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Tulsi Gabbard: “The direction of the Republican Party has changed…”

Featuring: Tulsi Gabbard, Republican | Director of National Intelligence

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Published | Video Starts at 26:00

Are you now declaring yourself Republican? I am. And that's as of when? About a week ago. This is really recent? Yes. Okay. Why. Why go independent to Republican? The direction of the Republican Party has changed significantly. It started with President Trump's first term in office and has continued here in the last year and a half or so into being what we now see, which is really the big open tent party. The way that he welcomed Bobby Kennedy and me and Elon Musk and Danica Patrick. She's never voted in her life, and now she's coming out and she's supporting Donald Trump, really bringing people together. (26:00–26:23)

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Asserts that the Republican Party has become a big open tent party since Trump's first term.

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