Tulsi Gabbard

American politician (born 1981)

Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard in 2024

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Hawaii's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by| Mazie Hirono
Succeeded by| Kai Kahele
Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
In office
January 22, 2013 – February 27, 2016
Chair| Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Preceded by| Mike Honda
Succeeded by| Grace Meng
Member of the Honolulu City Council
from the 6th district
In office
January 2, 2011 – August 16, 2012
Preceded by| Rod Tam
Succeeded by| Carol Fukunaga
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
from the 42nd district
In office
November 5, 2002 – November 2, 2004
Preceded by| Mark Moses
Succeeded by| Rida Cabanilla
Personal details
Born|  (1981-04-12) April 12, 1981 (age 43)
Leloaloa, American Samoa
Political party| Independent (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations| Democratic (1999–2022)
Spouses|

Eduardo Tamayo

(m. 2002; div. 2006)​

Abraham Williams

(m. 2015)​

Relatives| Mike Gabbard (father)
Education| Hawaii Pacific University (BS)
Signature|
Military service
Allegiance|  United States
Branch/service|  United States Army
Years of service| 2003–present
Rank| Lieutenant Colonel
Unit| United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
United States Army Reserve
Battles/wars| Iraq War
Awards|

* Combat Medical Badge
* Meritorious Service Medal

Gabbard's voice

Gabbard speaks in support of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide
Recorded October 31, 2019

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U.S. Representative
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Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/ TUL-see GAB-ərd; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer, and conservative political commentator who served as U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. She became the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress. A then-member of the Democratic Party, she was a candidate for its nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election;[1][2] she left the party in October 2022 to become an independent politician.[3][4]

In 2002, Gabbard was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives at the age of 21.[5] Gabbard served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard while deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was stationed in Kuwait from 2008 to 2009 as an Army Military Police platoon leader.[6][7][8] While a member of Congress, she served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2013 to 2016, and resigned to endorse Bernie Sanders' campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.

During her time in Congress, she frequently appeared on Fox News and criticized the Barack Obama administration for refusing to say that the real enemy of the United States is radical Islam or Islamic extremism.[9] During her presidential campaign, she highlighted an opposition to military interventionism,[10][11] although she has contradicted that and called herself a "hawk" on combatting terrorism.[12] Her decision to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and her skepticism of claims that he had used chemical weapons[13][14] gave rise to public disagreement with mainstream Democrats.[15] In March 2020, Gabbard ended her presidential candidacy, and endorsed Joe Biden over her former ally Bernie Sanders.[16]

Since leaving the House of Representatives on January 3, 2021,[16] Gabbard has taken more conservative positions on issues such as abortion, foreign policy, transgender rights, and border security.[17][18] She has continued her frequent presence on Fox News, including serving as a fill-in host for Tucker Carlson Tonight.[19][20] In October 2022, Gabbard announced that she had left the Democratic Party altogether, citing their positions on foreign policy and social issues as reasons for her departure.[21] Gabbard campaigned for several Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.[22] She was also a featured speaker at the 2022 and 2024 Conservative Political Action Conferences (CPAC).[23][24] In 2024, Gabbard endorsed former President Donald Trump for the 2024 United States presidential election.[25][26][27]

## Early life and education

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Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981, in Leloaloa, Maʻopūtasi County, on American Samoa's main island of Tutuila.[28][29] She was the fourth of five children born to Carol (née Porter) Gabbard and Mike Gabbard.[30] In 1983, when Gabbard was two years old, her family moved to Hawaii, where they had lived in the late 1970s.[31][32][33]

Gabbard has both European and Samoan ancestry,[34][35] and was raised in a multicultural household.[36] Her mother was born in Indiana and grew up in Michigan.[37] Her father was born in American Samoa and lived in Hawaii and Florida as a child;[38] he is of Samoan and European ancestry.[36] After moving to Hawaii,[31] Gabbard's mother became interested in Hinduism,[39][40] and gave Hindu names to all her children.[30] Gabbard's given name, "Tulsi" in Sanskrit, is the word for holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum), regarded as an earthly manifestation of the goddess Tulsi.[41]

Growing up in Hawaii, Gabbard's childhood included surfing, martial arts, and yoga.[42][43][31] She also learned spiritual principles such as Karma from the ancient text, Bhagavad Gita.[31][44][45] She was raised in part with the teachings of the Science of Identity Foundation (SIF), a Vaishnava Hindu organization,[46] connected with International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).[47][48][49] Gabbard was homeschooled for some years through high school, and also attended two years at an all-girls boarding school in the Philippines.[50][51] Gabbard settled into the Hindu faith as a teenager.[30][52][53]

In her early years, Gabbard worked for a number of organizations including Stand Up For America (SUFA), founded by her father in the wake of the September 11 attacks,[54][55][56] and The Alliance for Traditional Marriage and Values, an anti-gay marriage political action committee founded to pass an amendment giving the Hawaii state legislature the power to "reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples", in which she was involved from 1998 to as late as 2004.[57][58][59] She also worked as an educator for The Healthy Hawai'i Coalition, which promoted protection of Hawaii's natural environment.[60]

