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- Tulsi Gabbard was a congresswoman representing Hawaii for 4 phrases
- Gabbard ran for president in 2020 and later endorsed Joe Biden
- Gabbard introduced she was leaving the Democratic occasion in a video message in October 2022.
Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, 41, introduced that she was parting methods with the Democratic Celebration in a video message posted on her Twitter on Tuesday, October 11. The 2020 presidential candidate gave an extended listing of explanation why she was leaving, and whereas she supplied speaking factors, she didn’t present particular examples of the issues she was accusing the Democratic occasion of doing. “I can now not stay in right this moment’s Democratic occasion that’s underneath the entire management of an elitist cabal of warmongers, who’re pushed by cowardly woke-ness, who divide us by racializing each problem and stoking anti-white racism, who actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms which are enshrined in our Structure, who’re hostile to folks of religion and spirituality, who demonize the police however defend criminals on the expense of law-abiding Individuals, who imagine in open borders, who weaponize the nationwide safety state to go after their political opponents, and above all, who’re dragging us ever nearer to nuclear battle,” she stated.
After itemizing her causes, Gabbard referred to as on extra Democrats to additionally cut up from their occasion. “I imagine in a authorities that’s of the folks, by the folks, and for the folks. Sadly, right this moment’s Democratic occasion doesn’t. As an alternative, it stands for a authorities that’s of, by, and for the highly effective elite. Now, I’m calling on my fellow widespread sense, independent-minded Democrats to affix me in leaving the Democratic occasion,” she stated. Discover out extra in regards to the former congresswoman right here.
1. She’ was the primary Hindu and Samoan congressperson in US historical past
Gabbard is from Leloaloa, a small village on Tutuila Island in American Samoa. She grew to become the primary Samoan member of Congress in 2012, and represented Hawaii’s second district for 4 phrases. She didn’t search re-election in 2020 as a consequence of her presidential run. Gabbard was raised in a multi-faith household practising each Christian and Hinduism, and is the primary Hindu congressperson, as properly. Together with Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, she’s the primary feminine fight veteran ever elected to Congress — and now, the primary feminine fight veteran to run for president.
Since leaving Congress, Gabbard has began a podcast referred to as The Tulsi Gabbard Present, and he or she’s additionally made appearances on Fox Information and comic Joe Rogan’s podcast. She additionally spoke on the Republican convention CPAC in February 2022.
2. She made historical past because the youngest particular person to be elected in Hawaii’s state legislature
Gabbard was simply 21 years previous when she joined the Hawaii Home of Representatives in 2002, remaining within the workplace for 2 years. If she wins the 2020 election, she can be the youngest president in United States historical past, at 39 years previous. The youngest president to this point was Theodore Roosevelt, who was 42.
3. She’s a fight veteran
She left the Hawaii State Home of Representatives in 2004 to deploy with the Hawaii Nationwide Guard in a medical unit to Iraq. She volunteered for an additional deployment in 2008, that point as a “army police platoon chief coaching counterterrorism models,” per a profile from The Atlantic. In between the deployments, she graduated on the high of her class from an Officer Candidate College in Alabama.
4. She ran for president in 2020
Lengthy earlier than she left the Democratic occasion, Gabbard was on the first ticket within the 2020 election in an try to run towards then-President Donald Trump. The Democratic consultant from Hawaii made the announcement on Jan. 11, 2019, telling CNN’s Van Jones, “I’ve determined to run and will probably be making a proper announcement inside the subsequent week…There are loads of causes for me to make this choice. There are loads of challenges which are dealing with the American people who I’m involved about and that I wish to assist clear up.”
She defined that her key points that her marketing campaign targeted on included healthcare, felony justice reform and local weather change. “There’s one essential problem that’s central to the remainder, and that’s the problem of battle and peace,” Gabbard stated throughout her announcement on CNN. “I look ahead to having the ability to get into this and to speak about it in depth.”
5. She was the Vice Chair of the Democratic Nationwide Committee till resigning
Gabbard gave up the place to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the 2016 presidential race. After resigning and supporting the Vermont senator, Tulsi later ran towards Sanders within the 2020 election.
Necessary announcement.
From Oahu, Hawaiʻi. #StandWithTulsi pic.twitter.com/XcHshtgVYA— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) March 19, 2020
After they each dropped out, they every endorsed President Joe Biden. “It’s clear that Democratic major voters have chosen Vice President Joe Biden to be the one who will tackle President Trump within the basic election,” she stated in a March 2019 announcement video. “I’m assured that he’ll lead our nation, guided by the spirit of aloha respect and compassion, and thus assist heal the divisiveness that has been tearing our nation aside.”
