Tulsi Gabbard Wants To Battle!

Tulsi Gabbard is in the race.

The moderate Democrat from Hawai'i is throwing her hat in.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) announced her intentions to run for president. Gabbard will be the second female in this race. She along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) are considered the most serious contenders.

She will be facing an imbecile who has a 65% chance of winning reelection. Even though we are entering the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, many Americans are willing to give Donald J. Trump the benefit of doubt. He is still very popular among white non educated voters. They managed to help him win four crucial senate seats Democrats held in states he won in 2016.

Gabbard was born in American Samoa. She is an Iraq War veteran who currently serves on House Foreign Affairs committee. She made the announcement on social media.

Gabbard served in a field medical unit of the Hawai'i Army National Guard in a combat zone in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was later deployed to Kuwait. She previously served in the Hawai'i House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004. When she was elected to the Hawai'i House of Representatives at age 21, Gabbard was the youngest woman to be elected to a U.S. state legislature. She supports abortion rights, opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, has called for a restoration of the Glass–Steagall Act and changed her stance to support same-sex marriage in 2012. She is critical of aspects of U.S. foreign policy regarding Iraq, Libya and Syria.

She is the youngest person to declare her intentions of running for president.

When we stand together, united by our love for each other and for our country, there is no challenge we cannot overcome. Will you join me? #TULSI2020 https://t.co/bymLSiaRkF

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) January 12, 2019

"There are a lot of reasons for me to make this decision. There are a lot of challenges that are facing the American people that I'm concerned about and that I want to help solve. I look forward to being able to get into this and to talk about it in depth when we make our announcement."

"There is one main issue that is central to the rest, and that is the issue of war and peace."

Gabbard wants to address health care access, criminal justice reform and climate change as key platform issues in her campaign.

The Democrats are expected to have 20 or more contenders declaring their intentions.

Do you believe Tulsi Gabbard is ready to run for President of the United States?

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Yes. I believe that Tulsi Gabbard is capable of taking on issues. She would be a better choice than Donald Trump.

Yes. I believe that the Democratic Party is ready for new leadership. Tulsi Gabbard will be someone who I could vote for.

No. Tulsi Gabbard isn't capable of handling the pressures of being President of the United States. She would be clobbered by Donald Trump.

No. I will not support a corporate Democrat. Tulsi Gabbard supports Donald Trump's policies and could oppose a progressive agenda. She won't embrace progressive values. I am not in support of her.

I don't have any comment on her. I got to have more information about her before I can pass judgement.

Gabbard as you may remember is a foreign policy wonk. She is considered hawkish on foreign policy. Donald J. Trump had considered Gabbard as a potential nominee for Secretary of State.

She sparked controversy when she met with Bashar al-Assad. She wants to stake out an anti-interventionist foreign policy. She supports the

Gabbard was an early supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his bid for president in 2016.

Gabbard also was extremely critical of former Democratic National Convention chairman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

During the 2016 election, the propaganda being spread around caused a rift between Sanders and Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Gabbard is born of Samoan heritage. She is the first practicing Hindu lawmaker representing Congress. She is the first active member of the U.S. House of Representatives who is from American Samoa. There were two  U.S. Representatives who represent American Samoa (past and present) but are called delegates and have no voting rights on the floor. The late Eni Falemavaega was the Democratic lawmaker from the territory. He represented the territory until 2015.

The current delegate from American Samoa is Rep. Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS). She has no voting floor rights, only committee vote.

Many residents who were born in American Samoa are called U.S. Nationals and they require a passport to travel to the United States. They are not considered American citizens and struggle to find jobs on the mainland because of that status. The Supreme Court rejected court hearings before and looks likely to do so with the wing swaying conservative.

I know I would like to see advocate all Americans a right to vote in the presidential elections.

American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands are U.S. administrative territories. They have approximately 5.2 million residents, a U.S. lawmaker who is a delegate and no voting rights in  the American general election. Hopefully this new Congress does something to change the outcome. Doubt it with Republicans in the Senate and a paranoid Donald J. Trump warning he will veto bills that undermine him.

Gabbard is a U.S. citizen but since American Samoa is a territory, she will expect kookspiracy theorists to come after her. Birthers will once again raise their ugly head. The issue been brought up with Barack Obama, John McCain and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and their presidential bids. Obama faced the most criticism.

Will this become a birther issue?

After all the king of the birthers is currently occupying the White House.

Tulsi Gabbard is married to Abraham Williams. Her father Mike Gabbard is a Hawaiian state lawmaker and mother is Carol.