Article snippet: Rep. MORE reelected in 2020. Gabbard has said she will not launch an independent bid for president and is swinging back, calling Clinton the “personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party.” Trump, along with many on the left and the right, have rallied to Gabbard’s defense, giving the low-polling candidate a wave of new publicity that could be valuable for her struggling campaign. Some Democrats are irritated by Clinton’s remarks, noting that there is no evidence that Gabbard is a Russian asset and accusing the party’s 2016 presidential nominee of elevating a candidate they detest. Gabbard, a 38-year-old military veteran, has run afoul of many mainstream Democrats for attacking party leadership and meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose government has been propped up by Russian military forces. But by spotlighting Gabbard, Clinton has reignited divisions between establishment Democrats and the party outsiders who propelled Sen. MORE (I-Vt.) in his improbable bid for the nomination against Clinton in the last cycle. “Any time that Hillary Clinton dips her name into the 2020 election it is horrible for us,” said one Democratic fundraiser. “It helps Trump when Democrats are fighting with one another and this controversy just reopens those old wounds.” The allegations have put the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in a tough spot as it seeks to balance concerns about foreign government interference while remaining neutral in the prima... Link to the full article to read more