| | On October 11, 2022, Gabbard announced that she was leaving the Democratic party and becoming an independent. In a social media post explaining her reasons for doing so, she stated that the party had been hijacked by "an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are hostile to people of faith and spirituality, demonize the police and 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."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/11/tulsi-gabbard-announces-shes-leaving-the-democratic-party/]</ref> | | On October 11, 2022, Gabbard announced that she was leaving the Democratic party and becoming an independent. In a social media post explaining her reasons for doing so, she stated that the party had been hijacked by "an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are hostile to people of faith and spirituality, demonize the police and 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."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/11/tulsi-gabbard-announces-shes-leaving-the-democratic-party/]</ref> |
| − | In 2024, Trump picked Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-appoints-tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-fearless-spirit Trump appoints Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence: 'Fearless spirit'], ''Fox News'', Nov 12, 2024</ref> calling the former Democrat 'a proud Republican'. | + | In 2024, Trump picked Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence. <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-appoints-tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-fearless-spirit Trump appoints Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence: 'Fearless spirit'], ''Fox News'', Nov 12, 2024. |
| | + | A former Democratic congresswoman, Gabbard appears to have an 'Israel exception' to her America First worldview and has accused pro-Palestinian protesters of being puppets of 'a radical Islamist organization'.</blockquote> Ben Samuels, [[Haaretz]], Nov 13, 2024)</small></ref> calling the former Democrat 'a proud Republican'.. |