Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard stated on Fox News Monday that “deep state” figures in Washington D.C. will do “everything they can to destroy” former President Donald Trump.

Gabbard made an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle” with guest host Jason Chaffetz to address the growing movement within the Democratic Party to replace President Joe Biden as their nominee after the first presidential debate.

“Well, you’ll remember Jason, they didn’t really have a Democratic primary at all,” Gabbard said. “They didn’t give Democrat voters in that primary an option, but here we find ourselves as we see all of this inner squabbling happening amongst Democrats and influential people in the Democratic sphere about whether or not Joe Biden should remain the nominee or whether they should swap him out.”

“You look at why this infighting is happening,” she continued. “It’s because they don’t really care about what’s best for the country; quite frankly, when you look at it, really they don’t care about Joe Biden. This isn’t about loyalty to Joe Biden. They’re trying to figure out how best they can stay in power. So they are trying to figure out is Joe Biden that winning horse or do they need to put him out to pasture and find someone else that they believe can win, who will also be a figurehead that they can be the puppet masters for and control.”

“So, you pointed out Jill and Hunter Biden, but really, I think there’s something far more serious going on here about who’s really in control,” Gabbard continued. “Clearly, Joe Biden showed the country in the debate that he is incapable of being the president and commander-in-chief, clearly is not calling the shots. So we should all be asking who is really calling the shots. And it’s what we know to be the deep state.”

“It’s those who are in unelected positions, political figures, the military-industrial complex, the national security state, their friends in the propaganda media, everyone who gets their power by knowing that they can control this figurehead, which is why they are doing all they can to destroy Trump. They know that he will expose them and dismantle their power,” she said.

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