the poll because his polling institute has been watching Gabbard "slowly building her support for awhile". Kimball added, Gabbard's military service "likely resonates with a strong military tradition" among New Hampshire voters.^[70] A large majority of her supporters are male.^[74] By November 27, Gabbard held the fifth position in New Hampshire with 5.0 percent in the RealClearPolitics polling average.^[75]

"Russian asset" accusations

On the day Gabbard held her campaign launch event, NBC reported that "the main English-language news sites employed by Russia in its 2016 election meddling shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii ... has become a favorite of the sites Moscow used when it interfered in 2016."^[76] In October 2019, The New York Times reported that "an independent analysis of the Russian news media found that RT, the Kremlin-backed news agency, mentioned Gabbard frequently for a candidate polling in single digits, according to data collected by the Alliance for Securing Democracy."^[77]

On October 18, 2019, Hillary Clinton was reported to have said that Russia was "grooming" a female Democrat to run as a third-party candidate who would help President Trump win reelection by a spoiler effect.^[78]^[79]^[80] An aide to Clinton confirmed that Clinton was referring to Gabbard,^[81] who has repeatedly said that she would not run as a third-party candidate.^[82]^[83] Gabbard thanked Clinton on Twitter for "com[ing] out from behind the curtain" of what she called "a concerted campaign to destroy [her] reputation".^[84] Fellow 2020 candidate Marianne Williamson^[85] spoke out in defense of Gabbard later that day; followed on the 19^th by Beto O'Rourke^[86] and Andrew Yang;^[87] on the 20^th by Pete Buttigieg;^[88] and on the 21^st by John Delaney,^[89] Bernie Sanders,^[90] and Mike Gravel.^[91]

After Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton on 22 January 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump defended Gabbard at the World Economic Forum in Davos where he said, the people who accused him of "Russian collusion" also made the "Russian asset" accusations against Jill Stein and Gabbard. President Trump said about Stein and Gabbard, "I don't know either of them, but I know they're not Russian agents." Trump called the press dishonest and corrupt and accused it of "playing in" these accusations.^[92]

Campaign advertisement defacing

Some of Gabbard's campaign advertisement signs were target of political vandalism in New Hampshire when unknown persons defaced signs by gluing the hammer and sickle symbol from the national flag of Soviet Union onto them. Gabbard's campaign said this was "a continuation of the campaign of smears and intimidation that has been waged against Tulsi since she announced her candidacy."^[93]

Defamation lawsuit

On January 22, 2020, Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit against Clinton, seeking damages in excess of $50 million, after her lawyers had requested a public retraction in November 2019.^[94] Defamation law experts are divided on Gabbard's chances of success in the lawsuit.^[95] According to CNN's Dan Merica, it offers Gabbard's campaign much-needed publicity approaching the primaries.^[96] New York Mag's Ed Kilgore writes that the lawsuit is probably intended to score Gabbard points in the court of public opinion.^[97] On January 31, Hillary Clinton finally accepted the delivery of the legal documents of the lawsuit after she had declined accepting the document delivery three times before.^[98]

