Watch: Tulsi Gabbard Confirms Major Election Vulnerability at Trump Cabinet Meeting

Silence.

That’s what greeted one of the biggest revelations on election security Thursday afternoon after President Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting, where media were present. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard disclosed during the session that her office was actively investigating serious concerns regarding vulnerabilities in voting and tabulating systems.

Yet if you tuned into the media coverage, you likely heard little — if anything — about it. Instead, headlines were dominated by other topics: tariffs, China, and the release of documents tied to the assassinations of RFK and MLK. What many would consider one of the most substantial election integrity claims in recent history — namely, the risks tied to electronic voting machines — was conveniently buried.

Roughly thirty minutes into the meeting, Gabbard remarked, “I have a long list of things that we’re investigating,” emphasizing that the intelligence community had enlisted “the best of the best” to probe these security issues, election systems included.

She then dropped a bombshell: “We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time, and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast.”

Gabbard further told Trump that this discovery “further drives forward your mandate to bring about paper ballots across the country so that voters can have faith in the integrity of our elections.”

Watch the moment here:

Despite the gravity of Gabbard’s comments, media outlets focused elsewhere. For example:

CBS News highlighted: “Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy will be released ‘within the next few days,’ Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday during a Cabinet meeting with President Trump.”
The Hill reported: “Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday she has a large team working overtime to archive government documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of their release to the public.”
Even Fox News zeroed in on: “Gabbard says RFK, MLK Jr records ‘ready to release’ in days, has ‘hunters’ looking at FBI, CIA for more files.”
While historical document releases are newsworthy, they hardly rival the pressing, modern concern of voter trust and election vulnerabilities — a matter that directly impacts our democracy today.

Meanwhile, CNN had its own take on Gabbard and election matters — but not the kind you’d expect. A day prior to the Cabinet meeting, CNN published a piece claiming that Tulsi Gabbard’s move from Hawaii to Texas raised election law questions. Despite declaring residency in Texas, Gabbard reportedly voted in Hawaii during the 2024 election.

Their focus? A possible technicality involving where she cast her ballot, not the nationwide vulnerabilities she exposed. Here’s the post discussing it:

Naturally, many on social media pointed out the irony: the same media that ignored systemic security issues obsessed over a single individual’s voting record.

It’s critical to stress that Gabbard’s statements were not allegations of fraud but rather warnings about potential weaknesses. She wasn’t claiming elections had been stolen; she was highlighting that vulnerabilities exist — something both political parties previously agreed on before 2020, when, suddenly, our election systems became, according to mainstream media, the "most secure" in history.

Gabbard’s remarks underscore a simple, undeniable truth: for any fraud to occur, there must first be a vulnerability — whether in human handling or in digital systems. Traditional forms of voter fraud, like "vote early, vote often" schemes, are easier to detect. Digital vulnerabilities, however, are far less transparent and thus demand greater scrutiny.

Instead of addressing this, media outlets focused heavily on Gabbard’s comments about historical files or her personal voting situation — the latter of which seems trivial when considering the broader implications for national election integrity. (For context: voting in Texas would arguably have had more partisan impact than casting a ballot in deep-blue Hawaii.)

Election integrity consistently ranks among the top concerns for voters. When the media sidesteps these serious issues, it’s no wonder public trust in the press erodes. Their refusal to cover stories that could validate Trump's prior warnings about voting systems seems more about narrative control than informing the public.

If Gabbard’s findings lead to real reforms or major revelations, brace yourself — the political and media establishments could face an upheaval unlike any seen in recent memory.