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ABC Former Hawaii Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard is making new friends on the right. |
The transformation of Tulsi Gabbard, from a former rising star in the Democratic Party and Bernie Sanders acolyte to spokesperson for the extreme right, is almost complete after signing a deal with Fox News. All that's left is for her to declare an intention to run for President as a Republican.
The Samoan American, who ran for President under the Democratic banner in 2020, signed a deal with Fox News to become a contributor on the Rupert Murdoch network.
A spokesperson for Fox confirmed Gabbard’s hiring on Tuesday, Nov. 15,
Gabbard has emerged as a leading critic of liberals since, campaigning with a number of Trump-backed Republicans during the recent midterm elections cycle.
Last month, she announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party.
"I can no longer remain in today's Democratic party," she said on her podcast. "It's now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers, driven by cowardly wokeness..."
Gabbard accused the Democrats of "stoking anti-white racism," being contemptuous toward religion and police and driving the country closer to nuclear war.
"I can no longer remain in today's Democratic party," she said on her podcast. "It's now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers, driven by cowardly wokeness..."
Gabbard accused the Democrats of "stoking anti-white racism," being contemptuous toward religion and police and driving the country closer to nuclear war.
In 2012, Gabbard became the first Hindu elected to Congress. She joined then-Rep. Tammy Duckworth as the only two women combat veterans in Congress.
She began building a national profile during the 2016 election, when she demonstrated her independent spirit when she resigned from her post as vice chairperson of the Democratic National Committee to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president.
In 2020, she decided to run to be the Presidential nominee for the Democrats, abandoning a re-election campaign for her House seat. She left the Presidential campaign in March 2020 and endorsed Joe Biden.
During the midterm campaigns, she endorsed and campaigned for several Republican candidates, including election denier Arizona's gubernatorial candidate Keri Lake.
Even before she left the Democrats, Gabbard has made regular appearances on the Fox network over the last several months and on Monday served as a guest host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the channel’s top-rated prime-time program.
Her name has even popped up from GOP insiders as a possible candidate for President or Vice President for the Republican Party, even though she has not yet officially joined the GOP.
Like Donald Trump, she has expressed her admiration for Russia's Vladimir Putin and appears to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which aligns with some Republicans' wish to reduce funding and weapon sales to Ukraine.
As if the prove her departure from the Democrats was genuine, Gabbard went on to endorse and campaign for 13 Republicans for the Midterms. Ten of them lost.
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