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Tulsi Gabbard Announces Switch to GOP

Tulsi Gabbard Announces Switch to GOP

Above: Tulsi Gabbard and former Pres. Donald Trump at a campaign event in Greensboro, North Carolina on Oct. 22, 2024. Image copyright: Cornell Watson/Contributor/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Tulsi Gabbard, who served in Congress as a Democrat before becoming an independent, Tuesday announced on stage during a North Carolina rally with former Pres. Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, that she's formally joining the Republican Party.

  • In her speech, Gabbard referred to the GOP as the "party of the people," of "equality," and the one that "end[ed] slavery" in the US. She further claimed that Trump wanted "peace," while asserting that his Democratic opponent, Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, is "pro-war."


The Spin

Gabbard joining the GOP makes sense given what her old party has become. Gabbard supports real Americans, while Harris supports a small group of elites. Most importantly, Gabbard supports peace while Harris — as Cheney's endorsement proves — wants to continue starting endless wars. Republicans will take Gabbard's America First mentality over Cheney any day.

Gabbard is joining Team Trump for one reason: her disdain for America's role in defending democracy. She's defended the actions of dictators for over a decade now — including Russia's Vladimir Putin — and hopes to use a potential second Trump term to promote her beliefs even further. TheGabbard's GOPbad-faith hasrhetoric givenis upan onominous protectingsign of the worldstate fromof evil,the andmodern Gabbard fits right inGOP.


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