{"id":15055,"date":"2022-10-11T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=15055"},"modified":"2022-10-11T22:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T02:55:03","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-leaving-the-democrat-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/11\/tulsi-gabbard-leaving-the-democrat-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard Leaving The Democratic Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, the politisphere is buzzing this morning on the news that Tulsi Gabbard, who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii&#8217;s 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021 &amp; who ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/oct\/11\/tulsi-gabbard-says-shes-leaving-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is leaving the Democratic Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2UeyV6qGcK8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>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 and stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Constitution, are hostile to people of faith and spirituality, demonize the police and protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, 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. <\/p><p>I believe in a government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people. Unfortunately, today\u2019s Democratic Party does not. Instead, it stands for a government of, by, and for the powerful elite. <\/p><p>I\u2019m calling on my fellow common sense independent minded Democrats to join me in leaving the Democratic Party. If you can no longer stomach the direction that so-called woke Democratic Party ideologues are taking our country, I invite you to join me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>My immediate reactions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>No surprise, she\u2019s been telegraphing the split for months.<\/li><li>She\u2019s going to run as independent in 2024.<\/li><li>I don\u2019t trust her.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s right about the Democratic Party &amp; has staked out sensible positions on some cultural &amp; political issues\u2026 I\u2019m happy to watch her call out the democrat\u2019s extremism and I\u2019ll support her when she does, but I can\u2019t ignore her past record. I just don\u2019t trust her &amp; am little worried by the number of conservatives who seem to be blindly embracing her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/tulsi-gabbard-speaks-out-leaving-woke-democratic-party-loyalty-country-not-caucus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard speaks out after leaving &#8216;woke&#8217; Democratic Party: My &#8216;loyalty&#8217; is to the country, not the caucus<\/a> &#8211; Charles Creitz, Fox News<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/10\/11\/tulsi-gabbard-didnt-leave-democratic-party-the-party-left-her-with-its-far-left-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard Didn\u2019t Leave Democratic Party. The Party Left Her.<\/a> &#8211; Jarrett Stepman &#8211; The Daily Signal<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, the politisphere is buzzing this morning on the news that Tulsi Gabbard, who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii&#8217;s 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021 &amp; who ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, is leaving the Democratic Party. I can no longer remain in today\u2019s Democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[59,1406],"class_list":{"0":"post-15055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-culture","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-democrats","9":"tag-tulsi-gabbard","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-3UP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3145,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/06\/dodd-dorgan-to-retire-wont-seek-re-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":15055,"position":0},"title":"Dodd, Dorgan to Retire; Won&#8217;t Seek Re-election","author":"Jeff","date":"January 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2010 mid-term elections are still months, but things aren't looking good Democrats. 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