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Gabbard voted "present" when the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] voted to impeach President [[Donald Trump|Trump]] in December 2019. In two video messages<ref>{{cite web |last=Gabbard |first=Tulsi |date=December 19, 2019 |title=A house divided cannot stand. And today we are divided. Fragmentation and polarity are ripping our country apart. Today, I come before you to make a stand for the center, to appeal to all of you to bridge our differences and stand up for the American people. |url=https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1207649784036614144 |access-date=December 19, 2019 |website=Tulsi Gabbard on Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gabbard |first=Tulsi |date=December 19, 2019 |title=My 'present' vote was an active protest against the zero-sum game the two opposing political sides have trapped America in. My vote and campaign is about freeing our country from this damaging mindset so we can work side-by-side to usher in a bright future for all |url=https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1207753618935308288 |access-date=December 19, 2019 |website=Tulsi Gabbard on Twitter |language=en}}</ref> and a press release, she cited [[Federalist No. 65|The Federalist Papers essay No. 65]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Jessica |date=November 18, 2019 |title=Fractured Into Factions? What The Founders Feared About Impeachment |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/779938819/fractured-into-factions-what-the-founders-feared-about-impeachment |access-date=December 23, 2019 |website=NPR |language=en}}</ref> and described her vote as a protest against "a political [[zero-sum game]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Sean |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Rep. Tulsi Gabbard explains why she voted "present" on the articles of impeachment |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/18/21029243/tulsi-gabbard-house-vote-present-trump-articles-impeachment-hearing |access-date=December 19, 2019 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Marcos |first=Cristina |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Gabbard votes 'present' on impeaching Trump |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/475233-gabbard-votes-present-on-impeaching-trump |access-date=December 19, 2019 |website=The Hill |language=en}}</ref> Gabbard introduced H. Res. 766,<ref>{{cite web |last=Gabbard |first=Tulsi |date=December 17, 2019 |title=H.Res.766 - Censuring President Donald J. Trump. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/766 |access-date=December 19, 2019 |website=116th Congress (2019-2020) |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gabbard |first=Tulsi |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls on House to Censure President for Putting Personal Political Gain Over National Interest |url=https://gabbard.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-tulsi-gabbard-calls-house-censure-president-putting-personal-political-gain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319181308/https://gabbard.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-tulsi-gabbard-calls-house-censure-president-putting-personal-political-gain |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |access-date=December 19, 2019 |website=House member Tulsi Gabbard |language=en}}</ref> which would [[Censure in the United States|censure]] [[Donald Trump|Trump]] for several of his foreign policy decisions and "send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked, while leaving the question of removing Trump from office to the voters to decide".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berman |first1=Matt |last2=McLeod |first2=Paul |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Tulsi Gabbard Was The Only Member Of Congress To Vote "Present" For Donald Trump's Impeachment |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/tulsi-gabbard-impeach-trump-present |access-date=December 19, 2019 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}</ref> A week later, Gabbard said she had serious concerns that the impeachment would increase the likelihood that her party would lose [[2020 United States presidential election|the presidential election]] and its [[majority]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Beatrice |last2=Mitropoulos |first2=Arielle |date=December 29, 2019 |title=Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment will only 'embolden' Trump, increasing his reelection chances |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-tulsi-gabbard-impeachment-embolden-trump-increasing-reelection/story?id=67960828 |access-date=December 29, 2019 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

 

Gabbard voted "present" when the House of Representatives voted to [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|impeach President Trump]] in December 2019, saying, "I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing. I could not in good conscience vote for impeachment because removal of a sitting president must not be the culmination of a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities that have so gravely divided our country."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/475233-gabbard-votes-present-on-impeaching-trump|title=Gabbard votes 'present' on impeaching Trump|last=Marcos|first=Cristina|date=2019-12-18|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gabbard |first=Tulsi |date=2019-12-19 |title=A house divided cannot stand. And today we are divided. Fragmentation and polarity are ripping our country apart. Today, I come before you to make a stand for the center, to appeal to all of you to bridge our differences and stand up for the American people. |url=https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1207649784036614144 |access-date=2019-12-19 |website=Tulsi Gabbard on Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gabbard |first=Tulsi |date=2019-12-19 |title=My 'present' vote was an active protest against the zero-sum game the two opposing political sides have trapped America in. My vote and campaign is about freeing our country from this damaging mindset so we can work side-by-side to usher in a bright future for all |url=https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1207753618935308288 |access-date=2019-12-19 |website=Tulsi Gabbard on Twitter |language=en}}</ref> Gabbard criticized Republicans for "blindly supporting their party leader and abdicating their responsibility to exercise legitimate oversight" and she criticized Democrats for using "extreme rhetoric that was never conducive to an impartial fact-finding process".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/18/21029243/tulsi-gabbard-house-vote-present-trump-articles-impeachment-hearing|title=Rep. Tulsi Gabbard explains why she voted "present" on the articles of impeachment|last=Collins|first=Sean|date=2019-12-18|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref> Gabbard introduced House resolution H.Res.766<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/766|title=H.Res.766 - Censuring President Donald J. Trump.|last=Gabbard|first=Tulsi|date=2019-12-17|website=116th Congress (2019-2020)|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gabbard.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-tulsi-gabbard-calls-house-censure-president-putting-personal-political-gain|title=Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls on House to Censure President for Putting Personal Political Gain Over National Interest|last=Gabbard|first=Tulsi|date=2019-12-18|website=House member Tulsi Gabbard|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref> to censure President Trump for several of his foreign policy decisions and "send a strong message to this president and future presidents that their abuses of power will not go unchecked …."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/tulsi-gabbard-impeach-trump-present|title=Tulsi Gabbard Was The Only Member Of Congress To Vote "Present" For Donald Trump's Impeachment|last1=Berman|first1=Matt|last2=McLeod|first2=Paul|date=2019-12-18|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref>