Former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has indicated she would accept an offer to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate in 2024, saying she is ready to serve the country again on the front lines of an important battle for democracy.
In a recent interview, Gabbard expressed her willingness to join Trump’s team, believing the Biden administration is destroying the country.
“I’m ready,” she said.
“I’m ready because I know what is at stake, in a deep and visceral way, in this election,” she added.
She views rooting out entrenched interests in Washington as vital and says it will take “joyful warriors” to fight powerful unelected forces undermining the American people.
“If that call came, I would say yes, and I’d be honored to serve my country in that way and to be in a position first, to help win this election, to stop the Democrat elite from destroying our country, and then actually begin the real work of getting our country back on track,” Gabbard said.
“And that starts with having people of courage in our government who care more about the country than they do about the political elite in Washington and actually rooting out the deep rot that exists within our bureaucracy, the administrative state, the deep state in Washington,” she said.
“It’s gonna take a team of joyful warriors to go and fight that fight. Because as we’ve seen time and time again, there are a lot of powerful people who are unelected and doing everything they can to hold onto their power at the cost of the well-being of the American people,” she added.
Gabbard has been outspoken that Biden should not be reelected, and previously turned down an offer to be the vice presidential candidate for independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“We cannot allow Joe Biden to be re-elected. Period,” she said previously.
“Otherwise, I am sincerely and deeply concerned. If the Biden-Harris administration or any of the other Democrats are allowed to remain in power, we will not be able to get these freedoms back,” she said.
“I met with Kennedy several times, and we have become good friends. He asked if I would be his running mate. After careful consideration, I respectfully declined,” Gabbard said.
