{"id":7910,"date":"2024-10-23T09:25:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2024-10-23T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:42:00","slug":"former-democrat-presidential-candidate-joins-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/former-democrat-presidential-candidate-joins-republican-party\/njackson\/2024\/10\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Democrat Presidential Candidate Joins Republican Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big news for the GOP!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Tuesday night rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, former Democrat candidate for president and independent Tulsi Gabbard formally announced she is joining the\u00a0Republican Party.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/48011613481_71d1a66c0e_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/48011613481_71d1a66c0e_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/48011613481_71d1a66c0e_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/48011613481_71d1a66c0e_c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/48011613481_71d1a66c0e_c-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/48011613481_71d1a66c0e_c-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/48011613481_71d1a66c0e_c-681x454.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tulsi Gabbard via Gage Skidmore Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gabbard recently joined the Trump campaign as an honorary co-chair for the former president&#8217;s transition team alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., another former Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For independent-thinkers like myself, there is no home in the Democrat Party.  However, there is a home for us in the Republican Party. <br><br>The Republican Party of warmongering elite Dick Cheney is in the past.  Trump\u2019s  GOP is a big open tent party of the people, equality,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lz19KyYERf\">pic.twitter.com\/lz19KyYERf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1848918876509086002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud to stand here with you today, President Trump, and announce that I&#8217;m joining the Republican Party. I am joining the party of the people,&#8221; said Gabbard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The party of equality. The party that was founded to fight against and end slavery in this country. It is the party of common sense and the party that is led by a president who has the courage and strength to fight for peace,&#8221; added Gabbard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Thank you very much, Tulsi. That&#8217;s great. Wow, that was a surprise,&#8221; said Trump. &#8220;That was really, she&#8217;s been independent for a long time. That&#8217;s a great thing. A great honor. Thank you very much, Tulsi.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulsi Gabbard served as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 through 2016 before resigning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the Republican Party <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TulsiGabbard<\/a>.<br><br>We are the party of the people.<br>We are the party of equality.<br>We are the party of peace.<br>We are the party of common sense.<br><br>And together, we will UNITE AMERICA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IQdTQBZjp\">pic.twitter.com\/4IQdTQBZjp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds\/status\/1848906232968396859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabbard left the Democrat party in 2022, declaring herself an independent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabbard represented&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/hawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hawaii&#8217;s 2nd District<\/a>&nbsp;in Congress from 2013 through 2021 as a Democrat. She serves in the U.S. Army Reserves with the rank of lieutenant colonel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch a live stream from the rally HERE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: President Trump in Greensboro, NC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBsm8Qk2XP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"house-ad\"><center><p class=\"sponsored\">Sponsored<\/p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0004\" class=\"has-inline-color has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.winred.com\/trump-national-committee-jfc\/lp-prsp-email-3-dollar-ask-vjd-db?recurring=true&#038;utm_term=db-tnc-em296-004&#038;source_code=db-tnc-em296-004\">President Trump is the only one who stood up for working families, and the DC elite want him destroyed. Kamala is raising over $1 Billion to crush his campaign. Will you chip in $3 before the day ends? \u2014 JD Vance<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news for the GOP! During former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Tuesday night rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, former Democrat candidate for president and independent Tulsi Gabbard formally announced she is joining the\u00a0Republican Party. Gabbard recently joined the Trump campaign as an honorary co-chair for the former president&#8217;s transition team alongside Robert F. 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