Tulsi Gabbard's brother was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to lure several children to his Waikiki hotel room on Sunday.

Tulsi Gabbard’s brother was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to lure several children to his Waikiki hotel room on Sunday.

The older brother of former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to lure several children to his Waikiki hotel room on Sunday.

The suspect, 55-year-old Batarti Gabbard, was charged on Friday, July 17, 2026, in connection to the “stranger danger” incident that occurred at a hotel in Waikiki on Sunday afternoon, July 12.

The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) said that at 2 p.m. on Sunday, the suspect approached several children, including a 9-year-old boy, at a pool area of a Waikiki hotel. He allegedly offered them gum and money to get them to join him in his hotel room.

  • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    191·
    4 days ago

    I’m not a fan of persecuting someone because of what another member in their family did.

    If they aided them, or tried to cover it up, then sure; they are an accomplice.

    I’m not defending this person in particular as I know nothing about them.

    But I know great people who have families member who got caught up in drugs. Doesn’t mean the family is bad.

    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
      34·
      4 days ago

      True… But we can look at the rest of the family. Tulsi is also a piece of shit, actively promoting and assisting the Trump administration…and probably a Russian intelligence asset while being the US Director of National Intelligence.

      And apparently a nepo baby, their father is also a Senator from Hawaii. He failed to win a House seat in 2004, and won a Snwate seat in 2006. In 2007 he switches parties literally because he “believed that he could be more effective to his constituents as part of the majority party in the State Senate, where Democrats have long had a supermajority.” So he switched parties to be a spoiler, he’s still a Republican regardless of the letter by his name.

      He has actively opposed same sex marriage, and the family seems to be part of a cult that actively teaches islamophobia and homophobia.

      That’s a decent amount of context to make some judgements for the entire family I’d say.