Tulsi Gabbard

Former Hawaii Congresswoman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced early Tuesday morning on Twitter that she is leaving the ...

Instead, it stands for a government of, by, and for the powerful elite. I believe in a government that is of, by, and for the people. In her statement, Gabbard said she is no longer a Democrat, citing “anti-white racism” and “wokeness” in the Democratic Party:

Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced she is leaving the Democratic Party, denouncing it as an "elitist cabal of war mongers," while calling upon other ...

I raised this issue every single day during the campaign and on the national debate stage for those of you who may have come to a town hall or who were watching, I'm sure you noticed, but the politicians and the media completely ignored it," she said. Gabbard paired her announcement with the launch of a podcast series on YouTube called "The Tulsi Gabbard Show." In in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, she claimed that the party she's exiting stands for the "powerful elite," not the people. Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? I invite you to join me," she said. "I ran for president in 2020 because I knew that this is where we were headed.

Tulsi Gabbard, former congresswoman from Hawaii, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 25. (Tristan Wheelock / ...

politics faces a perilous moment](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-11/los-angeles-chaotic-political-landscape-nury-martinez-leaked-audio) [was elected to Congress](https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-nov-19-la-me-asians-congress-20121120-story.html) in 2012 and [sought the Democratic nomination for president](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-06/tulsi-gabbard-is-still-running-for-president) in 2020. She was one of the three final candidates and the only woman left before [dropping out](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-19/tulsi-gabbard-quits-presidential-campaign) in March 2020 and announcing she would back then-Vice President Joe Biden.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard declared on Tuesday that she was leaving the party after calling it an "elitist cabal".

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). It's important to note that she does not mention her intentions to join the [Republican Party](/topic/republican-party)or any other political party. [House of Representatives](/topic/house-of-representatives)in 2021 and spoke extensively about the situation in her 30-minute long YouTube video. She also invites other independent legislators to leave the party with her. ET hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, relating to the report and any content therein. [Tulsi Gabbard](/topic/tulsi-gabbard), the former presidential candidate in the US, has announced her resignation from the [Democratic Party](/topic/democratic-party)and described the organisation as an "elitist cabal".

The reality is that Gabbard had long since drifted to the right on a variety of culture war issues.

(In 2019, she was the only member of Congress to stay neutral by [voting “present” at Trump’s first impeachment](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/tulsi-gabbard-impeach-trump-present).) [compared so-called cancel culture to ISIS terrorism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz1TleBJe0M) and has encouraged Florida Gov. [speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/24/tulsi-gabbard-cpac-message-00011694) in Florida, where she told the crowd [she felt “right at home.”](https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrat-tulsi-gabbard-says-she-feels-right-at-home-at-cpac) [New Statesman](https://www.newstatesman.com/world/americas/north-america/us/2022/01/is-tulsi-gabbard-the-gops-dark-horse) even called her “a dark-horse contender for the 2024 GOP nomination.” [told her](https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1459349714562732032). Ron DeSantis to [go even further with his “Don’t Say Gay” law.](https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/05/tulsi-gabbard-thinks-florida-dont-say-gay-law-doesnt-go-far-enough) (While courting Democratic voters in 2019, Gabbard apologized for [her past conservative views on LGBTQ issues](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html), including on marriage equality, but I guess that’s old news now.) [restrict abortion](https://www.yahoo.com/video/tulsi-gabbard-introduces-bill-block-191930470.html) and [attacking transgender women and girls](https://apnews.com/article/tulsi-gabbard-legislation-hawaii-gender-identity-markwayne-mullin-fdc7d8b0461a54ee88c1a0c85a0893f1). [first 28-minute episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Z1x8Ou8VU&t=11s) of her show, accusing Democrats of rejecting the rule of law and turning the country into a “banana republic” — seemingly ignoring [all the evidence](https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-rule-law-enemies/2020/05/28/7852771a-9de7-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html) that [Trump and his Republican allies](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-02/trump-went-to-war-with-rule-of-law-in-jan-6-riot-cheney-says) have [consistently sought](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/28/the-trumpian-right-keeps-pushing-rule-of-law-to-the-brink-but-the-law-is-winning) to [undermine](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/ending-trumps-assault-on-the-rule-of-law) that bedrock principle of democracy. [slammed President Joe Biden](https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-joe-biden-atlanta-georgia-voting-rights-hillary-clinton-deplorables-1668937) for calling out Republican attacks on voting and has [railed against](https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1459888599806185473) his former signature domestic policy law known as “Build Back Better” as furthering a “cradle-to-grave mentality of government dependence.” [antisemitism](https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/cabal) and [QAnon references](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/25/qanon-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump-what-is) in which she said the party was “under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers” that “weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents.” [Tulsi Gabbard](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/tulsi-gabbard-impeach-trump-present), the former lawmaker from Hawaii whose total [flameout in the 2020 presidential primary](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/tulsi-gabbard-end-2020-president-campaign) led her to look for any shreds of political relevance she could find in right-wing culture wars, announced she was leaving the Democratic Party on Tuesday. [video posted to Twitter](https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1579788950696185859) in which she parroted right-wing talking points on crime, wokeness, and “anti-white racism,” Gabbard said she was leaving the Democratic Party and instead hosting a new self-titled YouTube show.

