{"id":2331125,"date":"2024-08-26T15:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump-at-national-guard-event-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:25:52","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump-at-national-guard-event-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump-at-national-guard-event-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard endorses Trump at National Guard event &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump-at-national-guard-event-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Democrat Tulsi \u200cGabbard publicly endorsed\u200d former President Donald Trump during an event for\u2062 the National Guard \u2062Association\u200d in\u2063 Michigan. The announcement\u200c coincided with the three-year anniversary of\u200d the Kabul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadliest-day-for-troops-in-afghanistan-since-2015\/\" title=\"Deadliest Day for Troops in Afghanistan Since 2015\">airport bombing<\/a>\u2062 that resulted in the\u2064 deaths of 13 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans must decide: support Tuberville or disappoint the majority of Americans on abortion once more.\">service \u2064members<\/a>. Gabbard criticized the current administration for escalating global tensions and expressed her belief that\u200b Trump can effectively lead the country as its commander in chief. Having\u200c left the Democratic\u200b Party in 2022, Gabbard has \u200dsince aligned herself with Republican candidates, emphasizing her commitment to foreign policy that prioritizes peace and the responsibility of leadership in avoiding war.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard endorses Trump at National Guard event<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1115277\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3134258\/high-profile-democrats-republicans-2024-endorsements-crossed-party-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"endorsed \">endorsed <\/a>former President Donald Trump on Monday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3134271\/watch-live-trump-rally-national-guard-association-detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"an event\">an event<\/a> for the National Guard Association in the battleground state of Michigan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The support from Gabbard, a former Democrat who ran for president against Vice President Kamala Harris in 2020 and served in the Army National Guard, came as the two marked the three-year anniversary of the airport bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, that left 13 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-interpreter-begs-us-to-extend-withdrawal-deadline-as-terrorists-strike-kabul-airport\/\" title=\"Afghan Interpreter Begs US To Extend Withdrawal Deadline as Terrorists Strike Kabul Airport\">service members dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This administration has us facing multiple wars on multiple fronts and regions around the world and closer to the brink of nuclear war than we ever have been before,&rdquo; Gabbard said. &ldquo;This is one of the main reasons why I&rsquo;m committed to doing all that I can to send President Trump back to the White House, where he can once again serve us as our commander in chief.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard, who has been helping Trump prepare for his debate against Harris, served in Congress from 2013 to 2021 and left the Democratic Party in 2022 because it had become what she called an &ldquo;elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.&rdquo; She has since stumped with Republicans on the trail, including in the 2022 election.<\/p>\n<p>Her endorsement of Trump centered on foreign policy and avoiding armed conflict overseas. Describing the United States as on &ldquo;the brink of war,&rdquo; Gabbard said Trump &ldquo;understands the grave responsibility that a president and commander in chief bears for every single one of our lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump (left) looks on as former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii (right) speaks at the National Guard Association of the United States&rsquo;s 146th General Conference on Aug. 26, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Gabbard said. &ldquo;We cannot be prosperous unless we are at peace. And we can&rsquo;t live free as long as we have a government that is retaliating against its political opponents and undermining our civil liberties, weaponizing our very institutions, against those they deem as a threat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The rally in Detroit came after Trump and Gabbard attended a wreath-laying ceremony earlier that day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery in the Washington, D.C., region with family members of some of the service members killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Critics of the Biden administration have sought to tie the chaotic and deadly exit to Vice President Kamala Harris in her campaign against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were going to do it with dignity and strength,&rdquo; Trump told rallygoers. &ldquo;We gave it up. 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Gabbard, who previously ran against Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential race and has served in the Army National Guard, made her remarks as they commemorated the three-year anniversary of the Kabul airport bombing that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members. She criticized the current administration for leading the country into multiple conflicts and bringing it closer to nuclear war than ever before. &#8220;This is one of my main reasons for supporting President Trump\u2019s return to the White House,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has been assisting Trump with preparations for his debate against Harris and left the Democratic Party in 2022 due to what she described as its transformation into an &#8220;elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.&#8221; Since then, she has campaigned alongside Republicans, including during the 2022 elections. Her endorsement focused on foreign policy and preventing military engagements abroad. She emphasized that Trump recognizes his significant responsibilities as president regarding national safety.<\/p>\n<p>During her speech, Gabbard praised Trump&#8217;s diplomatic efforts and his approach to peace over conflict: \u201cHe showed courage by exhausting all diplomatic options before considering war.\u201d She also highlighted that true prosperity can only be achieved through peace and criticized government actions against political opponents that threaten civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>The event took place after both Trump and Gabbard participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery earlier that day with families of those lost during Afghanistan&#8217;s withdrawal. Critics have linked this chaotic exit to Vice President Harris amid her campaign against Trump. In response to this situation, Trump remarked at the rally about how they had intended to conduct their withdrawal with dignity but felt it was mishandled instead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2331126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[39317,39103,37690],"class_list":["post-2331125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-national-guard-event","tag-trump-endorsement","tag-tulsi-gabbard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tulsi-gabbard-endorses-trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}