In 2016, the #ImWithHer crowd spoke of how wonderful it would be for our little girls to have a strong role model, proving that they can grow up to be anything, including the President of the United States. I would love to see a woman president, but the former Secretary of State was certainly not the role model I wanted for the little girls of our nation.

Accepting townhall questions in advance to get a leg up on Bernie Sanders? That’s not modeling exemplary behavior. That’s modeling cheating. That tells little girls that if they want to beat a man, they might need to cheat. And I realize everyone’s tired of the mere mention of Clinton’s basement server and email scandal, but as a role model for little girls, the whole situation says, “If you’re a powerful enough woman, you can do whatever you want and get away with it.”

When Moammar Gaddafi was brutally killed, Mrs. Clinton laughed and joked, “We Came, We Saw, He Died!” Nevermind that that exclamation is unwitty and lame, she laughed about a death that was conducted in such a way, that it should invoke at least a little shame. She was not a suitable role model for little girls.

Among the potential candidates for the title of First Female President of the United States, one woman stands out. Representative Tulsi Gabbard is the role model our daughters need. Gabbard has strength of character, intelligence, wit, foresight, self-control, courage, resilience and a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Gabbard can defend herself.

Very importantly, Tulsi understands what it takes to overcome social conditioning, something many of our daughters will need to learn to attain their own dreams. Her legislation is consistently progressive, despite being raised very conservatively.

Rep. Gabbard cherishes the values of putting service before self and she greets others with the spirit of Aloha.

Gabbard understands that in order to change the world, leaders must be willing to communicate with adversaries. Preaching to the choir never changes a thing. In order for our daughters to grow up to be skilled leaders, they must realize that it’s actually not impossible to change people’s minds, but it is impossible to change people’s minds by yelling insults at them or refusing to communicate with them at all.

At the same time, Tulsi doesn’t mince words and she doesn’t play games. Joy Behar insulted and accused Gabbard on the talk show “The View” in an earlier episode. Not long after, Gabbard was a guest on the show. Typically, guests would just ignore the slander and opt to be pleasant. Young girls learn how to avoid confrontation and make allowances for gossip in grade school. This helps no one. Gabbard offers an alternative to the “playing the game” plan that girls grow up learning. She gracefully defends her integrity head-on directly to her accuser, while maintaining composure. This teaches our daughters that they are allowed to stand up for themselves, always.

Gabbard sees the individual humanity in our servicemen and servicewomen. She recognizes the human cost of war on both sides. People are never viewed by Gabbard as a commodity and war is never viewed as a business opportunity. If our daughters are going to grow to be strong leaders, they mustn’t ever lose their compassion, nor their humanity.

Our nation is ready for a woman president. I would never encourage someone to vote for a president based on their gender. Identity politics is something that is actually used to manipulate us and I realize it. I also realize; however, that women all over this country have made the decision to vote for a female. My fellow females claim to want a good role model for their daughters.

Who on the ticket fits that bill? Elizabeth Warren can’t seem to remember the truth of her own history, depending on who she’s talking to. She manipulates words and feigns indignation. She exploits the woman card she carries just as she did in half-full high school gymnasium rallies in 2016, the first time she threw her closest political ally under the bus. Amy Klobuchar, on the other hand, is said by former staffers to be verbally-abusive with an explosive temper. Neither of these are exemplary role models for our daughters. Neither of these women were willing to stand up for Bernie, a man who has constantly stood up for them over the years. But Tulsi did.

As we female voters look at our ballots in the upcoming voting season, we will see the names of three women. Each would offer far more progressive policies and appointments than Trump, but only one of these women would show our daughters that a loyal, dedicated, strong woman of high character and integrity can hold the highest office in the nation … and get into that office honorably.