The Democratic Party in Hawaii

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"I left the Democrat party because all of those things that I just talked about are gone. The leaders of today's Democratic party don't believe in really, freedom," he says. "To see that playing out before our eyes and this culture of fear ... is a real concern for me."

Tulsi Gabbard (born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer and political commentator who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard was the first Hindu member of Congress and also the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election,^[2]^[3] before leaving the party and becoming an independent in October 2022.^[1]