Tulsi Gabbard is an American politician and United States Army Reserve officer.
She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, before announcing in October 2022 that she had left the Democratic Party to become an independent.
She was the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021.
She is the author of the New York Times bestseller, ‘For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind’, available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL15KR1N/