With all the hoopla about Tulsi Gabbard turning on the Democrat party, it is difficult to know if she is sincere. Only time and actions will tell.
Here are some other politicians who left the Democrat Party to become Republican
(This site is still a work in progress)
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_party_switchers_in_the_United_States
https://www.ranker.com/list/most-influential-republicans-who-were-once-democrats/jennifer-lee?ref=collections_btm&l=381515&collectionId=2498
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/charlie-crist-21-famous-political-party-switchers-time/story?id=20788202
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- Michele Bachmann
- William Bennett in 1986, U.S. Secretry of Education
- Herman Cain
- ? Tulsi Gabbard in 2022, Hawaii U.S. Representative
- Phil Gramm in 1983, Texas, U.S. Representative and Senator
- Eric Greitens in 2015, Missouri Governor
- Rudy Giuliani, New York City Mayor, Attorney to President Trump, Democrat who became Independent in 1975, to Republican in 1980
- Jesse Helms in 1970, North Carolina U.S. Senator
- John Hoeven in 1996, North Dakota Governor and U.S. Senator
- Kay Ivy in 2002, Alabma State Treasurer, Lieutenant Governor, Governor
- Ron Johnson in 1997, Alabama State Representative
- Vernon Jones in 2021, Georgia State Representative
- John Neely Kennedy in 2007, Louisiana State Treasurer and U.S. Senator
- Larry Kudlow in 1981, Director of National Economic Council
- Jared Kushner Advisor to President Trmp and Director of Office of American Innovation has been Democrat, Independent and Republican
- Kari Lake went from Republican to Independent in 2006, to Democrat in 2008, to Republican in 2012, candidate for Arizona governor
- Trent Lott in 1972, Mississippi, U.S. Representive and Senator
- Roy Moore in 1987, Chief Justice of Alabama Supreme Court
- Ron Paul in 1997, Libertarian to Republican
- Mike Pence in 1980, Indiana, U.S. Representative, Governor, Vice President
- Rick Perry in 1989, Agriculture Commissionor and Governor of Texas
- Ronald Reagon in 1962 was president of the Screen Actors Guild and fiecely anti-Communis, Later became 33rd Governor of California and then 40th President of the U.S.
- Condoleezza Rice in 1982 because Carter invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and because her father was not allowed to register to vote by Democrats but Republicans allowed him to vote., U.S. National Security Advisor and Secretary of State
- John Rice in 1988, Alabama State Senator
- Frank Rizzo in 1986, mayor of Philadelphia
- Richard Shelby in 1994, Alabama U.S. Senator
- Chris Smith in 1978, New Jersey, U.S. Representative
- Tom Tancreda Colorado has been in Constitution , Republican, Independent and back to Republican in 2017
- Donald Trump in 1999, 45th U.S. president has been Republican, Democrat, Independent, and Reform. From Republican to unaffiliated in 2011
- Ivanka Trump in 2018, Daughter and advisor to President Donald Trump
