LACROSSE, Wis. – A Trump champion, former member of Congress Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, will be moderator at ex-President Donald Trump’s townhall in LaCrosse on Thursday. The announcement, from Trump’s re-election headquarters, suggested that Trump’s visit indeed would be a townhall format. Unclear were format details:
> Would a panel be on the podium with Trump? If so, who?
> Would questions be allowed from the floor? If so, would questioners be screened in advance? Would questions be screened? scripted?
Gabbard profile
Gabbert served four terms in Congress from 2013 to 2021. She was the first American Samoan elected to Congress. Although a Democrat, she voted frequently with Republican conservatives. In 2022, she dropped her Democratic affiliation and declared herself an independent. She is a paid commentator by Fox News. As a member of the Hawaii National Guard, she was deployed to Iraq in 2004 as a military police platoon leader. On foreign policy she is an anti-interventionist. On Tuesday Trump named her to his transition team to help organize his ascendency, if elected, to the White House.
Gabbard. She sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, then dropped out of the party.