Tulsi Gabbard

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So I announced that I was leaving the Democratic Party in October of 2022.

And I got a call from a publisher who saw my announcement.

I made a little video announcing the main reasons why I was leaving the Democratic Party.

Publisher called and said, that announcement read like a book outline and we'd love for you to write a book if you're interested.

So fast forward to book release date was April 30th, 2024.

So, you know, I was originally supposed to push the book out.

I think the original published date was summer of 23.

It took me a lot longer.

Yeah.

I mean, honestly, it all worked out, I think, for the best because the book came out at kind of a fortuitous time given what's going on in the country and with this election.

Yeah.

We made the New York Times bestseller list, which I was surprised by.

Congratulations.

I've heard so many stories about how that's very much an editorial decision on the New York Times part.

So I'm glad that it broke through.

And it's been encouraging how many people I hear from still

It's been a few months since the book came out, who either tell me that their own experience is reflected in my book about why they left the Democratic Party.

I met a young woman recently.

She's in her mid-late 20s talking about how her whole family's, they're all Democrats.