Tulsi Gabbard leaves Democrat party

Sophia FloresOctober 11, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 23: Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks at an — Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks at an “Our Bodies, Our Sports” rally to mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX at Freedom Plaza on June 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. The rally, organized by multiple athletic women’s groups was held to call on U.S. President Joe Biden to put restrictions on transgender females and “advocate to keep women’s sports female.”(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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UPDATED 9:58 AM PT – Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is leaving the Democrat party.

On Tuesday, she announced her decision to leave the party though a video posted to Twitter. In the video, Gabbard urged other Democrats to follow her lead.

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

Since 2002, Gabbard has held several offices as a Democrat. She has served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and she was the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 until 2016.

Gabbard campaigned for president as a Democrat in 2020. Once she dropped out the race, she put her support behind then presidential candidate Joe Biden. She has since been a vocal critic of the president.