Hawaii government leaders mostly celebrate Tulsi Gabbard selection | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "Along with many of the nominations Donald Trump has announced thus far, the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to lead our nation's Intelligence Community reflects how unseriously the President-elect is treating positions of critical importance and trust," Hirono said in a statement "With each new nomination, Trump is making even more clear that the only thing he's serious about is running our country into the ground.
43% : "Moore said he believed Trump would give Gabbard a job in his administration, but more along the lines of something like leader of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
38% : This certainly signals a major shake-up that Trump promised.
34% : During her presidential bid that failed to get much traction, Gabbard apologized for her work for an anti-gay advocacy group founded by her father, the Alliance for Traditional Marriage, that helped pass a state constitutional amendment giving the Legislature the power to ban same-sex marriages prior to her becoming a state lawmaker.
10% : Gabbard, who represented parts of Hawaii as a Democrat in the state Legislature and in Congress before heaping criticism on and leaving the party in 2022, was announced as Trump's nominee for the Cabinet-level job Wednesday after helping Trump win the recent presidential election.
7% : "U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) criticized Trump for the pick.

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