{"id":688,"date":"2022-10-13T12:07:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/?p=688"},"modified":"2022-10-13T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:07:36","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-officially-leaves-democratic-party-blasts-cowardly-wokeness-of-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/tulsi-gabbard-officially-leaves-democratic-party-blasts-cowardly-wokeness-of-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard officially leaves Democratic Party, blasts \u2018cowardly wokeness\u2019 of leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"date-info\"><span class=\"posted-on main-article\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-10-11T16:01:01-04:00\">Tue Oct 11, 2022 &#8211; 4:01 pm EDT<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-beyondwords-player=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/libertarian-tulsi-gabbard-leaves-democrats-blasts-cowardly-wokeness-of-party-leaders\/?utm_source=daily-usa-2022-10-12&amp;utm_medium=email\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 Former U.S. Representative for Hawaii and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday she is leaving the Democrat Party with a blistering attack on her former home, which has elicited excitement among her fans, skepticism among her detractors, and speculation as to her future political ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can no longer remain in today\u2019s Democratic Party that is under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers who are driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoking anti-white racism, who actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Constitution, are hostile to people of faith and spirituality, who demonize the police but protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, who believe in open borders, weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents, and above all, are dragging us ever closer to nuclear war,\u201d Gabbard\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1579788950696185859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a>\u00a0in a social media post launching her new web show:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4Z1x8Ou8VU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen title=\"Leaving the Democratic Party - The Tulsi Gabbard Show\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A vocal critic of her party, Gabbard has earned the affection of some conservatives for her independence from Democrat orthodoxy, including on issues such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/democrat-rep-tulsi-gabbard-introduces-late-term-abortion-ban\">third-trimester abortions<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/democrat-rep-tulsi-gabbard-wants-to-ban-men-from-competing-in-womens-sports\">women\u2019s sports<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/tulsi-gabbard-sues-google-for-suspending-her-ads-after-first-dem-debate\">social media censorship<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/child-abuse-tulsi-gabbard-blasts-bidens-dangerous-promotion-of-puberty-blockers\/\">transitioning minors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She is not a centrist, however; she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/gabbard-comes-out-as-only-2020-dem-to-support-third-trimester-abortion-limits\">voted in lockstep<\/a>\u00a0with the abortion and LGBT lobbies for most of her House tenure,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1579844901835264001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocated codifying<\/a>\u00a0abortion \u201crights\u201d in federal law prior to the third trimester,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/amid-leftward-lurch-democrat-2020-candidates-open-to-legalizing-prostitution\">favors decriminalizing prostitution<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SijCwTFdpeM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed socialist Bernie Sanders<\/a>, arguably the furthest-left option on all the domestic policy issues her statement mentions, for president in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>As indicted by her Tuesday statement\u2019s references to \u201cwarmongers\u201d and the \u2018national security state,\u201d a key part of Gabbard\u2019s right-of-center appeal stems from her common ground with isolationist and anti-interventionist sentiments that have long dominated the libertarian movement and for years have grown in popularity among more populist factions of conservatism.<\/p>\n<p>Many embraced Gabbard\u2019s declaration unconditionally:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats got Bill Kristol and we are going to get Tulsi Gabbard<\/p>\n<p>Winning<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/1579826814901706752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can no longer remain in today\u2019s 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 &amp; stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oAuTnxZldf\">pic.twitter.com\/oAuTnxZldf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1579788950696185859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop what you\u2019re doing and watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ppECQKl5T\">https:\/\/t.co\/1ppECQKl5T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kari Lake (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1579904049217818624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every word of this is true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O7A3Y5fR17\">https:\/\/t.co\/O7A3Y5fR17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1579891429480226816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Others counseled wariness, however:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tulsi is not now, nor has ever claimed to be a conservative. I blame much of conservative media who love to invite progressives on to trash the left w\/o debate. like the lionization of Bill Maher every time he says something that doesn\u2019t completely adhere to DNC talking points. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJnJ3d3x4R\">https:\/\/t.co\/lJnJ3d3x4R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; a newsman (@a_newsman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a_newsman\/status\/1579850037869563904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really don\u2019t trust Tulsi. She can be close on lots of issues and they way off on an important one. She needs much better aim \ud83c\udfaf before I care what she says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oAn3AtJJ6A\">https:\/\/t.co\/oAn3AtJJ6A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Debbie Huff (@georgiagirl211) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgiagirl211\/status\/1579876169851494401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m glad Tulsi got out of the water and saved herself from drowning; that doesn&#39;t suddenly qualify her for Captain of the Ship though.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hammy \u2708\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@e2pilot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e2pilot\/status\/1579875946936819712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah, like I&#39;ve told others, she&#39;s more like the Dems I grew up with. And like many of those Dems, she being pushed out as the party has veered leftward and become more intolerant of the &quot;big tent&quot; notion that it had. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bMsO7ELxvS\">pic.twitter.com\/bMsO7ELxvS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corbin Spencer (totally not Peter Henderson&#8230;) (@corbinspencer1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/corbinspencer1\/status\/1579878313266647040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u2019s name has been floated as a potential future presidential candidate or running mate for former President Donald Trump, with some speculating that leaving the Democrat Party would be a necessary precursor to such a move.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case,\u00a0<em>Fox News<\/em>\u00a0primetime host Tucker Carlson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1579865467967397889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a>\u00a0he will be interviewing Gabbard Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tue Oct 11, 2022 &#8211; 4:01 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) \u2014 Former U.S. Representative for Hawaii and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday she is leaving the Democrat Party with a blistering attack on her former home, which has elicited excitement among her fans, skepticism among her detractors, and speculation as to her future political&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/tulsi-gabbard-officially-leaves-democratic-party-blasts-cowardly-wokeness-of-leaders\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Tulsi Gabbard officially leaves Democratic Party, blasts \u2018cowardly wokeness\u2019 of leaders&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeeducationcouncil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}