Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has received an official endorsement from Tulsi Gabbard – a former congresswoman who ran to be the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2020, before distancing herself from the party.
On Monday, Trump welcomed Ms Gabbard, 43, to a stage in Detroit, in the key swing state of Michigan.
Ms Gabbard quit the Democratic Party in 2022, complaining of its “wokeness”, and has since become a regular and outspoken guest on Fox News.
Meanwhile, more than 200 Republicans who served under previous presidents and party leaders have given their backing to Trump’s rival, Kamala Harris.
In an open letter, former staffers for George HW Bush and George W Bush, and Senators John McCain and Mitt Romney said another Trump administration would endanger American democracy.
Ms Gabbard appeared alongside Trump to commemorate US service personnel killed in an attack in Afghanistan three years prior, using it as an opportunity to criticise the Biden administration.
Thirteen US service members and more than 100 Afghans were killed during the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
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