Tulsi Gabbard
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Tulsi Gabbard's public career maps cleanly onto The Disruptor archetype. Her trajectory is defined by breaking with institutions she once belonged to, resigning a Democratic National Committee vice chair role in 2016 to back Bernie Sanders, later leaving the Democratic Party altogether, then aligning with Donald Trump and taking charge of the intelligence community she had long criticized.
“The position of the presidency certainly does unfortunately We have people too often who assume the presidency from a position of weakness because they're afraid of losing power. And so they make those calculated decisions not based on what is right for the right reasons, but instead driven by fear of loss of power and loss of influence.”
“Vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, one of the things that The rules of the DNC required was that officers of the DNC, of which we were as I think there were five or six of us who were vice chairs at the time, you have to remain neutral in a Democratic primary.”
“Mainstream media and those who are supposed to be in a position to be neutral arbiters to facilitate debates and forums and conversations so that voters can be best informed in who they want to vote for.”
“Less so recently, I agree with you, but less so recently. And this is one of the reasons why I left the Democratic Party, one of the foremost reasons.”
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