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 ===Media coverage===
+Gabbard has received little news coverage relative to her polling position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/andrew-yang-2020-media-attention-acc2652a-e43b-45fb-8e88-42e606ab0be8.html|title=Andrew Yang gets media cold shoulder|last=Rothschild|first=Neal|last2=Fischer|first2=Sara|date=September 3, 2019|website=Axios|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031222316/https://www.axios.com/andrew-yang-2020-media-attention-acc2652a-e43b-45fb-8e88-42e606ab0be8.html|archive-date=2019-10-31|access-date=2019-10-10}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/elections/democratic-polls.html|title=Which Democrats Are Leading the 2020 Presidential Race?|date=January 31, 2020|publisher=[[New York Times]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131191335/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/elections/democratic-polls.html|archive-date=2020-01-31||access-date=2020-01-31}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/warren-has-recently-been-mentioned-more-on-fox-news-than-other-networks/|title=Warren Has Recently Been Mentioned More On Fox News Than Other Networks |last=Mehta|first=Dhrumil|date=October 14, 2019|website=fivethirtyeight.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}} </ref>
 In addition, much of the coverage her campaign has received has been negative. In May 2019, Rolling Stone's [[Matt Taibbi]] stated, "we have hit a new low in campaign hit pieces" after critical coverage of Gabbard's campaign in The Daily Beast, CNN and Politico.<ref>{{cite news|last=Taibbi|first=Matt| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/taibbi-tulsi-gabbard-bernie-sanders-trump-2020-838156|title=We've Hit a New Low in Campaign Hit Pieces|work=Rolling Stone|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref> Following the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums#Second debates (July 30–31, 2019)|second presidential debate]], Sky News' James Morrow stated, the media has "Russia paranoia"<ref>{{cite news |last=Morrow|first=James|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6067825857001|title=Democrat elites tarring Gabbard as a "Russian stooge"|work=Sky News Australia|date=August 4, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref> and [[A.B. Stoddard]], the associate editor of Real Clear Politics described the situation as "there are serious knives out for Tulsi Gabbard".<ref>{{cite news|last=Keilar|first=Brianna|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1908/01/crn.02.html|title=Gabbard Confronted On Syria And Remarks About Assad|work=CNN|date=August 1, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
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 In 2019, [[Cecily Strong]] played Gabbard on [[Saturday Night Live]], during the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].
-A December 23 [[Democratic National Committee|DNC]] fund-raising video left out Tulsi Gabbard, sparking a "Where's Tulsi?" tweet by [[Andrew Yang 2020 presidential campaign|Andrew Yang]]. The tweet was deleted when Yang found out Gabbard had not yet qualified for the January debate, although it does feature [[Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign|Mike Blomberg]] and [[Deval Patrick]]. [[Julian Castro 2020 presidential campaign|Julian Castro]] was also left off the video. The DNC has not explained its criteria for inclusion.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Hill |title=Yang asks 'Where's Tulsi?' after video of Democratic candidates leaves her out|author=JOHN BOWDEN|date=Dec 24, 2019 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475887-yang-asks-wheres-tulsi-after-video-of-dem-candidates-leaves-her-out?fbclid=IwAR1mUTNUrbfm2CLY9v0mXxgw_Eg4o-VsDfb4BzSVEVs5651PrnADHi-hIU4}}</ref>
+A December 23 [[Democratic National Committee|DNC]] fund-raising video left out Tulsi Gabbard, sparking a "Where's Tulsi?" tweet by [[Andrew Yang 2020 presidential campaign|Andrew Yang]]. The tweet was deleted when Yang found out Gabbard had not yet qualified for the January debate, although it does feature [[Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign|Mike Blomberg]] and [[Deval Patrick]]. [[Julian Castro 2020 presidential campaign|Julian Castro]] was also left off the video. The DNC has not explained its criteria for inclusion.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Hill |title=Yang asks 'Where's Tulsi?' after video of Democratic candidates leaves her out|author=JOHN BOWDEN|date=Dec 24, 2019 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/475887-yang-asks-wheres-tulsi-after-video-of-dem-candidates-leaves-her-out}}</ref>
+In January 2020, [[CNN]] was criticized for "snubbing" Gabbard when CNN invited candidate [[Deval Patrick]] to their town halls leading up to the New Hampshire primary but did not invite Gabbard, although Gabbard polls at 4.8 percent on average in the first primary state and Patrick polls at 0 percent.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Hill |title=CNN's blatant and bizarre Tulsi Gabbard snub|first=Joe|last=Concha|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2020 |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/480788-cnns-blatant-and-bizarre-tulsi-gabbard-snub}}</ref>
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 After Gabbard filed a [[Gabbard v. Clinton|defamation lawsuit]] against Hillary Clinton on 22 January 2020, U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] defended Gabbard at the [[World Economic Forum]] in Davos where he said, the people who accused him of "Russian collusion" also made the "Russian asset" accusations against [[Jill Stein]] and Gabbard. President Trump said about Stein and Gabbard, "I don't know either of them, but I know they're not Russian agents." Trump called the press dishonest and corrupt and accused it of "playing in" these accusations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hains |first1=Tim |title=Trump: I Don't Know Tulsi Gabbard Or Jill Stein, But I Know They're Not Russian Agents |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/01/22/trump_i_dont_know_tulsi_gabbard_or_jill_stein_but_i_know_theyre_not_russian_agents.html |publisher=RealClearPolitics |date=22 January 2020|accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
