Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard accused Democrats of weaponizing identity politics in order to divide the country, claiming the party has devolved into becoming the “racists they claim to hate.”
In a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, Gabbard decried the Democratic Party for its policies on race that she says promotes “anti-white racism.” The former congresswoman specifically pointed to the Biden administration’s efforts to appoint women and people of color to his Cabinet, accusing the president of using token candidates to boost himself politically.
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“The White House [lists] off proudly all of these statistics and quote-unquote diversity in the Biden administration by talking about gender and race and sexuality but not talking about capabilities and accomplishments,” Gabbard said. “They’re directly betraying Dr. Martin Luther King's dream … judging us purely based on the color of our skin rather than on the content of our character. They become the racist that they claim to hate.”
Gabbard criticized Democrats on a number of other policy issues during her address, such as gender, education, and abortion — painting the Left as stripping the rights of Americans as part of their “blind pursuit of power.”
“No matter what our differences may be, as people who cherish peace, security, and freedom, we have no time to waste,” Gabbard said. “Our country is calling on us.”
Gabbard has become a well-known figure among conservative figures after the former congresswoman announced she would be leaving the Democratic Party in 2022. Since then, Gabbard joined Fox News as a regular contributor and campaigned for several GOP candidates during the midterm elections.
Gabbard has frequently hit out against her former colleagues in the Democratic Party, especially President Joe Biden, whom she ran against for the presidential nomination in 2020. Most recently, the congresswoman accused Democrats of operating under an “agenda of identity politics” similar to that of Adolf Hitler and German Nazis.
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Gabbard’s speech comes on the third and final day of the annual conservative conference in Washington in what has been billed as the year’s largest gathering of activists on the Right.
The conference will run until Saturday evening, ending with a keynote speech from former President Donald Trump. The event features several prominent conservatives, from GOP presidential candidates to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.