Why Tulsi Gabbard Left the Democratic Party

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Mike talks with Tulsi Gabbard, a military veteran and four-term member of Congress who was Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. She caused a major stir when she left the party, which she’s written about in her recently released book, For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind, which is the focus of their conversation. Topics Mike & Tulsi Discuss Include: - what drew Tulsi to the Democrats in the first place - how she realized she no longer was a Democrat - if Democratic Party elites are warmongers - foreign policy and isolationism - the ‘wokeism’ of contemporary Democrats - the Democratic Party and free speech Check out Tulsi’s Website and follow her on X The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Mike’s other podcast is Sustainable Planet. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.0	Love the government. Welcome to the
1:12.8	politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
1:18.8	I'm Northern Kentucky University political scientist Michael Baranowski. My guest today is Tulsi Gabbard,
1:24.2	a military veteran and four-term member of Congress who was vice chair of the Democratic
1:29.2	National Committee. She caused a pretty big stir when she left the party, and she's written about
1:34.9	that in her recently released book, For Love of Country, Leave the Democrat Party Behind,
1:40.5	which we'll be talking about today. Tulsa Gabbard, welcome to the show.
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