Democrats dump Tulsi Gabbard after Trump taps her for DNI post

Some Democratic lawmakers blasted former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard after President-elect Trump tapped her to serve as director of national intelligence, a Cabinet-level post.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., declared in a post on X that she was “appalled” by the selection of Gabbard for the role.

“Not only is she ill-prepared and unqualified, but she peddles conspiracy theories and cozies up to dictators like Bashar-al Assad and Vladimir Putin,” Spanberger claimed in a post on X.

TRUMP DISMISSES TULSI GABBARD AS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: ‘FEARLESS SPIRIT’

Former President Trump dances as he leaves the stage after speaking with former Representative Tulsi Gabbard during a town hall meeting in La Crosse, Wis., on August 29. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., called the selection of Gabbard as DNI “incredibly reckless,” declaring in a post on X: “Putting someone with known sympathies for foreign adversaries isn’t putting America’s interests first — it’s putting our security at risk.”

Rep. Seth Magaziner, DR.I., seemed to suggest that having Gabbard serve as DNI would jeopardize national secrets.

“Tulsi Gabbard’s deep ties to some of our nation’s most dangerous adversaries, including Bashar al-Assad of Syria and Vladimir Putin of Russia, make her an untrustworthy keeper of our nation’s most confidential secrets,” Magaziner said in the statement.

“As the highest-ranking intelligence official in the federal government, she would have access to information ranging from our nation’s nuclear weapons program to the locations and activities of our military service members, and we cannot risk that information falling into the hands of our adversaries,” he argued he.

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Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a Trump campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC, on October 22. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gabbard served in the United States House of Representatives from early 2013 to early 2021 as a Democrat. She offered a presidential run in 2019, but ultimately dropped out in 2020 and endorsed Joe Biden.

The former lawmaker endorsed Trump in the 2024 election and announced she was joining the Republican Party.

“I have been a soldier for over 21 years and currently serve as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve,” she noted in a post on Veterans Day this week.

TULSI GABBARD SAYS TRUMP ‘LISTENS’ AND ‘RECOGNIZES’ CHALLENGES AMERICANS FACE

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a Trump campaign event at Fly Advanced in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 3. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“The best way for us to honor our veterans, not only on #VeteransDay, but every day, is to ensure that our men and women in uniform are sent into harm only as a last resort when all diplomatic measures have been exhausted. , and actually take care of them and their families if and when they return home,” she noted.

Fox News Digital attempted to reach Gabbard for comment Thursday.