Did Hindu values lead to Gabbard’s resignation? |
When I heard the name “Tulsi Gabbard” years ago I assumed that she was an Indian American, married to a Mr. Gabbard because Tulsi is a sacred plant to the Hindus. Later I learned that she is Samoan without any Indian roots. However, she is a devout Hindu, following the Vaishnava tradition. She was the first US politician I came across who had a completely different background and embraced our religion.
I was impressed to learn that she took her oath of office in the US Congress by holding the Bhagavat Gita and was named the “First Hindu in the Congress”. Tulsi saw active military duty including a deployment in Iraq during 2004-05 and later served in Kuwait. Taking arms in defende of one’s country and risking life is the ultimate proof of one’s patriotism in my book. As a member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) she served in the US House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021, from the second congressional district of Hawaii.
She has held the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel in the US army reserve since 2021. Tulsi grew up in Hawaii. She and her husband, Abraham Williams, also a Hindu of European and Samoan descent, got married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in 2015. She practices yoga and meditation every day. She is smart, knowledgeable, analytical, articulate, brave, proud of her accomplishments as well as heritage and a patriot. She ran for the US presidency in 2020 as a memb er of the Demo cratic National Committee but stepped down from the race in favour of Joe Biden.
It gradually became apparent that the DNC machinery was working against Tulsi, starting with Hillary Clinton labelling her a “Russian asset”. She left the DNC in 2022 and became an independent; she described the DNC as being “under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness”. It takes a lot of guts to clearly, concisely and bluntly declare a strong opinion like this knowing fully well that a block within the DNC hated her, and could come back to haunt her. Tulsi became a Republican in 2024. President Donald Trump not only embraced her but also nominated her for the important position of “Director of National........