Tuli gabard the former Democrat turned independent has thrown her support behind Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential race at a National Guard conference in Detroit gabard urged Americans to unite against what she called political retaliation and abuse of power endorsing Trump as the leader to save our country once a democratic congresswoman from Hawaii Gabbert has become a vocal critic of her former party calling it an elitist cabal of warmongers she also criticized vice president kamla Harris whom she debated during the 2019 Democratic primaries now Gabbert is set to help Trump prepare for his upcoming debate against Harris marking a significant shift in her political alliances