Posted by on December 19, 2019 11:34 pm
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MANCHESTER, N.H.—Tulsi Gabbard wasn’t present.

At least physically. But in the small, half-filled Rex Theatre in downtown Manchester, it didn’t seem to matter. While seven of her top Democratic rivals prepared to hit the stage in Los Angeles for the sixth primary debate, a group of Gabbard’s most ardent loyalists were glued to a large-screen projector, where a livestream of Gabbard’s face, fixed between panels of tulle wrapped in twinkling lights, beamed in from Washington. 

“I really wish I could be there to hug you,” she said, to no one in particular.

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