In 2002, while working as a self-employed martial arts instructor, Gabbard dropped out of Leeward Community College, where she was studying television production, to run successfully for election to the Hawaii House of Representatives, the youngest woman ever elected as a U.S. state representative.[61][62][63][64] In 2009, Gabbard graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business.[65][66][67]

## Military service

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Gabbard at the ceremony of her promotion to major on October 12, 2015

In April 2003, while serving in the Hawaii State Legislature, Gabbard enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard.[68] In July 2004, she was deployed for a 12-month tour in Iraq, serving as a specialist with the Medical Company, 29th Support Battalion, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.[69][70] In Iraq, Gabbard served at Logistical Support Area Anaconda, completing her tour in 2005.[71][72] Because of the deployment, she chose not to campaign for reelection to the state legislature.[73]

In March 2007, she graduated from the Accelerated Officer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy and graduated at the top of her class, the first woman ever to do that.[61] She was commissioned as a second lieutenant, and assigned to the 29th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Hawaii Army National Guard, this time to serve as an Army Military Police officer.[6][74] She was stationed in Kuwait from 2008 to 2009.[72][75][76] She was one of the first women to enter a Kuwaiti military facility,[5][77] as well as the first woman to receive an award of appreciation from the Kuwait National Guard.[78][5]

Gabbard is a recipient of the Combat Medical Badge and the Meritorious Service Medal from the United States.[79] She also received the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency in gold.

On October 12, 2015, she was promoted from the rank of captain to major at a ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.[80][81] She continued to serve as a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard until her transfer to the 351st Civil Affairs Command, a California-based United States Army Reserve unit assigned to the United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, in June 2020.[82][83]

In 2020, after serving with them for 17 years, Gabbard left the Hawaii Army National Guard for a new assignment with California-based Army Reserve unit.[84] On July 4, 2021, Gabbard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant colonel, while she was deployed to the Horn of Africa working as a Civil Affairs officer in support of a Special Operations mission.[85][86]

## Political career

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See also: Electoral history of Tulsi Gabbard

### Hawaii House of Representatives (2002–2004)

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In 2002, after redistricting, Gabbard won the four-candidate Democratic primary for the 42nd district of the Hawaii House of Representatives with a plurality of 43% of the vote. Gabbard then won the general election with 60.7% of the vote, defeating Republican Alfonso Jimenez.[87][88] At the age of 21, Gabbard became the youngest legislator ever elected in Hawaii's history, and was at the time the youngest woman ever elected to a U.S. state legislature.[61][64]

During her term of office, Gabbard successfully led opposition and protests to a state bill that would have legalized same-sex civil unions[89][90] and urged Hawaiians to support the Federal Marriage Amendment to prevent federal law from overriding state law with regard to same-sex marriage.[91]

In 2004, Gabbard filed for reelection but then volunteered for Army National Guard service in Iraq. Rida Cabanilla, who filed to run against her, called on Gabbard to resign because she would not be able to represent her district from Iraq.[92] Gabbard announced in August 2004 that she would not campaign for a second term,[73] and Cabanilla won the Democratic primary with 58% of the vote.[93] State law prevented the removal of Gabbard's name from the ballot.[94]

### Honolulu City Council (2011–2012)

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After returning home from her second deployment to the Middle East in 2009, Gabbard ran for a seat on the Honolulu City Council vacated by City Councilman Rod Tam, of the 6th district, who decided to retire to run for mayor of Honolulu.[95] In the 10-candidate nonpartisan open primary in September 2010, Gabbard finished first with 26.8% of the vote.[96] In the November 2 runoff election she defeated Sesnita Moepono with 49.5% of the vote.[97]

Gabbard introduced a measure to help food truck vendors by loosening parking restrictions.[98] She also introduced Bill 54, a measure that authorized city workers to confiscate personal belongings stored on public property with 24 hours notice to its owner.[99][100] After overcoming opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)[101] and Occupy Hawai'i,[102] Bill 54 passed and became City Ordinance 1129.

### United States House of Representatives (2013–2021)

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#### 2012 election and first term (113th Congress)

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Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii § District 2

Gabbard in 2012, pictured wearing a lei, traditional neckwear common among Hawaiian and other Polynesian cultures

In early 2011, Mazie Hirono, the incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, announced that she would run for the United States Senate. In May 2011, Gabbard announced her candidacy for Hirono's House seat.[103] The Democratic Mayor of Honolulu, Mufi Hannemann, was the best-known candidate in the six-way primary, but Gabbard won with 62,882 votes (55%); the Honolulu Star-Advertiser called her win an "improbable rise from a distant underdog to victory".[104] After winning the primary, Gabbard resigned from the City Council on August 16 "in order to focus on her congressional campaign"[105] and to prevent the cost of holding a special election.[106][107]

As the Democratic nominee, Gabbard spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the invitation of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who called Gabbard "an emerging star".[108][109] As expected in heavily Democratic Hawaii, she won the general election on November 6, 2012, defeating Republican Kawika Crowley by 168,503 to 40,707 votes (80.6%–19.4%),[110] becoming the first voting Samoan-American[111][112] and first Hindu member of Congress.[113][114]

Gabbard during the 113th Congress

In December 2012, Gabbard applied to be considered for appointment to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Daniel Inouye.[115] Despite support from some prominent mainland Democrats,[116][117] she was not on the list of three candidates which the Democratic Party of Hawaii sent to the governor.[118]

