{"id":1459156,"date":"2024-02-24T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1459156"},"modified":"2024-02-24T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T03:30:00","slug":"why-possible-trump-vp-pick-tulsi-gabbard-is-visiting-mar-a-lago-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/why-possible-trump-vp-pick-tulsi-gabbard-is-visiting-mar-a-lago-soon\/1459156\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Possible Trump VP Pick Tulsi Gabbard Is Visiting Mar-a-Lago Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Possible Trump VP Pick Tulsi Gabbard Is Visiting Mar-a-Lago Soon<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

All of a sudden, people are abuzz over a small nonprofit\u2019s fundraiser at former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago Club\u2013because it features possible Trump VP pick Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tulsi Gabbard attends a live taping of “Hannity” at Fox News Channel Studios in New York City, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Steven Ferdman\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Event organizer Joni Bryan told The Epoch Times she is happy that the program supporting her Constitution-awareness group, the 917 Society<\/a>, is getting more exposure. The group is named after Constitution Day, Sept. 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But\u2014spoiler alert\u2014Ms. Bryan asserts: the former Hawaii congresswoman\u2019s March 7 appearance at the ritzy resort in Palm Beach, Florida, is unrelated to President Trump\u2019s big announcement<\/a> involving Ms. Gabbard and others.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 20, President Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, revealed at a Fox News town hall in Greenville, S.C., that Ms. Gabbard, a former Democrat, had made his \u201cshort list\u201d of possible running mates.<\/p>\n

Long before that revelation, Ms. Bryan had been in contact with Ms. Gabbard about serving as a guest speaker for the group\u2019s annual gala.<\/a><\/p>\n

Online, some people have suggested that, by appearing at Mar-a-Lago, Ms. Gabbard was becoming more directly aligned with President Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d (MAGA) movement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That may or may not be the case, Ms. Bryan said, adding, \u201cWe want every American to be proud of the Constitution. That\u2019s not a MAGA thing. That\u2019s an American thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Personal Meeting With 45<\/h2>\n

Ms. Gabbard made an unsuccessful run for president in 2020 as a Democrat, when former Vice President Joe Biden became her party\u2019s nominee. He went on to be declared the victor of the matchup with President Trump, an outcome that many dispute to this day.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Ms. Gabbard quit the Democratic Party because she was fed up with its increasingly radical, \u201cwoke\u201d ideology.<\/strong> In recent months, Ms. Gabbard has been critical of Democrats\u2019 various attempts<\/a> to keep President Trump off the 2024 general election ballot.<\/p>\n

Adding fuel to the VP speculation, Ms. Gabbard spoke of her admiration for the former president during a Feb. 22 speech<\/a>\u00a0at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

She said President Trump\u2019s sole remaining GOP challenger, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, has cast President Trump in a false light.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe claims that President Trump only cares about himself and that he\u2019s doing all that he\u2019s doing only for himself,\u201d Ms. Gabbard said. \u201cIf that were the case, wouldn\u2019t he just walk away from all this? Walk away from the headaches and the attacks, and all the stress that he\u2019s enduring right now?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Gabbard said she has met with the 45th president and has spoken with him \u201cat length.\u201d <\/strong>She also said she has witnessed \u201chis heartfelt interactions\u201d with her military friends.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet members of the US military during a stop at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, on Dec. 27, 2018. (Saul Loeb\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019ve seen how he has touched their hearts and moved them to tears as he expressed his appreciation for their service and their sacrifice\u2014no cameras, no crowds, just that heartfelt conveyance of appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said her interactions with President Trump have given her insights about \u201cwhat motivates him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s got nothing to do with what the Washington establishment is accusing him of,\u201d she said, calling him a fighter who shows \u201cstrength and resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reasons for Mar-a-Lago Invite<\/h2>\n

