Tulsi Gabbard

That is not a solution.

Illegally crossing our border.

Not 5,000 people coming to our border and showing papers or applying for a work visa or any of these other things.

It was up to 5,000 people illegally crossing our border.

What ended up happening was President Biden signed an executive order that essentially did that same thing, which he is now touting.

And there has been a reduction of people illegally coming across our border since he did that.

like two months ago, after three years of saying our border is secure, obviously an election year ploy.

But once again, it doesn't actually solve the problem, just like the legislation didn't solve the problem.

You and me and most people.

And this is, you know...

Here's why I'm hopeful and why I'm doing all that I can to get out and talk to people, share my own experiences with people, answer their questions and concerns wherever I can, on any platform I can, is because I know that there are so many people who feel as you and I do, incredibly frustrated.

and not really seeing a way out, given how much gridlock there is in Washington and how too many politicians are putting their own self-serving interests ahead of the interests of the country.

This is why we don't have anywhere close to 80, 90, 100% voter turnout because people feel hopeless and don't feel like my vote and my voice will make a difference.

The powers that exist in this broken system are too great, but that's wrong.

It's not true.

I do understand that feeling of hopelessness, but the only way we change this

is at a bare minimum being informed voters and holding leaders accountable and not turning a blind eye when it's the party that we like

not being blind followers, being critical thinkers, not believing everything that you hear and what people say, but actually being informed, being critical thinkers, and voting.

That is how in this system we can bring about wholesale change by putting the right people in office who are committed to the Constitution and to our country and who have a backbone and the courage

to root out the deep rot of corruption that exists within every agency of our federal government.