In March 2013, Gabbard introduced the Helping Heroes Fly Act, which sought to improve airport security screenings for severely wounded veterans. It passed Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama.[119][120][121] She also introduced the House version of the Military Justice Improvement Act.[122][123][124]

#### Second term (114th Congress)

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See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii § District 2

Gabbard speaks at the 135th National Guard Association of the United States conference in 2013

Gabbard was reelected on November 8, 2014, defeating Crowley again, by 142,010 to 33,630 votes (78.7%–18.6%); Libertarian candidate Joe Kent garnered 4,693 votes (2.6%).[125]

Along with Senator Hirono, Gabbard introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Filipinos and Filipino American veterans who had fought in World War II.[126] The bill passed Congress[127] and was signed into law by President Obama in December 2016.[128]

Gabbard also introduced Talia's Law which sought to prevent child abuse and neglect on military bases. It was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in December 2016.[129][130][131]

#### Third term (115th Congress)

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See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii § District 2

Gabbard was reelected on November 8, 2016, defeating Republican nominee Angela Kaaihue by 170,848 to 39,668 votes (81.2%–18.8%).[132]

In 2017, Gabbard introduced the Off Fossil Fuels (OFF) Act, which sought to "justly transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100% clean energy by 2035, and for other purposes".[133][134]

In 2018, Gabbard introduced the Securing America's Election Act, a bill that would require all districts to use paper ballots, which would yield an auditable paper trail in the event of a recount. Common Cause, a nonpartisan watchdog group, endorsed the bill.[135]

#### Fourth term (116th Congress)

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See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii § District 2

Gabbard was reelected in November 2018,[136] defeating Republican nominee Brian Evans by 153,271 to 44,850 votes (77.4%–22.6%).

In September 2018, Gabbard and Representative Walter Jones (R-N.C.) co-sponsored the No More Presidential Wars Act, an effort to "reclaim the responsibility Congress has to be the body that declares war, to end these presidential wars that are being fought without the authorization of Congress".[137]

On October 25, 2019, Gabbard announced that she would not seek reelection to the House in 2020, citing her presidential campaign.[138][139] Hawaii State Senator Kai Kahele had been challenging her for the congressional seat. Kahele and the co-chair of his campaign, former Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie,[140] criticized her for missing votes while campaigning for president—especially the vote on Syria; however, her absences were similar to other members of Congress running for president.[141][142]

In October 2020, Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz introduced a bill calling for the United States to drop criminal charges against Edward Snowden.[143] She introduced a similar bill, with Kentucky Republican congressman Thomas Massie, aimed at ensuring the release of Julian Assange from prison in the United Kingdom where he was being held pending resolution of extradition proceedings to the United States.[144]

Committee assignments

* Committee on Homeland Security (2013–2014)
* Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security[145][146][147]
* Committee on Armed Services (2013–2021)
* Subcommittee on Readiness
* Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
* Committee on Foreign Affairs (2013–2019)
* Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
* Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa
* Committee on Financial Services (2019–2021)
* Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy
* Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion

Caucus membership

* Congressional Progressive Caucus[148]
* Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus[149]
* Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus[150]
* Medicare for All Caucus[151][152]
* U.S.-Japan Caucus[153]

### Democratic National Committee

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On January 22, 2013, Gabbard was unanimously elected to a four-year term as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.[154] In September 2015, she criticized chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's decision to hold only six debates during the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries, compared with 26 in 2008 and 15 in 2004,[155][156] and to exclude any candidate who participated in a non-DNC sanctioned debate from all future DNC-sanctioned debates. Gabbard released a statement about the heated and public disagreements surrounding the debates in a Facebook post in 2015.[157][158]

Following her public criticisms of the debate process, Gabbard was reported to have been either "disinvited" or asked to "consider not coming" to the October 13, 2015, Democratic debate in Las Vegas.[159][160] In an interview with The New York Times, she spoke of an unhealthy atmosphere, saying, "no one told me I would be relinquishing my freedom of speech and checking it at the door" in taking the job.[161] Gabbard privately wrote to Wasserman Schultz, accusing her of violating the DNC's duty of neutrality by favoring Hillary Clinton.[162][163]

Gabbard resigned as DNC vice chair on February 28, 2016, to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the nomination for President of the United States.[164][165] On that same day, she appeared on Meet the Press and discussed why she was stepping down.[166] She was the first congresswoman to endorse Sanders,[165] and later gave the nominating speech putting his name forward at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[167]

In July 2016, Gabbard launched a petition to end the Democratic Party's process of appointing superdelegates in the nomination process.[168] She endorsed Keith Ellison for DNC chair in the 2017 chairmanship elections.[169]

Gabbard was assigned as Bernie Sanders' running mate in California for any write-in votes for him.[170] Shortly after the election, she was mentioned as a possible presidential candidate for 2020.[171][172] In the 2016 United States presidential election, a Minnesota elector voted for Gabbard for vice president, but had that vote invalidated and given to Tim Kaine.[173]

### 2020 presidential campaign

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Main article: Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential campaign

Gabbard campaigning for president in San Francisco, California Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential campaign logo

