Gabbard signals she would be open to being vice president

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) signaled she would be open to a role as former President Donald Trump’s vice president during a Friday interview on Fox News.

“I would be open to that,” Gabbard told host Jesse Watters, when asked if she would consider a vice presidential slot.

“My mission is to serve our country,” Gabbard continued. “I wanna be in a position to solve problems, Jesse, and we got a lot of ‘em to solve.”

Former President Trump recently confirmed a list of names on his shortlist for vice president, including Gabbard, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R).

The former president confirmed the names on his shortlist, but did not reveal when his running mate would be announced. Trump said “all of those people are good. They’re all solid.”

Gabbard is also slated to be at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort next week, where she will headline a fundraiser for the 917 Society during a night “celebrating the Constitution,” according to an invitation shared exclusively with The Hill.

Gabbard, also a former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, announced she was leaving her former party in late 2022, stating that it was “under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers who are driven by cowardly wokeness.”

“Instead, it stands for a government that is of, by and for the powerful elite. I am calling on my fellow, common-sense, independent-minded Democrats to join me in leaving the Democratic Party,” Gabbard said in a video statement. “If you can no longer stomach the direction that the so-called woke Democratic Party ideologues are taking our country, then I invite you to join me.”