Former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard has mentioned that she could be open to serving in a second Trump administration, after condemning Democrats for forcing her out of the social gathering.
Gabbard mentioned that her place on Trump's transition crew was her high precedence in the mean time, however that she would wish to proceed working with the previous president after Election Day.
Appearing on Fox News to debate the Democratic Party's method to feminine voters, Gabbard was requested towards the top of the dialog by host Brian Kilmeade if she would wish to serve in the previous president's hypothetical new Cabinet.
The erstwhile Democrat mentioned: “We are all very, very focused on winning this election, getting out and reaching and speaking the truth about Kamala Harris' record and Donald Trump's record to voters. That will be an important task that will continue after Election Day.”
When pressed by Kilmeade—who mentioned: “That's not a no. That means that you'd be relatively open to it, right?”—Gabbard replied that she could be.
Newsweek contacted Gabbard's crew and the Trump marketing campaign for remark by way of e-mail.
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Gabbard endorsed Trump in August and criticized the Democratic Party for now not having a spot for her. The former congresswoman beforehand ran for the social gathering's presidential nomination in 2020, clashing on the talk stage with then-Senator Kamala Harris over the Californian's document as an legal professional normal.
Gabbard just isn't the one former Democrat open to a Cabinet place in the wake of a Trump victory. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who contested the Democratic main early in this election cycle earlier than changing into an impartial candidate, endorsed Trump in August after dropping out of the race.
In his endorsement announcement, Kennedy highlighted meals and drug coverage as areas he seemed ahead to engaged on with Trump, indicating a possible curiosity in a associated Cabinet function.
Harris has additionally instructed that she could be open to appointing unlikely political allies to her administration, saying that she would discover appointing a Republican to her Cabinet if she wins in November.
Speaking to Dana Bash in an interview on CNN, the vice chairman mentioned, “I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican.”
Mitt Romney, John Kasich and Susan Collins are among the many high candidates floated for the job.
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