In February 2019, Gabbard officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign.[1] Gabbard was the first female combat veteran to run for president.[174] CNN described her foreign policy platform as anti-interventionist and her economic platform as populist.[1]

Gabbard was the most frequently Googled candidate after the first, second, and fourth 2020 Democratic debates.[175][176][177]

Gabbard did not meet the polling threshold for the third presidential debate, prompting her to criticize the DNC's qualification criteria as not transparent.[178] She did qualify for the fourth debate in Ohio in October 2019,[179] but accused the media and the Democratic party of "rigging" the 2020 election, and briefly threatened to boycott the debate[180][181] before deciding to participate.[182] She skipped the LULAC Latino Town Hall to appear on Hannity's TV show, where she criticized the Democrats' impeachment process.[183]

In July 2019, Gabbard was the only 2020 presidential candidate to visit Puerto Rico and join protests urging Governor Ricardo Rosselló to resign.[184][185]

In October 2019, false and later corrected stories[186] claimed that former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said that Russia was "grooming" a female Democrat to run as a third-party candidate, who would help President Donald Trump win reelection via a spoiler effect.[187][188] The media understood Clinton to be referring to Gabbard, which Nick Merril, a Clinton spokesperson, seemed to confirm to CNN by saying: "If the nesting doll fits"; however, Gabbard repeatedly said she would not run as a third-party candidate in 2020 and did not do so.[188][189][190] Gabbard was defended by fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidates Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, who rejected Clinton's suggestion that Gabbard was a Russian asset.[191][192][193] Trump also defended Gabbard.[194][195] Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit against Clinton in January 2020,[196] but dropped it five months later with her lawyers stating the legal merit was valid but living in a "post-Covid world" they could better focus their attention elsewhere.[197] To represent her in her lawsuit against Clinton, Gabbard retained two attorneys with the Los Angeles law firm Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht and Davidoff Hutcher & Citron which, during the Mueller probe into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, also had represented George Papadopoulos and Rudy Giuliani.[198]

Gabbard's presidential campaign received endorsements from David Duke and Richard B. Spencer, which she disavowed.[199]

On March 3, 2020, Gabbard, who is of Samoan descent earned two delegates in American Samoa,[200] making her the second woman of color (after Shirley Chisholm) and the first Asian-American and Pacific-Islander presidential candidate to earn primary delegates.[201] She was also the only non-white Democratic party candidate to earn delegates in the 2020 election cycle.[202]

On March 19, 2020, Gabbard dropped out of the 2020 election and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden.[203][204][205]

Gabbard was the only candidate with primary delegates to not be invited to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[202]

### Post-presidential primary activities

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In May 2020, Gabbard gave her sole 2020 down-ballot endorsement to Democratic candidate Isaac Wilson, who was running for election to the 63rd district of the South Carolina House of Representatives against incumbent Republican Rep. Jay Jordan.[206] Wilson later lost in the general election, earning 35.3% to Jordan's 64.7%.[207]

In June 2020, Gabbard donated about $4,400 to Direct Relief and the Semper Fi & America's Fund, fundraised using proceeds from sales of excess merchandise in April and May.[208] As Gabbard had already suspended her campaign back in March, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) sent a letter notifying that the fundraising efforts were not permitted and that her campaign ought to refund all primary election contributions made after her campaign suspension.[208]

In July 2020, the family of Vanessa Guillén, a U.S. Army soldier and victim of military sexual harassment who was found murdered after previously being reported missing, and their attorney Natalie Khawam met with Gabbard.[209] She later spoke at their July 1 news conference, where she said that as a fellow service member in the U.S. Army, she was "stand[ing] here for Vanessa", "for her family", and "for every service member who has experienced sexual harassment or assault and did not feel safe reporting it out of fear of retaliation".[210]

In August 2020, Gabbard was a panelist on "Electability" during The 19th Represents Virtual Summit on the same day as Hillary Clinton but on a different panel.[211] She spoke on the pre-recording, albeit not in the live recording made after Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden's running mate.[212]

Later that same month, Gabbard and Dr. Scott Miscovich held a press conference lauding Dr. Jennifer Smith, the state's epidemiological specialist who blew the whistle regarding the Hawaii Department of Health's lack of contact tracers to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.[213] Gabbard called for the Hawaii DOH Director Bruce Anderson and state epidemiologist Sarah Park to step down[214] and alleged that Hawaii Governor David Ige is partly to blame.[215] In the aftermath, Anderson retired from his position,[216] whereas Park was later replaced and put on leave.[217] However, Smith was also put on paid leave and Gabbard responded, saying that the action "further erodes the public trust" and that it "sends a dangerously chilling message to others in our government who are doing the right thing, that they better toe the line or they will be punished".[216] On November 2, 2020, Smith returned to work from her paid leave.[218] On February 1, 2021, Park left the Hawaii Department of Health.[217]

Gabbard was a presenter at iHeartRadio Honolulu's virtual festival, Island Music Awards, and announced the winner of the "Female Artist of the Year" award.[219]

In September 2020, Gabbard filed paperwork with the FEC to change her presidential campaign committee, Tulsi Now, into Tulsi Aloha, a leadership PAC, as well as a legal expense trust fund to pay off debts from the lawsuit against Clinton.[208] Later that same month, she weighed into the public disagreement surrounding the Netflix film Cuties, alleging that Netflix was "complicit" in "help[ing] fuel the child sex trafficking trade".[220]

