Tulsi Gabbard: US leaders must reject 'racialization' of America as Virginia did with Youngkin-McAuliffe

The American people and their elected leaders, both regardless of party, should come together to reject the "racialization" being fomented before it leads society further down the path of division and tension, former Hawaii Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said Monday.

"I think that really is the critical thing here that when we have Democrats and Republicans in positions of leadership, of course they are going to be disagreements on different issues or how we approach solving the problems of the American people, but so long as the goal is the same, the goal being hey, we want to do what’s best for the American people and our country, then we know that progress is possible," Gabbard replied. "That’s where we absolutely need more than just saying leaders speak of the problems bigger than humanity. It’s manipulating the American people to – we see it very clearly and how everything in the country as being racialized."

Gabbard said some Democrats like former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe – who lost his bid for a second nonconsecutive term to Falls Church businessman Glenn Youngkin last week – represent that kind of increasing "racialization" and intentional division.