While former President Donald Trump has plenty of surrogates to hit the campaign trail on his behalf, arguably one of the most effective has been Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic presidential candidate and congresswoman from Hawaii.

On Saturday, Gabbard joined another of Trump's most effective surrogates, former Democratic turned independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for a pro-Trump campaign event in Omaha, Nebraska, according to local ABC affiliate KETV.

That event, which competed with a Democratic rally featuring Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, highlighted the importance to both campaigns of winning Omaha and Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, given the state's unique practice of dividing its electoral votes per each district and the possibility that Omaha's single vote could prove to be an Electoral College tie-breaker.

Why Gabbard supports Trump

The Trump campaign announced earlier in the week that Gabbard and Kennedy would join another former Democrat turned Trump supporter, civil rights attorney Leo Terrell, for a "Team Trump Reclaim America Tour" event in Omaha on Saturday.

During that event, Gabbard shared her powerful story of how she transitioned from being a staunch Democrat to supporting the Republican nominee, largely because of how the Democratic Party has changed dramatically over the years.

She also went on to discuss her shared foreign policy outlooks with Trump and her sharp criticisms of the current Biden-Harris administration.

Opposed to men playing in women's sports

It isn't foreign policy alone where Gabbard and Trump are aligned, however, as she has also become a strong voice for his campaign on the controversial issue of biological men being permitted to participate in women's sports.

On Monday, OutSpoken reported that Gabbard, while campaigning for Trump in the swing state of Nevada, attended and expressed her support for the University of Nevada-Reno women's volleyball team that had previously forfeited a match against the San Jose State University women's team in protest of its inclusion of a biological male player.

The outlet noted that Gabbard, before she left Congress, had introduced a bill in 2020 known as the Protect Women's Sports Act that, if passed, would have prohibited biological males who claim to be transgender females from participating in female athletic events.

Gabbard not repeating "talking points" provided by the campaign, but speaking from the heart

To be sure, Gabbard has faced plenty of criticism from the media and her former Democratic colleagues for now aligning herself with former President Trump, and has even been accused by some of mindlessly parroting strict talking points provided to her by the Trump campaign -- an accusation she recently knocked down as untrue.

At a Turning Point Action event in Arizona in support of Trump last week, Gabbard shared how a reporter asked if she was given "pretty tight talking points" by the campaign, to which she replied, "No, they never had," and further explained, "They’ve never given me talking points. They never said, 'Tulsi, you’re not allowed to say this and don’t talk about that.' Not once."

"President Trump isn’t afraid of someone who might disagree with him on something. He knows why I’ve endorsed him. We've had these conversations," she added. "I talk about the issues that are most important to me and why I believe his next presidency is our best hope to have a future in this country that is free and secure and peaceful and prosperous."

Gabbard could be rewarded with a Cabinet-level position

Politico's E&E News reported that Gabbard has been mentioned by Trump as a prospective member of his next Cabinet, if he wins re-election, though he has not given any clear indication of what sort of senior role she might play in his administration.

However, Trump clearly trusts her experiences, judgment, and wisdom, as he has named her as a co-chair of his transition team and Gabbard has stated on the record that she would be "honored" to serve alongside him in a second White House term.