In December 2020, Gabbard endorsed and her Tulsi Aloha PAC donated $2,800 to Nina Turner for the 2021 special election for Ohio's 11th congressional district.[221]

### Post-congressional career

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In January 2021, Gabbard launched her own podcast: This is Tulsi Gabbard.[222] She has also made several appearances on Fox News programs since leaving Congress where she criticized figures such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, calling the latter a "domestic terrorist" for what she deemed as his attempt to "undermin[e] our constitution by trying to take away our civil liberties and rights" in the aftermath of the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[223][224]

In November 2021, she called the victory of Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia Gubernatorial election over Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe a victory for all Americans.[225] In an appearance on Hannity in April 2022, she expressed support for Florida's publicly debated Parental Rights Bill, and said that in her opinion it did not go far enough.[226] In 2022 Gabbard spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference,[227] drawing criticism from Hawaii Democrats.[228] In August 2022, Gabbard served as the fill-in host for Tucker Carlson Tonight.[19]

Gabbard at the Young Americans for Liberty's (YAL) "Revolution 2022" event in August 2022

#### Departure from the Democratic Party

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On October 11, 2022, Gabbard announced on Twitter that she was leaving the Democratic Party, accusing its leadership of "cowardly wokeness, anti-white racism, (being) hostile to people of faith and spirituality, and dragging us closer to nuclear war".[21] Shortly thereafter, Gabbard endorsed and campaigned for several Donald Trump-endorsed Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.[22] Among the candidates were Senate candidates Don Bolduc, Adam Laxalt and JD Vance, and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.[229]

In November 2022, it was announced that Gabbard had signed a deal with Fox News as a paid contributor after years of being a frequent guest on several of their programs. She serves as a frequent guest and occasional host on shows such as The Five, Outnumbered, Hannity, Jesse Watters Primetime, Gutfeld! and more.[20] Gabbard also served as a frequent guest host of Tucker Carlson Tonight until its cancellation in 2023.

Following Trump's entry into the 2024 Republican presidential primary, commentators suggested that Gabbard may be considered by Trump as a potential vice presidential running mate.[230][231][232][233] Greg Gutfeld, the host of Gutfeld! on Fox News, predicted that Gabbard would be chosen as Trump's running mate.[234] On February 22, 2024, she was a featured speaker at CPAC, raising speculation of her candidacy as a potential vice presidential selection.[235] During a Fox & Friends interview on March 6, 2024, Gabbard was directly asked about serving as Trump's vice-president. She responded, "I would be honored to serve our country in that way and be in a position to help President Trump..."[236] In March 2024, Gabbard was cited by Trump as one of his potential choices for his vice presidential running mate.[237] On August 26, 2024, Gabbard officially endorsed former President Trump's re-election bid, during a National Guard Association gathering in Michigan.[238][239] On August 27, 2024, Gabbard was named as an honorary co-chair of Donald Trump's presidential transition team, alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joining the former president's sons and the Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance.[240][241]

## Political positions

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Main article: Political positions of Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard criticizes what she describes as a push by the "neoliberal/neoconservative war machine" for U.S. involvement in "counterproductive, wasteful foreign wars", saying they have not made the United States any safer[242] and have started a New Cold War and nuclear arms race.[243] She describes herself as a hawk “[w]hen it comes to the war against terrorists,” but "when it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove."[244]

Gabbard's domestic policy platform in her 2020 presidential campaign was economically and socially progressive.[245][246][247] After the presidential campaign, she agreed with Republicans on some cultural and social issues.[17]

### Drug policy and criminal justice reform

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Gabbard speaking in support of the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act with Rep. Don Young (R-AK) in 2019

Gabbard has been outspoken against a "broken criminal justice system" that puts "people in prison for smoking marijuana" while allowing pharmaceutical corporations responsible for "opioid-related deaths of thousands to walk away scot-free with their coffers full".[248] Gabbard has said that as president she would "end the failed war on drugs, legalize marijuana, end cash bail, and ban private prisons".[249] Bills she has introduced include the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act and the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act.[250][251]

In June 2020, Gabbard introduced an amendment to the House version of the 2021 NDAA to allow members of Armed Services to use products containing CBD and other hemp derivatives.[252] It was approved 336 to 71 as a package, although House leaders did not fight for its inclusion in the final bill.[253]

In January 2020, in response to a question from a voter, Gabbard called for legalizing and regulating all drugs, citing Portugal's model for drug decriminalization.[254]

### Immigration

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Gabbard along with 47 other Democrats expressed support for increased border security and voted with Republicans for vetting of Iraqi and Syrian refugees.[255] Gabbard also called for halting the visa waiver program after mass numbers of Syrian immigrants entered Germany, until the threat of terrorist attacks was resolved.[256] However Gabbard has also expressed support for an easier path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, increasing skilled immigration, and granting work visas to immigrants.[257] She said she would be open to a proposal for a border wall if experts say it is warranted.[258]

