The speeches that have shaped Tulsi Gabbard's career
Over the years she has expressed messages of respect and admiration for the Army, unity at the national level, and peace beyond the borders.
Tulsi Gabbard has left the Democratic Party. She was not just another member of the party that Andrew Jackson created. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021 from Hawaii, and vice chair of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2016. She is the first Indian and the first Samoan-American to vote in Congress.
In April 2003, at the age of 22, she enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard, and was deployed to Iraq on the medical care team of the 29th Brigade Combat Team. In 2007, she graduated from Officer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy and was deployed to Kuwait in 2008 and 2009. She was the first woman to be decorated by the Kuwait National Guard. She received a medical combat medal and a meritorious service medal. In 2015 she was promoted from captain to commander in the Army.
She has combined her military career with politics. She joined Hawaii's Congress in 2002, at the age of 21. Since then she has given many speeches, in which she has expressed her messages of respect and admiration for the Army, unity at the national level, and peace across borders. These are some of those important speeches.
2012: speech to veterans
Memorial Day 2012
In another address to veterans, she explains how she believes this appreciation should move us:
June 4, 2013: On Title IX
2014: Reforming the military judicial system
2016: Against military interventions
Gabbard is an advocate that the role of the U.S. Army is homeland defense, not regime change outside the borders.
2020: Announcement of his presidential campaign
If any speech marks a politician's career, it is her announcement of her presidential run. In it she expressed in a simple and eloquent way what country she wants to leave after passing through the White House. This is what Tulsi Gabbard was saying in 2020:
2022: Abandoning the Democratic Party
The former congresswoman has not changed her way of thinking since she entered politics 20 years ago. But her party has been transformed. That is why Tulsi Gabbard is abandoning it and calling on other like-minded Democrats to follow suit.