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Tulsi Gabbard’s journey to Donald Trump is an ominous sign of Putin’s power

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Tulsi Gabbard , D-HI, endorsed Donald Trump for the presidency and became one of his surrogates on the campaign trail on Monday .

Julian Zelizer says she has long been trying to advance policies that play into Putin ’s hands.

Zelizer: She supported Assad in Syria in 2013 to stop pro-democracy protests.

He says Putin was emboldened by the failure of NATO nations to act against Assad in 2013 , even after he crossed “chemical red line”.

If Gabbard convinces Trump to back this isolationist policy of dictator appeasement in a second term, the consequences could be even worse than in 2013 .

This time, the forces defending the causes of democracy and human rights may suffer decisive defeat, leading to tyranny across much of the world by mid-century .

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