I te 21 o Whiringa-a-rangi 2016, ko Gabbard te tuarua o nga Democrat (i muri o Michelle Rhee) ki te whakatau ki te Perehitini-whakapono a Donald Trump me tana roopu whakawhiti i te Trump Tower. I whakaahuatia e ia te hui hei "tino pono me te pai" me te kii i whakaae ia ki te hui ki te awe i a Trump i mua i te tipu o te mana o nga Republican me te whakanui i te pakanga ki te whakaheke i te kawanatanga o Hiria. I muri mai ka kiia e ia ko te whakaeke a te kawanatanga a Trump i te 2017 Shayrat missile
he pōhēhē, he "tirohanga poto".