During a National Guard Association speech today, former Congressional Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) announced she is endorsing former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential campaign.
I am proud to stand here before you today, whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent, if you love our country as I do, if you cherish peace and freedom as we do, I invite you to join me and doing all that we can to save our country and elect President Donald J. Trump and send him back to the White House to do the tough work of saving our country and serving our people. Thank you very much, thank you very much Mr. President.
Gabbard joins fellow former Democratic party member Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in what has been described as a “unity party” by RFK Jr.’s presidential campaign running mate Nicole Shanahan.
During the speech, Gabbard spoke about Trump’s support for U.S. military personnel, stating:
I first deployed to Iraq with the Hawaii National Guard in 2005 as a member of Charlie Med. As those of you who were deployed during that time know it was the height of the war and sadly we took many casualties, and everyday we were confronted with that high human cost of war and that sadness as we boarded the plane when we left that we were leaving some of our brothers and sisters behind, only to lose others when we got home to suicide. So I mean what I say when I share with you that I know that President Trump understands the grave responsibility that a president and commander-in-chief bears for every single one of our lives. Whether you’re a Soldier, you’re an Airman, a Marine, a Sailor, or a Coasty, he keeps us in his heart in the decisions that he makes.
Gabbard continued, stating Trump exercised courage, preventing new wars during his administration:
We saw this through his first term in the presidency when he not only didn’t start any new wars, he took action to de-escalate and prevent wars. He exercised the courage that we expect from our commander-in-chief in exhausting all measures of diplomacy, having the courage to meet with adversaries, dictators, allies, and partners alike in the pursuit of peace, seeing war as a last resort.