### Environment

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Gabbard has often supported the causes of Native Americans and tribal lands, such as her support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016,[259] wherein she co-signed a letter requesting the Obama administration to address the tribal concerns about the project.[260] Gabbard successfully passed an amendment to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that would require the Department of Energy to reexamine the safety of the Runit Dome, a leaking Cold War era nuclear waste site in the Marshall Islands.[261] She later called for "fresh eyes" to ensure a more independent assessment of the waste site's safety.[261]

Gabbard has spoken in favor of a Green New Deal but expressed concerns about vagueness in some proposed versions of the legislation[262] and its inclusion of nuclear energy.[263] She advocates her own "Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act" ("OFF Act") as legislation to transition the United States to renewable energy.[264][265]

### Foreign affairs

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Gabbard has generally called for reducing military interventionism by the United States,[10] though she has supported strong action on terrorism, especially against Islamic terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda, ISIS and Hamas.[12][266]

#### Middle East

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Gabbard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia

During her time in Congress, Gabbard took a strong stand against Islamic terrorism in the Middle East, often noting her experience as a veteran in Iraq.[9] She also criticized the Obama administration, in some of her appearances on the Fox News network between 2013 and 2017, for "refusing" to say that the "real enemy" of the United States is "radical Islam" or "Islamic extremism".[9]

On January 18, 2017, Gabbard went on a one-week "fact-finding mission" to Syria and Lebanon, during which Gabbard met various political and religious leaders from Syria and Lebanon—as well as regular citizens from both sides of the war—and also had two unplanned meetings with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.[267][268][269][270] In April 2017, Gabbard expressed skepticism about claims that Assad used chemical weapons against civilians in Khan Shaykhun, and which were followed by a military attack against Syria by the United States. Gabbard said, "a successful prosecution of Assad (at the International Criminal Court) w[ould] require collection of evidence from the scene of the incident", and that she "support[ed] the United Nations' efforts in this regard".[13][14][271][272] In a 2018 interview with The Nation, Gabbard said the United States had "been waging a regime change war in Syria since 2011".[273] After getting scrutiny for her views on Assad, Gabbard called Assad "a brutal dictator. Just like Saddam Hussein".[274]

On December 20, 2019, the Stop Arming Terrorists Act[275][276] that she introduced in 2017[277] became law as part of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, § 1228[278] to prohibit the Department of Defense from "knowingly providing weapons or any other form of support to Al Qaeda" or other terrorist groups or any individual or group affiliated with any such organization.[279]

Gabbard criticized the U.S. military's 2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike (which killed high-level Iranian General Qasem Soleimani) as an act of war by U.S. President Donald Trump and a violation of the U.S. Constitution, arguing that Trump did not have congressional authorization for this act.[280]

After Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Gabbard came out strongly in support of Israel and condemned Hamas, calling it an Islamist terrorist organization.[281] In November 2023, she attended the March for Israel at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.[266]

#### Azerbaijan and Armenia

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Gabbard has often expressed her support for the Armenian Christian population[282] in the conflict with Azerbaijan.[283] In 2017, Gabbard was part of a team of US lawmakers that visited Armenia, including the disputed, breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is also claimed by Azerbaijan; and thus faced criticism by Azerbaijan.[284] Later, she accused Turkey of encouraging and inciting 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, and co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern over Azerbaijan's renewed aggression against Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and possible conflict with Armenia.[283] Gabbard stated:

> The United States must urge Azerbaijan to immediately end their attacks, and Turkey to cease its involvement both directly through the use of its armed forces, and indirectly by sending Al-Qaeda associated proxies to wipe out Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian population —a tactic Turkey used against Syrian Kurds.[285]

In 2019, Gabbard was a co-sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Resolution legislation, along with several other US Senators and US Representatives, to lock in official US recognition and permanent remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.[286] While talking about the 1915 mass killings, Gabbard said, "the Ottoman Empire was attempting to cleanse itself of the Armenian and Christian populations, and the US became home to many survivors".[282] Eventually, in 2021, in spite of opposition by Turkey, President Joe Biden recognized the Ottoman-era mass killings of Armenians as a genocide.[287]

#### Ukraine and Russia

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In 2022, she claimed that NATO and the Biden administration not taking the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO off the table may be one of the factors provoking the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[288][289] She also argued against economic sanctions on Russia on the basis that Americans would suffer from higher oil and gas prices.[288] Gabbard stated that “the Washington power elite” is trying to turn Ukraine into another Afghanistan.[290] In March 2022, she said media freedom in Russia is "not so different" from that in the United States. PolitiFact described her claim as false, noting that in Russia the government represses independent media and free speech, including imprisoning critics of the invasion of Ukraine.[291]

In February 2024, Trump met with Gabbard, who has been an outspoken critic of aid to Ukraine, to discuss the future of US foreign policy in case of his re-election.[292]

### Healthcare and GMO labeling

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Gabbard supports a national healthcare insurance program that covers uninsured, as well as under-insured people,[293] and allows supplemental but not duplicative private insurance.[265] She has since advocated for a two-tier universal health care plan that she calls "Single Payer Plus", loosely modeled after Australia's system and allowing for both supplementary and duplicative private insurance.[294][295]

Gabbard has previously pushed to reinstate Medicaid eligibility for people from the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau who are working and living in the United States.[261] She has called for addressing the national nursing shortage[296] and supports clear GMO labeling,[297][298] voting in 2016 against a GMO-labeling bill she said was too weak.[299]