Ms. Bryan said she got the idea to ask Ms. Gabbard to speak for the 917 Society\u2019s Celebrating the Constitution event because she is a military veteran and has been an outspoken defender of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Ms. Gabbard was able to fit the program into her schedule this year\u2014and the date has been set for months, Ms. Bryan said.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 22, some media outlets trumpeted that a source had \u201cexclusively\u201d provided a copy of the 917 Society\u2019s invitation to Ms. Gabbard\u2019s speech. But the event hasn\u2019t been kept secret. The group\u2019s Facebook page<\/a> has been promoting Ms. Gabbard\u2019s speech since at least Jan. 27.<\/p>\n

Ms. Bryan said The Epoch Times was the first media outlet to contact her and ask how the program came together.<\/p>\n

Group\u2019s Message Suppressed<\/h2>\n

In any case, Ms. Bryan said she is grateful to see the word spreading about her group\u2019s event, thanks to the lucky timing of President Trump\u2019s revelation.<\/p>\n

Generally, she said, her group\u2019s social media posts get little traction online because the word, \u201cConstitution,\u201d has somehow become controversial. Ms. Bryan sees evidence that the group\u2019s posts are censored and \u201cshadow-banned,\u201d or suppressed.<\/p>\n

The group raises money to put printed copies of the Constitution into the hands of schoolchildren and find fun ways to educate them about it, Ms. Bryan said.<\/p>\n

A portion of the ticket price for the Mar-a-Lago event is tax-deductible; information is available at the917society.org<\/a>. The event also features another former presidential candidate, conservative commentator Larry Elder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want people to honor the Constitution,\u201d Ms. Bryan said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to unify our country around it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nashville woman and a handful of volunteers run the group. She says it\u2019s surprising how few Americans understand the Constitution or have even read it through a single time.<\/p>\n

Ms. Bryan said her own lack of familiarity with the Constitution became painfully apparent about a decade ago, when a civil rights attorney asked her if she had ever read the document. She was forced to admit that she hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

That experience inspired Ms. Bryan to start the 917 Society.<\/p>\n

The way that Ms. Gabbard has spoken out about the Constitution fits perfectly with the 917 Society\u2019s mission, Ms. Bryan said.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Ms. Gabbard criticized congressional leaders<\/a> for targeting \u201cdomestic terrorists\u201d in ways that were undermining people\u2019s constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

Shocking Experience<\/h2>\n

During a speech last year at a conservative gathering,<\/a> Ms. Gabbard recounted the surprising way that her Democrat colleagues reacted to a Constitution-related activity during her first year in Congress, 2013.<\/p>\n

As a freshman congresswoman, she responded to an invitation to participate in the annual Constitution Day reading of the nation\u2019s foundational document into the Congressional Record. She was pleased to be part of that reminder of the oath that leaders take to uphold the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Yet few of her Democrat colleagues showed up. When she asked why, Ms. Gabbard said she got a response that was \u201cdisheartening\u201d and \u201cshocking:\u201d Democrats told her they didn\u2019t participate because \u201cthat\u2019s a right-wing, Republican thing\u201d to do.<\/p>\n

Ms. Gabbard ran for president as a Democrat in 2020<\/strong>. But she has become increasingly aligned with the views of today\u2019s Republicans and political conservatives. In late 2022, Ms. Gabbard announced that she was leaving the Democrat party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Almost immediately after that, people started speculating that President Trump might choose her as his potential vice president. Greg Gutfeld<\/a>, a host of Fox News\u2019 \u201cThe Five\u201d commentary show, was among the earliest adopters of the \u201cGabbard-for-VP\u201d theory.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gutfeld commended Ms. Gabbard for her individualism, her \u201cachievements and ideas,\u201d rather than \u201cskin color and where she was born … [or] whatever her background is.\u201d She stands out as \u201cdifferent,\u201d he said, and \u201cI think she\u2019s going to be Trump\u2019s VP. So that\u2019s where this is going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others have stated that Ms. Gabbard might be a good choice for a military-related cabinet post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 02\/24\/2024 – 17:30<\/span><\/p>\n

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