Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard is national intelligence director, confirmed Feb. 11, 2025, by the Senate. She represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District after being elected to the office in 2012. She was the first Samoan-American and first Hindu member of the U.S. Congress. She was reelected in 2014, 2016 and 2018. She switched to the Republican Party in 2024 and President Donald Trump in November 2024 nominated her to be national intelligence director. Gabbard had been in active service for more than 10 years and has served in the Hawaii Army National Guard. Gabbard received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Hawaii Pacific University. In 2019, she announced she would run for the Democratic nomination for president; she exited the race in March 2019.
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"What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across…
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“Biden won’t allow Delta-variant COVID patients to get proven and effective monoclonal treatments even though there are 50,000-100,000 Americans infected by Delta EVERY DAY.”
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Tulsi Gabbard cites US arms sales to Saudi Arabia in falsely claiming Donald Trump supports al-Qaida
Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida."
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At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."
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"There’s a hacking conference that’s held every year in Las Vegas, where I think a 14- or 15-year old-girl from Florida hacked into a replica…
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Tulsi Gabbard is right: Citizenship denials are higher for military applicants compared to civilians
Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."
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Says President Donald Trump's "effort to roll back regulations means that Big Ag now gets to inspect its own pork" and "they decided to stop…
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"We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in…
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Farmers are declaring bankruptcy "in record numbers" and "the median income for U.S. farm households was -$1,548 in 2018."