### First impeachment of Donald Trump

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Main article: First impeachment of Donald Trump

Gabbard voted "present" when the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump in December 2019. In two video messages[300][301] and a press release, she cited The Federalist Papers essay No. 65,[302] and described her vote as a protest against "a political zero-sum game".[303][304] Gabbard introduced H. Res. 766,[305][306] which would censure Trump for several of his foreign policy decisions and "send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked, while leaving the question of removing Trump from office to the voters to decide".[307] A week later, Gabbard said she had serious concerns that the impeachment would increase the likelihood that her party would lose the presidential election and its majority in the House of Representatives.[308]

Standing with fellow House Democrats to demand a vote on gun control measures

### LGBT rights

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In 1998, then-teenage Gabbard supported her father's successful campaign to amend the Constitution of Hawaii to give lawmakers the power to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.[59][309] The "Alliance for Traditional Marriage" spent more than $100,000 opposing same-sex marriage.[59] In her campaign for the Hawaii legislature in 2002, when asked "What qualifies you to be a state representative?", Gabbard responded "Working with my father, Mike Gabbard, and others to pass a constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage, I learned that real leaders are willing to make personal sacrifices for the common good. I will bring that attitude of public service to the legislature."[310] CNN, in a 2019 review of Gabbard's early career, said this showed "how closely she aligned herself with her father's mission at the time".[59]

In 2004, the then-22-year-old Gabbard led a protest outside the Hawaii House Judiciary Committee objecting to the committee's decision to hold a hearing on a bill to establish legal parity between same-sex couples in civil unions and married straight couples after voters had, in 1998, approved the constitutional amendment not to support gay marriage by a margin of more than 2-to-1.[311] In public testimony, she said: "To try to act as if there is a difference between 'civil unions' and same-sex marriage is dishonest, cowardly, and extremely disrespectful to the people of Hawaii who have already made overwhelmingly clear our position on this issue, … As Democrats, we should be representing the views of the people, not a small number of homosexual extremists."[312]

That same year, she asserted that existing harassment figures showed Hawaii's schools were "not rampant with anti-gay harassment" and opposed a planned study that asked students about their sexuality.[63][313]

In 2012, Gabbard apologized for her "anti-gay advocacy"[314] and said she would "fight for the repeal" of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).[315] In June 2013, she was an initial cosponsor of the legislation to repeal DOMA.[316]

Gabbard was a member of the House LGBT Equality Caucus.[317] She received ratings of 92%, 88%, 100%, and 84% for her four congressional terms for pro-LGBT legislation from the Human Rights Campaign, a group that advocates for LGBT rights.[318]

During a 2016 interview, Gabbard said that while her opinions on gay rights as a policy had changed, her personal views on gay people had not.[319] After launching her presidential campaign in 2019, she apologized again[314] and said that her views had been changed by her experience in the military "with LGBTQ service members, both here at home and while deployed".[7][320] After criticism from Democrats over her past anti-gay remarks, she was defended by conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, journalist Glenn Greenwald, and openly gay representative Sean Patrick Maloney.[321][322]

On December 10, 2020, Gabbard and Republican U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin introduced a bill titled the "Protect Women's Sports Act" that would seek to define Title IX protections on the basis of an individual's biological sex, making it a violation for institutions that receive federal funding to "permit a person whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls". If passed, this bill would effectively ban many transgender athletes from participating in programs corresponding with their gender identity.[323][324][325] After introducing the bill, Gabbard was condemned by activists and LGBT organizations, including the Human Rights Campaign, which said: "Gabbard has lost all credibility as an ally."[326]

On April 4, 2022, Gabbard endorsed Florida's Parental Rights Bill which forbids discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public school classrooms for kindergarten through third grade. Gabbard stated the bill "bans government and government schools from indoctrinating woke sexual values in our schools to a captive audience". She also suggested the bill should apply to all grades.[327][328]

## Personal life

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Gabbard in 2013

Gabbard lived in Hawaii for most of her early childhood and has been a lifelong surfer.[329] A yoga enthusiast,[330] she regularly practices morning yoga and meditation.[43][331] She has mentioned being a vegetarian,[31][50] though some sources have reported her as a vegan.[329] She follows the Vaishnava tradition of the Hindu faith,[332][50] and values as her spiritual guide the Bhagavad Gita,[333] which includes the principles of Karma[334][335] and Dharma.[335] She has also described herself as a Karma Yogi (action-oriented Yogi).[336] She took the oath of office in 2013 with her personal copy of the Gita.[332]

After moving to Washington DC, Gabbard lived across the Anacostia River with her sister, Vrindavan, a US Marshal.[31] She has worked on several efforts for military veterans, and also noted being inspired by former President Kennedy.[337] Among other activities in D.C., Gabbard has been participating in the celebration of Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, along with members from the Indian-American community.[338] In 2016, she supported the campaign by Hindu-Americans[339] for a Diwali commemorative stamp in the United States, noting that the Diwali festival honors values such as righteousness "that transcend different religions, and backgrounds.”[340]

