This is a great day for the GOP as Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has left the Democratic Party, branding its leadership “an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.” Gabbard, who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in the 2020 election, made the announcement in a video posted on Twitter, in which she accused the Democrats of stoking “anti-white racism,” and “dragging us ever closer to nuclear war.” She also announced the launch of The Tulsi Gabbard Show, with the first 28-minute episode titled Why I’m leaving the Democratic Party uploaded to YouTube.
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… pic.twitter.com/oAuTnxZldf
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) October 11, 2022
Explaining her decision to leave Gabbard said: “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, hostile to people of faith & spirituality, demonize the police & protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, believe in open borders, weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents, and above all, dragging us ever closer to nuclear war.”
“If you can no longer stomach the direction that so-called woke Democratic Party ideologues are taking our country, I invite you to join me.” Gabbard, a military veteran who served in Iraq with the Hawaii Army National Guard, represented Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives between 2013 and 2021.
In 2020, after fellow Democrat Kai Kahele announced a challenge for her seat, Gabbard said she would not seek reelection to focus on her presidential bid. Gabbard accused Democratic rivals of “rigging” the party primary, before dropping out and endorsing Joe Biden in March 2020. Over the last few months, Gabbard has attracted attention for her controversial views on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which she insists is a “proxy” war between the U.S. and Russia.