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Did Tulsi Gabbard call Nancy Pelosi a traitor on CNN recently?
Executive summary
Available sources in this query do not show a recent CNN appearance in which Tulsi Gabbard called Nancy Pelosi a “traitor.” The material provided documents past disputes and media appearances — including Gabbard’s history of heated comments about Pelosi and others (e.g., 2021 coverage on Sean Hannity) and a PolitiFact fact-check listing of Tulsi-related claims — but contain no recent CNN segment or a direct quote from Gabbard calling Pelosi a traitor on CNN (not found in current reporting) [1] [2].
1. What the supplied reporting actually documents — past clashes, not a recent CNN attack
The search results here include a PolitiFact listing of fact-checks related to Tulsi Gabbard and a 2021 Sean Hannity item describing Gabbard’s sharp rhetoric toward Democratic figures. PolitiFact’s page catalogs multiple statements and viral posts tied to Gabbard across different dates but does not, in the excerpt provided, record a recent CNN interview in which she labeled Nancy Pelosi a traitor [2]. Separately, an opinion/coverage piece on Hannity’s site recounts Gabbard’s earlier confrontations with Democratic leaders and notes she has been called a “traitor” by others and has pushed back — but that is from January 2021 and on Fox, not CNN [1].
2. The specific claim — “Did Tulsi call Pelosi a traitor on CNN recently?” — is not supported by these excerpts
The supplied excerpts do not include any transcript, clip, or reporting of a recent CNN interview in which Gabbard called Pelosi a traitor. The Hannity piece quotes or paraphrases Gabbard’s past remarks and the context of 2020–2021 disputes (including references to being labeled a traitor or “Russian asset” by critics), but it does not document a new CNN remark [1]. PolitiFact’s list indicates they track claims and viral items involving Gabbard, but the particular claim about a recent CNN slur against Pelosi is not present in the PolitiFact excerpt provided [2].
3. Context you should know about Gabbard’s history of confrontations with Democrats
Tulsi Gabbard has been involved in public fights with mainstream Democrats in prior years. The Hannity article recounts instances where Gabbard pushed back against labels like “traitor” or “Russian asset,” and it highlights her appearances on conservative media where she criticized figures including Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton — a pattern that helps explain why such a claim might circulate again [1]. That history makes rumors of a fresh confrontation plausible to audiences, but plausibility is not evidence.
4. Why misattribution and recycled clips are common — and how that matters here
When a political figure has a well-known feud, old quotes and clips are often repackaged or misattributed to new interviews, especially across social platforms. The material you provided shows past high-profile exchanges; given that context, a viral claim that Gabbard “called Pelosi a traitor on CNN recently” could be a misattribution of older remarks (as in the Hannity-era coverage) or a false framing of an unrelated appearance. The provided sources do not confirm a new CNN incident, so such a claim requires corroboration beyond these excerpts [1] [2].
5. What a reliable answer would require and next steps for verification
To confirm or refute the claim definitively, reporting or primary evidence is needed: a CNN transcript, a video clip timestamped recently, or a fact-checking report explicitly addressing that recent CNN segment. The PolitiFact resource listed could be checked for a relevant, dated fact-check (the excerpt lists entries but not every claim) and major news outlets or CNN’s own archives should be searched for any recent interview with Gabbard in which she used the word “traitor” about Pelosi [2]. The current provided search results do not contain that corroboration.
6. Bottom line for readers
Based on the search results provided, there is no documented recent CNN instance in which Tulsi Gabbard called Nancy Pelosi a “traitor”; available sources do not mention such an appearance and instead point to earlier controversies and conservative-media coverage from 2021 [2] [1]. If you want a definitive ruling, I can search broader or request specific CNN transcripts and PolitiFact entries for the relevant date range.