Truth hurts and Tulsi Gabbard is telling it. She is a former Democratic presidential nominee, eight-year Congresswoman from Hawaii, retired Lieutenant Colonel US Army, was formerly deployed to Iraq, a field medical unit, Hindi, and political force who suffers no fools. Whether Gabbard’s honesty resonates, changes people’s hearts and minds, gives them pause, makes them think about reality not the narrative, is hard to tell. But she could be the first stone in an avalanche. And even if not, she is real. We need more real. Truth hurts – But it also helps.