Tulsi Gabbard is, what they call in Hawaii, a “Tita”
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For those not familiar with Hawaiian pidgin:
Tita/moke
When someone says “tita”, there’s likely one person who comes to mind and everyone knows that you don’t mess with her. Tita is reserved for a tough local chick who is not scared to get in a fight and doesn’t take anything from anyone. She’s usually a tomboy, speaks pidgin, and is super defensive about her hometown and family. Moke is the male version of a tita.
She's actually Samoan, which automatically qualifies her as a Hawaiian tita.