Earlier in Hawaii, she was briefly associated with Science of Identity Foundation (SIF), a Vaishnava Hindu and Bhakti Yoga affiliated organization.[341][48][342] She described that SIF's leader, Mr. Butler, was like a guide and "essentially like a Vaishnava Hindu pastor" during her early years.[47] Gabbard has often mentioned that the teachings of selfless action from the Gita,[333] motivated her towards social work.[40] Later in 2014, as a Congresswoman, she also presented a copy of Gita to India's Prime Minister Modi, on the latter's visit to the United States.[343] Gabbard supported the efforts of PM Modi for declaration of an International Yoga Day by the United Nations.[344][331]

At the age of 21, in 2002, Gabbard married Eduardo Tamayo.[345][346] She was deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005, serving with the National Guard. Gabbard was divorced in 2006, citing "the stresses war places on military spouses and families" as a reason for the divorce.[347] In 2015, Gabbard married freelance cinematographer and editor Abraham Williams, the son of her Honolulu office manager, in a traditional Vedic wedding ceremony.[348][349] While on Meghan McCain's podcast in 2024, Gabbard mentioned that she and Williams had tried to start a family and had undergone several in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, without success.[350]

Having grown up in Hawaii, Gabbard has noted her lifelong appreciation for the Hawaiian culture and its Aloha spirit, which broadly refers to values such as peace, compassion, and pleasantness.[351][352] She often greets others with the Aloha salutation, describing it as "I come to you with respect and with love."[353]

## Awards and honors

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On November 25, 2013, Gabbard received the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at a ceremony at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government for her efforts on behalf of veterans.[337] On March 20, 2014, Elle magazine honored Gabbard, with others, at the Italian Embassy in the United States during its annual "Women in Washington Power List".[354]

On February 26, 2015, Gabbard received the National Association of Counties County Alumni Award for her "steadfast commitment to the nation's counties".[355] On July 15, 2015, Gabbard received the Friend of the National Parks Award from the National Parks Conservation Association.[356]

On September 30, 2018, Gabbard received the Ho'ola Na Pua Advocacy Award for "her dedication to serving and empowering human trafficking survivors in Hawaii" at their annual Pearl Gala.[357] On October 16, 2018, Gabbard was honored as Hawai'i Pacific University's 2018 Paul T. C. Loo Distinguished Alumni.[358]

## Published works

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* Gabbard, Tulsi (2024). For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 9781684514854.
* Gabbard, Tulsi (2021). Is Today the Day? (Edition-II). Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9781455542321.
* Gabbard, Tulsi (2019). Is Today the Day?. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9781455542314.
* Gabbard, Tulsi (2019). I Am Tulsi Gabbard. Flippin Sweet Books. ISBN 9781797674292.

## See also

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* List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress
* List of Hindu members of the United States Congress
* Women in the United States House of Representatives

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253. ^ Jaeger, Kyle (December 8, 2020). "Congress Cautions Military Leaders About Marijuana Punishments For Recruits In Defense Bill Report". Marijuana Moment. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
254. ^ Angell, Tom. "Tulsi Gabbard Endorses Legalizing Drugs". Forbes. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
255. ^ "House Democrats who backed refugee bill face social media backlash". The Guardian. November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
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259. ^ Hayden, Michael Edison; Thorbecke, Catherine; Simon, Evan (December 4, 2016). "At Least 2,000 Veterans Arrive at Standing Rock to Protest Dakota Pipeline". ABC News.
260. ^ Medina, Daniel A. (September 30, 2016). "Congress Members Send Letter Urging Obama to Stop Controversial Pipeline". NBC News.
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304. ^ Marcos, Cristina (December 18, 2019). "Gabbard votes 'present' on impeaching Trump". The Hill. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
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308. ^ Peterson, Beatrice; Mitropoulos, Arielle (December 29, 2019). "Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment will only 'embolden' Trump, increasing his reelection chances". ABC News. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
309. ^ "Same-sex marriage strongly rejected". Honolulu Star Bulletin. November 4, 1998. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
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312. ^ Antone, Rod (February 20, 2004). "Civil unions bill likely dead again". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. A1 (cont'd on A9). Retrieved June 9, 2022.
313. ^ DePledge, Derrick (April 18, 2004). "Few gays report harassment at school". The Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
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320. ^ Choi, Matthew. "Tulsi Gabbard apologizes for past anti-LGBT rhetoric". POLITICO. Retrieved January 17, 2019. "The lawmaker previously apologized for her comments about LGBT issues in 2012 when she was first elected to Congress."
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322. ^ Samuels, Brett (January 16, 2019). "Openly gay lawmaker defends Gabbard over past LGBT comments". The Hill. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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324. ^ Mosbergen, Dominique (December 10, 2020). "Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Anti-Transgender Bill After Claiming To Be LGBTQ-Friendly". Huffington Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
325. ^ "Reps. Gabbard and Mullin Introduce Bill to Ensure Title IX Protections for Women and Girls in Sports". December 10, 2020. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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327. ^ Leeman, Zachary (April 4, 2022). "Tulsi Gabbard Says Florida's Bill Targeting 'Woke Sexual' Teaching in Schools Doesn't Go Far Enough". Mediaite. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
328. ^ Blitzer, Ronn (April 4, 2022). "Tulsi Gabbard supports Florida's parental rights bill for banning 'woke sexual' indoctrination in schools". Fox News. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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