The former US presidential hopeful said the party is driven by 'cowardly wokeness' and is stoking 'anti-white racism'.

The results will also impact the second half of President Joe Biden’s term in office. I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are… “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti-white racism,” Gabbard said.

The former congresswoman said the party is "now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.".

She served in the House from 2013 to 2021 and as the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 to 2016. She is a combat veteran with deployments to the Middle East and Africa and currently serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. "The Democrats of today are hostile to people of faith and spirituality," she continued.

Former Hawaii congresswoman and 2020 presidential hopeful says party is dominated by those espousing 'cowardly wokeness'

In a debate during the 2020 presidential race, Gabbard caught flak from then candidate Kamala Harris for not calling the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, a “war criminal”, after she attacked Harris on her record as a California prosecutor. In 2013, Gabbard was criticized for voting against a bipartisan House resolution condemning anti-Muslim violence in the state of Gujarat. In 2012, Gabbard became the first Samoan-American voting member and Hindu elected to Congress, but her views have often sat uncomfortably with the Democratic party.

Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Party.

stock markets were mixed. It is the second combination vaccine greenlighted by Health Canada's vaccine review team, but the first that targets the virus strains that are now most common in Canada [blamed](https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1092977776066527232) U.S. A landmark study suggests the benefits of colonoscopies for cancer screening may be overestimated. In a ceremony at Government House in Edmonton Tuesday morning, the former Wildrose party leader was sworn in by Lt.-Gov. He just gave a big speech saying supporters of President (Donald) Trump are the most extremist group in our country and a threat to our democracy. UPDATED It's official: Danielle Smith has been sworn in as Alberta's 19th premier. And when Gabbard was running for president, Hillary Clinton suggested in an interview that she was being groomed to run as a third-party candidate and was a favourite of the Russians. That's half the country," she said in her announcement video on Tuesday. On the campaign trail, she "I can no longer remain in today's Democratic Party.

Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Party.

He just gave a big speech saying supporters of President (Donald) Trump are the most extremist group in our country and a threat to our democracy. Clinton suggested that the person she was talking about was a “Russian asset,” while not naming the Hawaii Democrat. On the campaign trail, she “President Biden campaigned on a message of unity, healing the partisan divide bringing the country together. “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party. [Tulsi Gabbard](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/us/tulsi-gabbard-fast-facts/index.html) announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Party.

The former Hawaii Rep. and presidential candidate is waving goodbye to the Democratic Party. It's Tuesday's news.

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While seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in the last election cycle, Gabbard apologized for past anti-LGBTQ+ statements, but she's continued to ...

On her podcast, the did not say if she would join the Republican Party or become an independent, but she asked for “independent-minded Democrats” to leave the Democratic Party as well. ](https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/1/17/tulsi-gabbard-apologizes-past-views-lgbtq-issues-were-wrong)“In my past, I said and believed things that were wrong, and worse, they were very hurtful to people in the LGBTQ community and to their loved ones,” she said. Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran and former Senate aide, dropped out of the presidential race early in 2020 and endorsed Biden for the nomination. In April of this year, she posted a video to social media saying Florida’s [“don’t say gay” law doesn’t go far enoug](https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/05/tulsi-gabbard-thinks-florida-dont-say-gay-law-doesnt-go-far-enough)h in censoring the discussion of sexuality and gender identity in public schools. Before that she was a state representative and a member of the Hawaii City Council. “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party,” Gabbard said in a video posted Tuesday from the first episode of her new podcast, The Tulsi Gabbard Show.

