Tulsi Gabbard officially launches 2020 campaign | 02 Feb 2019 | Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) officially joined the race for for president on Saturday afternoon at a rally in her home state hosted weeks after she announced her campaign on CNN. Gabbard took aim at America's foreign policy establishment in her campaign announcement Saturday, blaming politicians in "ivory towers" for U.S. involvement in costly armed conflicts abroad. The Hawaii lawmaker pointed to her service in the state's Army National Guard as a reason for her desire to seek public office.