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Then she completely abandoned the Democrat Party.

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Politicians grow. In my view, she has grown a great deal.

Watch the interview with Fox News, from two weeks ago.

She is growing. Right in front of our eyes.

The interview is maybe 10 minutes.

Watch her.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard

Gabbard’s mother was a practicing Hindu, and gave Hindu names to all her children. Gabbard’s given name, “Tulasi” in Sanskrit, is the word for holy basil, which Hindus regard as an earthly manifestation of the Goddess Tulasi.

Growing up, she was influenced by Vaishnava Hindu tradition, and was raised in part with the teachings of the Science of Identity Foundation (SIF), a breakaway sect of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

She has said Mr. Butler, the leader of SIF, was like a Vaishnava Hindu pastor and a guide to her. According to some sources, Gabbard was homeschooled through high school, except for two years at an all-girls SIF boarding school in the Philippines.

Gabbard settled into Hindu faith as a teenager.

Gabbard is vegan and, as a Hindu, follows Gaudiya Vaishnavism. She describes herself as a karma yogi. She values the Bhagavad Gita as a spiritual guide and took the oath of office in 2013 using her personal copy, which she gave to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the latter’s visit to the United States in 2014.

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Her MOS was Military Police. All her medals and awards are nothing special and look more like she was being groomed for something. She’s only a “combat veteran” because she served in an active war (Kuwait and Iraq), but she saw no actual combat.

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In July 2016, Gabbard launched a petition to end the Democratic Party’s process of appointing super delegates in the nomination process. She endorsed Keith Ellison for DNC chair in the 2017 chairmanship elections.

Gabbard was assigned as Bernie Sanders’s running mate in California for any write-in votes for him. Shortly after the election, she was mentioned as a possible presidential candidate for 2020

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However Gabbard has also expressed support for an easier path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, increasing skilled immigration, and granting work visas to immigrants. She said she would be open to a proposal for a border wall if experts say it’s warranted.

Gabbard has spoken in favor of a Green New Deal