Loading ...Given her background, Tulsi is a breakaway enigma. Her father is a fundamentalist Christian with strong anti-abortion and anti-gay views that became an issue in his elections in prior years. City council and local state representaton. And of course, if you enter politics in Hawaii, you better be a democrat. This is effectively a one-party state. I never cared for Mike Gabbard nor his views.
That Tulsi broke away from this paternal influence and became a Hindu with a much broader worldview is both commendable and suspicious to me. But so far her background of service and stated views seem to be on a good track for attempting change within the establishment. She seems more popular in Hawaii than her father ever was.