Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here are people who look at the White Nationalist Christian fundementalist group and say "I want to be a part of that"

Good riddance.

hence my question above yours

sold their souls to satan...for what exactly?

It is not an option to be a democrat in many districts just as it is not an option to be a republican in many districts.

No one on the right or even in the middle think the republicans are a White Nationalist Christian Fundamentalist group. I get you do but you need to know that view is not shared.

The people who flipped most likely though do I switch parties from one party who I do not agree with on many issues (dems) to another who I do not agree with on many issues (republicans) in order to keep my seat. There was no moral concern because people in the middle do not see such a concern.

NP. I agree with all that you wrote except your last sentence.

We have abandoned a lot of taboos, almost all of them. But no one likes a party switcher. Will people hold their noses and continue working with him? Probably. Will people vote for him? Well, maybe. We'll find out.

I think party switchers can win if a district is purple because the voters are middle of the road. If the district is purple because it comprises a lot of very D and R voters, then the R voters will never trust them and the D voters aren't voting for them again either

Anonymous wrote:The unrepentant segregationists and anti-civil rights politicians also left the Democrats in the 1960s-1970’s and switched to the Republicans. Good riddance.

Guess which party had a larger majority opposed to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

The original House version:[1]

Democratic Party: 152–96 (61–39%)
Republican Party: 138–34 (80–20%)

Cloture in the Senate:[35]

Democratic Party: 44–23 (66–34%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)

The Senate version:[2]

Democratic Party: 46–21 (69–31%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)

The Senate version, voted on by the House:[3]

Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%)
Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here are people who look at the White Nationalist Christian fundementalist group and say "I want to be a part of that"

Good riddance.

hence my question above yours

sold their souls to satan...for what exactly?

It is not an option to be a democrat in many districts just as it is not an option to be a republican in many districts.

No one on the right or even in the middle think the republicans are a White Nationalist Christian Fundamentalist group. I get you do but you need to know that view is not shared.

The people who flipped most likely though do I switch parties from one party who I do not agree with on many issues (dems) to another who I do not agree with on many issues (republicans) in order to keep my seat. There was no moral concern because people in the middle do not see such a concern.

NP. I agree with all that you wrote except your last sentence.

We have abandoned a lot of taboos, almost all of them. But no one likes a party switcher. Will people hold their noses and continue working with him? Probably. Will people vote for him? Well, maybe. We'll find out.

The unrepentant segregationists and anti-civil rights politicians also left the Democrats in the 1960s-1970’s and switched to the Republicans. Good riddance.

One or two switches are normal. The NC one stands out because she was newly elected and her switch created a super majority. This guy has been in power for a while, maybe his district changed, maybe he felt the party changed

Anonymous wrote:The timing is odd given NC. Why switch now? What put this person over the edge?

It's never one thing and it is often tied to issues in that person's district. Either changes in the district or changes in who lives there or who is vocal. It also could be that a more left dem was starting to get traction to primary this person. If that is the case you have to either fight or flee. Does no good to be in step with your district if you are not on the general election ballot.

The timing is odd given NC. Why switch now? What put this person over the edge?

Anonymous wrote:So here are people who look at the White Nationalist Christian fundementalist group and say "I want to be a part of that"

Good riddance.

Your post gives a clue as to why this may be happening.
When you demonize the opponent with false smears and hateful rhetoric and all the while embrace absolutely nutty positions on issues (abortion on demand with no restrictions, allowing biological males to compete against women, restricting speech, defunding the police, etc.), expect reasonable people to run away from you. Now, you might say that ALL Democrats don't embrace the positions listed - but how many Democrats have spoken out against them?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here are people who look at the White Nationalist Christian fundementalist group and say "I want to be a part of that"

Good riddance.

hence my question above yours

sold their souls to satan...for what exactly?

It is not an option to be a democrat in many districts just as it is not an option to be a republican in many districts.

No one on the right or even in the middle think the republicans are a White Nationalist Christian Fundamentalist group. I get you do but you need to know that view is not shared.

The people who flipped most likely though do I switch parties from one party who I do not agree with on many issues (dems) to another who I do not agree with on many issues (republicans) in order to keep my seat. There was no moral concern because people in the middle do not see such a concern.

Anonymous wrote:So here are people who look at the White Nationalist Christian fundementalist group and say "I want to be a part of that"

Good riddance.

hence my question above yours

sold their souls to satan...for what exactly?

So here are people who look at the White Nationalist Christian fundementalist group and say "I want to be a part of that"

Good riddance.

wtf are they promising these a$$hats?

Anonymous wrote:Likely never a Democrat to begin with.

No that person was a democrat. Ran as a democrat. Told the world they were. You do not tell someone in Ark, LA you are a democrat if you are not one.

Likely never a Democrat to begin with.

The 2nd one in a month in Arkansas.

Democrats in the Louisiana House have lost another member, the second party switch in less than a month amid a yearslong decline in Democratic electoral fortunes.

State Rep. Jeremy LaCombe, a Democrat who was elected in 2019 to District 18, spanning parts of Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes, said Monday he is switching his party affiliation to Republican.

Republicans in the state House recently gained a supermajority – a crucial threshold for overriding vetoes and passing tax measures – because another Democrat, Rep. Francis Thompson of Delhi, switched to the GOP. In that case, the state GOP held a press event touting the news.