5.1 Drug policy and criminal justice reform.

4.6 Post-presidential primary activities.

4.3.1 2012 election and first term (113th Congress).

4.3 United States House of Representatives (2013–2021).

4.1 Hawaii House of Representatives (2002–2004).

Gabbard endorsed Florida's controversial Parental Rights in Education Act and in 2022 was a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Since ending her presidential campaign, Gabbard has taken conservative positions on culture war issues, including abortion and transgender rights. In March 2020, Gabbard ended her presidential candidacy to endorse Joe Biden, and was succeeded by Kai Kahele in the House of Representatives on January 3, 2021. Her decision to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and her skepticism of claims that he had used chemical weapons were controversial. During her presidential campaign, she highlighted an opposition to military interventionism, although she has called herself a 'hawk' on terrorism. While a member of Congress, she served as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2013 to 2016, and resigned to endorse Bernie Sanders' campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.ĭuring her time in Congress, she frequently appeared on Fox News to criticize the Barack Obama administration for 'refusing' to say that the 'real enemy' of the United States is 'radical Islam' or ' Islamic extremism'. Gabbard served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard while deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was stationed in Kuwait from 2008 to 2009 as an Army Military Police platoon leader. In 2002, Gabbard was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives at the age of 21.

She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. Gabbard was the first Hindu member of Congress and also the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Tulsi Gabbard ( / ˈ t ʌ l s i ˈ ɡ æ b ər d/ born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer and political commentator who served as the U.S.

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