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Journalist Soumya Shankar  (@shankarmya) joins us to discuss Tulsi Gabbard and her piece in The Intercept, "Tulsi Gabbard Is Rising Star, Despite Hindu Nationalist Support." Tulsi's troubling relationship with Modi'snationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP. Tulsi's donor support from Hindu nationalists, Tulsi as "Modi's warrior in America." Tulsi's extremely mixed and hard to pin down foreign policy stances. (Note: since this recording, Tulsi did tweet in opposition to US meddling in Venezuela.)