-====Defamation lawsuit====
+====Campaign advertisement defacing====
+Some of Gabbard's campaign advertisement signs were target of [[Vandalism#Political|political vandalism]] in New Hampshire when unknown persons defaced signs by gluing the [[Hammer and sickle|hammer and sickle]] symbol from the national flag of [[Soviet Union]] onto them. Gabbard's campaign said this was "a continuation of the campaign of smears and intimidation that has been waged against Tulsi since she announced her candidacy."<ref> {{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-campaign-signs-soviet-communist-symbol-1480099|title=Tulsi Gabbard Campaign Signs Vandalized With Soviet Communist Symbol in New Hampshire|last=Crowley|first=James|date=January 2, 2020|work=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref>
+====Defamation lawsuit====
-On January 22, 2020, Gabbard filed a [[United States defamation law|defamation lawsuit]] against Clinton, seeking damages in excess of $50 million, after her lawyers had requested a public retraction in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Beatrice |title=Rep. Tulsi Gabbard files defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-tulsi-gabbard-files-defamation-lawsuit-hillary-clinton/story?id=68449011 |accessdate=January 22, 2020 |publisher=ABC News |date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> Defamation law experts are divided on Gabbard's chances of success in the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Time|author=Madeleine Carlisle|date=January 23, 2020|title='A Fighting Chance': Tulsi Gabbard Could Possibly Win Her Defamation Suit Against Hillary Clinton|url=https://time.com/5769731/tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-lawsuit/|quote=Legal experts are split over whether Gabbard can win the case.}}</ref> According to CNN's Dan Merica, it offers Gabbard's campaign much-needed publicity approaching the primaries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=CNN |first1=Dan Merica |title=Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton for defamation over Russia remarks |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/politics/tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-lawsuit/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> ''New York Mag''{{'}}s Ed Kilgore writes that the lawsuit is probably intended to score Gabbard points in the court of public opinion.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilgore |first1=Ed |title=Tulsi Gabbard Unlikely to Win Her Defamation Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton |url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/gabbard-unlikely-to-win-defamation-suit-against-hillary.html |website=Intelligencer |publisher=New York Magazine |accessdate=25 January 2020 |language=en-us |date=22 January 2020}}</ref>
+On January 22, 2020, Gabbard filed a [[United States defamation law|defamation lawsuit]] against Clinton, seeking damages in excess of $50 million, after her lawyers had requested a public retraction in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Beatrice |title=Rep. Tulsi Gabbard files defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-tulsi-gabbard-files-defamation-lawsuit-hillary-clinton/story?id=68449011 |accessdate=January 22, 2020 |publisher=ABC News |date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> Defamation law experts are divided on Gabbard's chances of success in the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Time|author=Madeleine Carlisle|date=January 23, 2020|title='A Fighting Chance': Tulsi Gabbard Could Possibly Win Her Defamation Suit Against Hillary Clinton|url=https://time.com/5769731/tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-lawsuit/|quote=Legal experts are split over whether Gabbard can win the case.}}</ref> According to CNN's Dan Merica, it offers Gabbard's campaign much-needed publicity approaching the primaries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=CNN |first1=Dan Merica |title=Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton for defamation over Russia remarks |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/politics/tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-lawsuit/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> ''New York Mag''{{'}}s Ed Kilgore writes that the lawsuit is probably intended to score Gabbard points in the court of public opinion.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kilgore |first1=Ed |title=Tulsi Gabbard Unlikely to Win Her Defamation Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton |url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/gabbard-unlikely-to-win-defamation-suit-against-hillary.html |website=Intelligencer |publisher=New York Magazine |accessdate=25 January 2020 |language=en-us |date=22 January 2020}}</ref> On January 31, Hillary Clinton finally accepted the delivery of the legal documents of the lawsuit after she had declined accepting the document delivery three times before.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Calicchio |first1=Dom |title=Tulsi Gabbard’s $50M lawsuit against Hillary Clinton moving forward after Clinton’s lawyer accepts legal docs, attorney says |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tulsi-gabbards-50m-lawsuit-against-hillary-clinton-moving-forward-after-clintons-lawyer-accepts-legal-docs-attorney-says |publisher=[[Fox News]] |accessdate=31 January 2020 |language=en-us |date=31 January 2020}}</ref>
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