2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard to return to Iowa City Tuesday

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will visit Yotopia and a carpenters’ union in her third swing through Iowa City this year.

Lily Smith

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during an event at the The Mill on Thursday, February 21, 2019. Rep. Gabbard visited Iowa City on Thursday after having cancelled stops in the area last week due to inclement weather.

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor

Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Tulsi Gabbard will take her third swing through Iowa City since announcing her campaign.

She’s will stop by Iowa City on April 16 at frozen yogurt shop Yotopia at 10:30 a.m. and will hold a meet-and-greet with veterans and Carpenters Union 1260 at 2 p.m.

Rep. Gabbard, D-Hawaii, made two stops to Iowa City in February, in which she highlighted her foreign-policy stance such as calling for an end to regime-change wars. She also said she supported legalizing marijuana and spearheading prison reform.

During her past Iowa City visits she has pointed to her experience as a veteran as a top reason she’d be a qualified commander in chief. She enlisted in the Hawaii National Guard in 2003 while serving in the Hawaii House of Representatives. Gabbard has also served on the Honolulu City Council.

She will also travel to Des Moines, Fairfield, Muscatine, Mount Pleasant, and Fort Dodge.

To keep up to date with candidates visiting Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, see The Daily Iowan’s candidate tracker.