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The eight reasons Tulsi Gabbard left the Democrat Party are
perfect for explaining to your common-sense Democrat-voting
friends and family why their party has left them behind.

Former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday
that she is leaving the Democrat Party. �I believe in a
government that is of, by, and for the people,� she said on
Twitter. �Unfortunately, today�s Democratic Party does not.
Instead, it stands for a government of, by, and for the powerful
elite.�

In a YouTube video from the �Tulsi Gabbard Show� elaborating on
her decision, the former representative and American veteran
cited eight grave battles the Democratic Party is waging against
the American people as her reasons for leaving. These eight
reasons are perfect for explaining to your common-sense,
Democrat-voting friends and family why their party has left them
behind.

1. War on Rule of Law
Gabbard grilled Democrats for �demonizing� and defunding the
police, particularly during the summer of 2020, while
simultaneously �enacting laws that favor criminals� rights over
those of everyday Americans.� Indeed, radical, George Soros-
backed district attorneys in blue cities across the country are
refusing to prosecute criminals in the name of �equity.�

Not all Democrat attacks on law and order are that brazen,
though. Gabbard rightfully highlighted how the Obama
administration weaponized the IRS to target conservative
nonprofits. Since then, equal justice under the law has broken
down even further. In recent weeks, Biden�s DOJ raided the home
of pro-life leader Mark Houck, arresting him in front of his
wife and seven frightened children.

Shortly thereafter, the FBI raided the home of pro-life activist
Chester Gallagher for his role in leading a pro-life
demonstration. The agency also charged 10 of Gallagher�s fellow
demonstrators. If convicted, seven of the 11 pro-lifers charged
face 11 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000. �When the
party in power does not believe in the rule of law, but they�re
responsible for writing and enforcing laws, our democracy is
doomed,� said Gabbard.

2. War on Free Speech
There�s no such thing as free speech in a Democrat-controlled
America. As Gabbard explained, leftists no longer engage in
debate, they simply silence �speech that they don�t like� by
labeling it �misinformation� or �hate speech.� Much of their
success in the censorship crusade can be attributed to their
alliance with, as Gabbard puts it, the �corporate, for-profit
media and Big Tech.�

Perhaps one of the most insidious examples of Democrat and Big
Tech collusion was the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop
story, a censorship effort that interfered in the 2020 election
by limiting what information about then-candidate Joe Biden
reached voters� ears. The systematic suppression of the story
appears to have been a top-down, coordinated effort after Mark
Zuckerberg revealed that the FBI instructed Facebook (and likely
other platforms) to falsely brand the Hunter Biden laptop story
as Russian disinformation to censor.

3. War on Faith
�Today�s Democratic Party does not believe in our
constitutionally protected right to freedom of religion,� said
Gabbard, adding that Democrats �are hostile toward people of
faith and spirituality and actively try to undermine our
religious freedom.� Gabbard noted how her former party �chose to
omit the words �under God�� from the Pledge of Allegiance during
the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Democrat senators suggested that the Catholic faith of then-
District Court nominee Brian Buescher�s and then-Supreme Court
nominee Amy Coney Barrett disqualified them from approval.
Gabbard rightfully decried the senators� remarks as a
disgraceful violation of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution,
which mandates that �no religious Test shall ever be required as
a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United
States.�

4. War on the Second Amendment
�The Democratic Party�s hatred of the Second Amendment and their
increasing authoritarian instincts pose a serious threat to our
freedoms,� stated Gabbard, quoting Beto O�Rourke who said during
a presidential debate �H-ll yes, we are going to take your AR-
15s, AK-47s.�

The FBI is also being used to eradicate Americans� Second
Amendment rights after it was revealed that agents have been
secretly pressuring Americans into signing forms that relinquish
their constitutional right to own, purchase, or even use
firearms for years.

5. War on Civil Liberties
Speaking of infringements on Second Amendment rights, Gabbard
also addressed Democrats� shameless war on civil liberties in
general. She highlighted Democrats� support of Biden�s proposal
to allow IRS agents to monitor Americans� banking details and
Democrats� inaction when the FBI seized and withheld property
from innocent American citizens.

According to Gabbard, Democrats always �choose to side with the
security state instead of siding with our liberty�our freedom.�
The former representative recalled introducing legislation to
repeal the Patriot Act, the post-9/11 bill that the feds have
been using to spy on Americans since 2001, and to scale back the
FISA Court, which was famously manipulated by the FBI so agents
could obtain a secret warrant and illegally spy on the Trump
campaign, as part of the now-debunked Russian collusion hoax.
Democratic Party leaders refused to even allow Gabbard�s bill to
go up for a vote.

6. War on Racial Harmony
�Democrat leaders have reduced each of us as God�s children to
the color of our skin, using identity politics to tear us
apart,� said Gabbard, noting their promotion of racist Critical
Race Theory (CRT) in schools and the brazenly prejudiced actions
of Democratic leaders like Lori Lightfoot, who refused to be
interviewed by white reporters.

Leftist racism thrives on college campuses particularly. Schools
have racially segregated convocations, housing, and study
spaces. Gabbard adds that this behavior is being informed and
encouraged by the likes of �racial profiteers like Robin
DiAngelo and the corrupt, self-identifying cultural Marxists who
lead Black Lives Matter.� Democrats �have become the racist that
they claim to hate,� Gabbard added.

7. War on Women
Women no longer exist as a category in the eyes of the Democrat
Party, as the radical transgender agenda distorts our cultural
understanding of femininity, destroys female sports, and puts
real women at serious risk.

Gabbard explains that Democrats are �rejecting the objective
truth and reality that women exist and are not just a construct
in someone�s mind,� adding that �they�re demanding that we
replace words like �mother� with �birthing person.'� She also
drew attention to the disruption the left�s anti-woman agenda
has had on women�s sports. �They�re taking away opportunities
and futures from girls in sports by allowing transgender
athletes, who until recently identified as men, and who clearly
have a biological advantage of being a man, to compete against
women,� said Gabbard.

Another serious consequence of denying the biological component
of being a female is that spaces once reserved for women, such
as domestic abuse shelters and women�s homeless shelters, are
being invaded by men. Female prisoners are often issued birth
control and condoms because they are imprisoned with any male
inmate who claims to be a woman.

8. War on Family
Lastly, Gabbard discussed Democrats� pernicious goal to �strip
away the rights of parents to raise their kids.� Last year,
Democrat and former governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe said
parents should have no role in their child�s education, a
bizarre sentiment that�s even more concerning given that public
schools have become re-education machines for the left. �Public
school districts are implementing policies that sexualize kids
as young as five or six years old,� continued Gabbard. �Taxpayer
dollars are being used to bring in drag strippers and encourage
gender transition surgery in minors, all kept secret from their
parents.�

Our transgender Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine has
gone on record to support what is falsely termed �gender-
affirming care� for children, which Gabbard points out includes
dangerous �puberty blockers, chemical castration, and
irreversible surgeries that cause long-term harm to kids.� If
parents do not comply, �the federal government threatens to
bring in Child Protective Services� to �take your kids away,�
said Gabbard. �Families are the foundation of civilization and
our society, and today�s Democratic party�s policies are very
quickly eroding that foundation to the detriment of us all.�

Gabbard ended her video by �calling on [her] fellow common-
sense, independent-minded Democrats to join [her] in leaving the
Democratic Party.� �If you can no longer stomach the direction
that these so-called woke Democratic Party ideologues are taking
this country, I invite you to join me,� said Gabbard. Let�s hope
people do.