Tulsi Gabbard Prepares for Post-Congress Career With Pivot to the Right

The Hawaii congresswoman returns to the social conservatism that defined her early political career

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard this week introduced two bills calculated to appeal to social conservatives, a move that raises questions about the outgoing congresswoman’s political future after she leaves office in January.

Tulsi Gabbard in 2013. (Photo: AFGE)

The Hawaii Democrat’s proposed bills, neither of which stands a chance of being passed, take aim at the right to choose and gender identity. Both are frequent targets of the right.

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