President-elect Donald Trump met with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) on Monday, reportedly to discuss a possible position in his cabinet, and a senior member of the transition team now says the congresswoman is “under serious consideration.”
But Rep. Gabbard is also explaining a primary reason why she wanted to meet with the President-elect.
“President-elect Trump asked me to meet with him about our current policies regarding Syria, our fight against terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as other foreign policy challenges we face,” Gabbard said in a statement after her meeting with Trump:
“While the rules of political expediency would say I should have refused to meet with President-elect Trump,” Gabbard added, “I never have and never will play politics with American and Syrian lives.”
Having strong views on U.S. foreign policy is not new for Gabbard.
As Rare noted on Monday, “Gabbard made headlines during the presidential election when she stepped down as vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in order to endorse and support Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).”
