Former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on Monday announced her departure from the Democratic party citing concerns with the party’s support of far-left radical ideologies. In her latest interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, she explained that their party is “controlled by fanatical ideologues.”
“I love our country and I took an oath as a service member, as a soldier, as well as a member of Congress to support and defend the Constitution. That’s an oath I take extremely seriously,” she said on Tuesday. “When you look at this party, today’s Democratic Party, it’s controlled by fanatical ideologues who hate freedom. They despise the Constitution. They actively find ways to undermine our God-given rights enshrined in the Constitution like freedom of speech.”
“They will do all that they can to destroy you, silence you, smear you, work with Big Tech, work with corporate media to actively destroy anyone who dares even question their agenda. They are against freedom of religion,” Gabbard said. “They are hostile towards people of faith, people who have their own spiritual practice, especially Christians, finding ways to be vindictive, to discriminate, to punish people who happen to exercise that freedom of religion. The list goes on and on but the foundation of freedom is really what was at the heart of my making this decision that I cannot be a member of the party that is against freedom and actively trying to undermine it.” She continued.
Gabbard was contesting the Democratic nomination for the presidential race in 2020 and suspended her campaign during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. She was one of the only few centrist Democrats until her announcement earlier this week. She had previously criticized the Biden administration’s policies on the border and attack on “MAGA Republicans” she had also criticized the recent August 8th FBI raid on former President Trump’s private residence, Mar-a-Lago calling it a “blatant abuse of power.”
She is also a vocal critic of America’s involvement in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
“Rather than taking a stand for peace, for prosperity, security and freedom of the American people, we have too many people in Washington who are warmongers subservient to the military-industrial complex and continuing to put their own selfish interests or the interests of their donors first with no mind for the cost and consequence that their decisions have on the American people,” Gabbard said. “This is exactly what we are seeing right now with President Biden and leaders in Congress whose decisions are actively pushing us to the brink of a nuclear holocaust.”
I believe in a government of, by and for the people. Unfortunately, today’s Democratic Party stands for a government of, by, and for the powerful elite. If you can no longer stomach the cowardly wokeness of Dem Party idealogues, I invite you to join me. https://t.co/dhwhfqdK27 pic.twitter.com/ReqII3pwDZ
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) October 12, 2022
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