Gabbard is now getting the Ron Paul treatment. It will only intensify from here...being smeared as viciously and baselessly as she is by both the left and the right is all the proof you need that she is 1) the real deal and 2) they are scared of her.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-02/empire-coming-tulsi-gabbard

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.