Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard spent the past two days campaigning on behalf of Washington Republican Congressional nominee Joe Kent for the Third Congressional District, traveling with Kent around Southwest Washington to fundraising events and town halls.

In an exclusive interview, Gabbard told The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI that Kent “is a great American, a great patriot. Someone who has literally dedicated his entire adult life to serving and sacrificing for this country, and I’m so grateful that he is chosen to continue this mission by offering to serve the people of Washington in Congress.”

Gabbard, who recently made headlines for leaving the Democratic party, told Hoffman, “what Joe and I have in common is that we are proud Americans. That’s what matters more than anything else to both of us.”

“In this country right now is the need for us to come together as Americans because our fundamental rights and freedoms, our constitution is under attack by those who are in power.”