Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii offered a striking critique of the Democratic Party on Wednesday from a stage of 10 people vying to be the Democratic nominee for president, accusing the party of being too beholden to the “foreign policy establishment in Washington.”

But her critiques were quickly rebuffed by Senator Kamala Harris of California, who pointed to Ms. Gabbard’s criticism of former President Barack Obama and frequent appearances on Fox News as evidence of her friendliness with Republicans.

Below is a transcript of part of the exchange:

GABBARD: Our Democratic Party, unfortunately, is not the party that is of, by and for the people. It is a party that has been and continues to be influenced by the foreign policy establishment in Washington represented by Hillary Clinton and others’ foreign policy, by the military industrial complex and other greedy corporate interests.

I’m running for president to be the Democratic nominee that rebuilds our Democratic Party, takes it out of their hands and truly puts it in the hands of the people of this country. A party that actually hears the voices of Americans who are struggling all across this country, and puts it in the hands of veterans and fellow Americans who are calling for an end to this ongoing Bush-Clinton-Trump foreign policy doctrine of regime-change wars; overthrowing dictators in other countries; needlessly sending my brothers and sisters in uniform into harm’s way in wars that actually undermine our national security and have cost us thousands of American lives.

These are wars that have cost us as American taxpayers trillions of dollars since 9/11 alone. Dollars that have come out of our pockets, out of our hospitals, out of our schools, out of our infrastructure needs. As president I will end this foreign policy, end these regime changes, and work to end this new Cold War and arms race and instead invest our hard-earned taxpayer dollars actually into serving the needs of the American people right here at home.

HARRIS: I think that it’s unfortunate that we have someone on this stage that is attempting to be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, who during the Obama administration spent four years full time on Fox News criticizing President Obama; who has been full time criticizing people on this stage as affiliated with the Democratic Party; when Donald Trump was elected, not even sworn in, buddied up to Steve Bannon to get a meeting with Donald Trump in the Trump Tower; fails to call a war criminal by what he is, as a war criminal; and then spends full time during the course of this campaign, again, criticizing the Democratic Party.

What we need on the stage — in November is someone who has the ability to win. And by that, we need someone on that stage who has the ability to go toe to toe with Donald Trump and someone who has the ability to rebuild the Obama coalition and bring the party and the nation together. I believe I am that candidate.

But Ms. Gabbard’s upstart campaign for president has often cut against the grain of the broader Democratic field, at times aligning more closely with Republican messaging.

She has been harshly critical of the media, particularly coverage of her campaign that she views as negative. She has appeared multiple times on Fox News opinion shows, including with Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity.

But perhaps her biggest divergence from the Democratic Party has been her criticism of the impeachment inquiry in Washington. During the closed-door testimonies in September, Ms. Gabbard criticized her fellow Democrats running the inquiry as lacking transparency, a common talking point of Republicans in Congress. She also suggested that the inquiry could be perceived as “partisan” during an interview with Mr. Hannity.

Despite her criticisms, Ms. Gabbard does still support the impeachment inquiry.