Thanks for posting. I figured there was some raw history between them. I also wondered why Tulsi decided to run in the first place, being a no-name Congresswoman from halfway around the world. It may be that she doesn’t appreciate being treated like trash by her party, just because she won’t endorse a old, sick, smelly, war-mongering, hate-filled, crook.
I don’t know Tulsi’s ultimate goal here - I had thought it was to get on a ticket as VP, so as to ‘balance’ it a bit, but the way she reacted to Skunk Cabbage was direct, personal, and biting, and will badly weaken her VP prospects. Maybe she will run 3rd Party like Skunk Cabbage claims...but, like others here, I see her doing more damage to Trump than Cabbage.
I could see three: 1) Her military background has made her laser focused on bringing home troops from war zones and attacking the military-industrial complex. 2) She became a Democrat because that is the only way to win political office in Hawaii but she's now looking for some type of federal position where she no longer has to espouse Democrat values. 3) She's truly an egotist (like Beto) and thinks she really is presidential material. I don't know which of the three is the overarching motive but I think it is one of the three.