Thanks for your thoughts. I, too, believe Gabbard has had an honest about-face migration, or nearly so. Ala Reagan....and for that matter, as did Trump, imo.
But if you look at Trump's interviews back in 1987 with Larry King and he professes to be a Republican.
But when you listen to that 1987 interview, he is ALL, 100% MAGA, not much different from him today. And he has so much anger at the USA being treated like patsies.
It is worth a listen. And, it explains why there were no wars during his Presidency, and why he pushed NATO countries to contribute their fair share.