Ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard switches to the Republicanspublished at 09:06 British Summer Time
While Barack Obama and Eminem were backing Kamala Harris in Detroit (see previous post), Donald Trump was in North Carolina.
There, Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman, said she was formally switching her party affiliation.
Gabbard said the decision was in part due to Trump's ability to "transform the Republican Party and bring it back to the party of the people, and the party of peace".
Gabbard became an Independent in 2022, after she was unable to secure the Democratic presidential nomination - but she has been vocally supporting Trump for some time, who added her to his transition team in August.