In her announcement to leave the Democratic Party, Gabbard accused the party of using rhetoric that is anti-police and anti-religion, and pushing the ...

She began building a national profile during the 2016 election, when she resigned from her post as vice chairperson of the Democratic National Committee to endorse Sen. In 2012, Gabbard became the first Hindu and one of the first two female combat veterans elected to Congress. Gabbard was first elected to her native state of Hawaii's legislature in 2002 as a Democrat, at the age of 21.

Kremlin apologists spreading disinformation during the ongoing conflict in Ukraine can be found on both sides of the aisle in US politics.

According to the [official webpage](https://goarmysof.com/CivilAffairs/CArecruiting.html) of the US Army Special Operations Recruiting Battalion, any Civil Affairs Officer must be eligible for (and maintain) a Top-Secret Security Clearance, one of the most demanding and stringent security clearances within the United States government. Gabbard has met the head of state of a sanctioned nation whose forces were actively engaged in combat with US-allied (and possibly US Special Operations) forces, called the Biden administration a dictatorship, and labelled the senior ranking member of a House Committee a domestic terrorist. It would be wise for the US Department of Defense, the US Army Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs Command, and the US Army Reserve to reconsider her status within the elite field of Civil Affairs officers, and reevaluate her top-secret security clearance. Meanwhile, Alexander Vindman, the former US Army Officer who testified against Trump during the Trump-Ukraine Scandal, [called her out](https://www.newsweek.com/vindman-calls-gabbard-agent-russian-disinformation-after-fox-segment-1733443) on social media for being a liar and “an agent of Russian disinformation [who promotes] Russian aggression and endanger[s] America”. When Gabbard announced she was running for President, she defended her actions in a [CNN interview](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/20/politics/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-meeting-cnntv); when asked if she had any regrets, she argued that it was important to meet with other leaders, “whether they be friends or adversaries or potential adversaries if we are serious about the pursuit of peace and securing our country”. [Bernie Sanders’s “Medicare for All”](https://www.axios.com/2019/03/23/2020-presidential-candidates-medicare-for-all) plan, calls for [campaign finance reform](https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/785983824672935938) and [the legalisation](https://www.businessinsider.com/marijuana-legalization-2020-presidential-candidates-2019-2#rep-tulsi-gabbard-of-hawaii-recently-introduced-a-bi-partisan-bill-in-the-house-with-gop-rep-don-young-to-de-criminalize-marijuana-at-the-federal-level-9) of marijuana at the federal level. She considers the pair a greater danger to the United States than the rioters who stormed the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021, while she has also warned of “efforts to combat domestic insurgents through surveillance and other monitoring activities”. Also contentiously, Gabbard [frequently appeared](https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/21/looking-back-tulsi-gabbards-fox-news-presence-obam/) on Fox News as a sitting member of Congress, making more than 20 appearances between 2013 to 2017, and often opposing Obama’s foreign policy. For the most part, at least in the United States, this comes from far-right members of the Conservative ideology, including political commentators like [Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/these-are-the-american-right-wingers-covering-for-putin-as-russia-invades-ukraine-1311965/), but also political candidates like [JD Vance in Ohio and Joe Kent in Washington](https://accountability.gop/ukraine-quotes/) and Representatives [Madison Cawthorne](https://accountability.gop/ukraine-quotes/), [Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Paul Gosar](https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/putins-republican-sympathizers/). From [2013 to 2021](https://ballotpedia.org/Tulsi_Gabbard), Gabbard was the elected Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District. [first entered](https://ballotpedia.org/Tulsi_Gabbard) politics in 2002 at the age of 21, when she was elected to the 43rd District of the Hawaiian House of Representatives. [baseless](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/25/vladimir-putin/putin-repeats-long-running-claim-genocide-ukraine/) [claims of genocide](https://theconversation.com/putins-claims-that-ukraine-is-committing-genocide-are-baseless-but-not-unprecedented-177511), and strongly support the Ukrainian people.