This is for the first time that the four-time Democratic lawmaker in the US house of Representatives from Hawaii has indicated that she may run for the presidency.
"I'm seriously considering it," Gabbard told a TV news channel on Wednesday in response to a question on her presidential aspirations.
American politicians belonging to Indian lineage have rose to eminence in the country’s political landscape in the recent past.If she announced her candidature, she would be the first Hindu ever to be running for the presidency in the United states. And if elected in 2020, she could be the youngest ever and first woman to be elected as the US president.
"I'm concerned about the direction of our country. I'm thinking through it very carefully," she said in response to a question on her presidential run.
"I'm concerned about the direction of our country. I'm thinking through it very carefully," she said in response to a question on her presidential run.
Representing Hawaii in the 4th parliament of the US, Democratics’ Gabbard, speaking to the media on Wednesday, stated that she is contemplating to run for presidency in the next elections.
If Tulsi cements her plans to run for the presidential election, she will be the first Hindu ever to contest for the presidency in the history of the US. Moreover, she can also helm the mantle of becoming America’s youngest and first woman president, but she’d first have to beat the Republican’s candidate, Donald Trump.
However, she must also contest the fellow Democratics’ candidates in the early elections of 2020 before running for presidency in November of the same year.
For the past few weeks, Gabbard is talking to the leaders of her party and is contacting American people of Indian origin to find out the reaction on this issue.
If she announced her candidature
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