Tulsi Gabbard leaves Democratic Party, denounces it as 'elitist cabal' - Fox News

Former Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Tulsi Gabbard announced she near the Democratic Party connected Tuesday, denouncing the enactment arsenic an "elitist cabal."

Gabbard, who retired from the House of Representatives successful 2021, attacked the instauration successful a astir 30-minute video posted to her YouTube account. She did not denote plans to articulation the Republican Party oregon follow immoderate different governmental affiliation, however.

"I tin nary longer stay successful today’s Democratic Party that is present nether the implicit power of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who disagreement america by racializing each contented & stoke anti-white racism," Gabbard said successful an excerpt posted to Twitter.

She went connected to telephone connected different mean Democrats to travel successful her footsteps.

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Tulsi Gabbard, erstwhile Representative from Hawaii, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) successful Orlando, Florida, U.S., connected Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"I judge successful a authorities that is of the people, by the radical and for the people. Unfortunately, today's Democratic Party does not. Instead, it stands for a authorities that is of, by and for the almighty elite," she continued. "I'm calling connected my chap communal sense, independent-minded Democrats to articulation maine successful leaving the Democratic Party."

Gabbard's announcement served arsenic the inaugural occurrence of the Tusli Gabbard Show, a podcast she is present running.

Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, listens during a Democratic statesmanlike superior statement hosted by CNN/New York Times astatine Otterbein University connected Oct. 15 successful Westerville, Ohio. President Trump defended Gabbard against claims by Hillary Clinton that she was being groomed by Russia to beryllium a third-party 2020 statesmanlike candidate. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Gabbard has grown progressively estranged from the Democratic constitution since her failed candidacy successful the 2020 statesmanlike primary. She has besides go a vocal professional of President Biden, denouncing him for "pouring substance connected the flames" of part successful the country.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich praised Tulsi for ditching the Democrats successful a Tuesday connection connected Fox News. He argued that she is 1 of galore Americans who traditionally person voted bluish but present find the Democrats unrecognizable.

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[Gabbard] has ever been benignant of an autarkic maverick," Gingrich said. "And I deliberation erstwhile she ran for president, she realized however truly isolated she was from the large bulk of the Democratic Party, which is now, frankly, a beauteous weird party….I deliberation you're seeing this drift. And we've surely seen among Latinos a immense drift towards the Republican Party arsenic they're driven distant by the weirder policies of the Democratic Party."

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