OAN Staff Blake Wolf
2:26 PM – Wednesday, November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has selected former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence.
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Gabbard, a former Democratic lawmaker and Army National Guard veteran, was elected after announcing she would leave the Democratic Party in 2022.
Since then, she has worked with Republicans in the party's fight to topple the globalist elite, revitalize the economy, end unnecessary taxation, fight forced “wokeness,” and stop illegal immigration at the southern border. Participating in
“They say he [Trump] He will be a dictator, and if he is elected, it will be the last election this country will see. It's funny. This is really crazy, it's hilarious. They justify their actions by telling themselves that in order to save democracy, they must destroy it. It is insanity and the mentality and mentality of a dictator. They are fighting a multi-pronged battle and will stop at nothing until they succeed,” Gabbard previously said.
Trump initially announced his decision to select Gabbard in a post on Truth Social before announcing his appointment at X.
“I am pleased to announce that former Congresswoman Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard will serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). For more than 20 years, Tulsi Gabbard has fought for our country and the freedoms of all Americans. As a former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, she has broad support from both parties and is now a proud Republican,'' Trump announced.
“I know Tulsi will bring to our intelligence community the fearlessness that has defined her distinguished career, defending constitutional rights and ensuring peace through force. Tulsi makes us all proud!'' Trump continued.
Gabbard previously ran for president as a Democrat in 2020 but lost, but she made headlines when she attacked then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential debate, effectively ending her campaign. Ta.
“Today, I want to return to the broken criminal justice system that disproportionately impacts Black and Brown people across this country. “I'm very concerned about that record,” Gabbard said during the 2019 Democratic presidential debate.
“She jailed more than 1,500 people for marijuana violations, among countless other examples, and later laughed about it when asked if she had ever smoked Maijuana. Blocking evidence that would free an innocent man from death row until and fought to keep people in prison beyond their sentences for use as California's low-wage labor force, in a place that impacts poor people in the worst ways. she continued, effectively ending Harris' 2020 candidacy.
Gabbard's successful exposure of Harris' weaknesses was deemed valuable to the Trump campaign, and Trump and his team used her ahead of the 2024 presidential debate. She has been working with Trump ever since.
“If I can help President Trump in any way, it's actually by sharing my experience with her on the debate stage in 2020 and, frankly, by sharing her experience that Kamala Harris has already shown. “It's about trying to help point out some of the ways that she's trying to move away from her record and move away from her position,” Gabbard previously said.
Gabbard's nomination as director of national intelligence could signal that President-elect Trump is moving away from military intervention in U.S. foreign affairs as the “America First” movement gains momentum.
Gabbard's new role will make her the White House's chief intelligence adviser, giving her oversight of 18 spy agencies while providing daily intelligence briefings to President-elect Trump.
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