Democrat sparks fury for claiming Trump's pick for intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard is a 'likely Russian asset'

Debbie Wasserman Schultz triggered choler Friday from supporters of Tulsi Gabbard aft proclaiming her arsenic a 'likely Russian asset.'

Gabbard, a erstwhile Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to service arsenic the Director of National Intelligence, aft she bucked her enactment arsenic a 'bunch of warmongers' and became a Republican.

Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democratic Congresswoman, appeared connected MSNBC to condemn Trump's prime arsenic a information to nationalist security.

'She is considered to beryllium fundamentally by astir assessments a Russian asset,' Wasserman Schultz said successful the interview. 

Wasserman Schultz was sharply captious of Gabbard's 2017 gathering with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, arsenic she defied the State Department who advised her not to bash so.

When asked if she believed that Gabbard was a Russian asset, Wasserman Schultz agreed.

"Oh yes, there's nary question I see her idiosyncratic who is apt a Russian asset,' she said.

Wasserman Schultz adjacent posited that if Gabbard was confirmed to the presumption of Director of National Intelligence, she would, 'hold each of our astir important quality secrets and fundamentally would beryllium a nonstop enactment to our enemies.'

Gabbard has a batch of past with Wasserman Schultz, who was the Democratic National Chair successful 2016. Gabbard defied the constitution successful her enactment by resigning her presumption arsenic DNC co-chair successful February 2016 to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president alternatively of erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Supporters of Gabbard were furious by Wasserman Schultz's claim, reminding the congresswoman that Gabbard served successful the United States military.

Gabbard served successful the U.S. subject for implicit 2 decades and was deployed to Iraq arsenic portion of a media unit. 

'Imagine warring for your state and past having pro-war cretins similar this impugn your loyalties,' writer Glenn Greenwald wrote connected societal media.

 'This is axenic defamation and it should not spell unanswered,' wrote podcaster Ian Miles Cheong.

Debbie Wasserman-Schulz claims that Tulsi Gabbard is simply a Russian asset,' wrote Steve Gruber connected societal media. 'Wasn't Debbie Wasserman-Schulz's idiosyncratic adjutant outed arsenic a Pakistani quality operative!'

In 2017, Imran Awan, an adjutant for Wasserman Schultz was arrested trying to permission the country, accused of attempting to defraud the Congressional Federal Credit Union.

He yet pleaded guilty to an unrelated complaint of making mendacious statements connected a indebtedness application.