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Rep. Jeff Van Drew, anti-impeachment Democrat, expected to switch parties after Trump meeting
Washington Compost ^ | 12/14/2009 | Washington Compost

Posted on 12/14/2019 12:20:47 PM PST by TexasGurl24

Officials said Saturday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a vocally anti-impeachment Democrat, will join the Republican Party in the coming days following a Friday meeting with President Trump — a move that would put a political chill on the Democrats’ expected vote to impeach Trump next week.

Two Democratic officials familiar with Van Drew’s discussions in recent days said they believe he has decided to switch parties. The White House meeting was confirmed by a Trump administration official and one of the Democratic officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: districtofcolumbia; impeachment; jeffbezos; jeffvandrew; localnews; newjersey; switchparty; vandrew; walkaway; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: TexasGurl24
New Jersey? Did the President win any substantial portion of the state? He certainly didn't win NJ’s portion of the “Tri State Area”.
81 posted on 12/14/2019 1:42:58 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: TexasGurl24

So called “diversity” in the Dem partly is purely cosmetic...


82 posted on 12/14/2019 1:42:58 PM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING!)
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To: TexasGurl24

Jr called for it:

https://truthbits.blog/2019/12/14/donald-trump-jr-has-had-enough/

Also of course, this is Trump’s old Atlantic City district. One can only imagine...


83 posted on 12/14/2019 1:47:13 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: TexasGurl24

Can this guy be trusted? How do we know he isn’t a plant?


84 posted on 12/14/2019 1:47:43 PM PST by Wisconsinlady (What we tolerate today, our children will embrace tomorrow)
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To: Parley Baer
Apparently Jeff has some integrity.

Jeff votes like a barking moonbat. The vote against impeachment was the one, singular time he broke with Pelosi. So, either he is a "team player", willing to ignore his constituents and vote however he is told, or he is a barking moonbat who knows he will be defeated in 2020, and will do anything to keep his job. Neither of those things say "integrity" to me...

85 posted on 12/14/2019 1:47:44 PM PST by ETCM
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To: wastoute

It baffles me how anyone could be a Democrat today. I try to rationalize it, see things from their point of view, but it always ends in a roadblock that makes zero sense. There is absolutely no upside to it. Free everything, free healthcare, free college, which would be fantastic but how can anyone believe that it’s doable in a country with 330 million with wide open borders? It would bankrupt the country, taxing the rich would reduce investment, jobs would disappear, the rich would disappear, yet this is what the front runners of the Democrap party Bernie Sanders,Elizabeth Warren and their supporters want to do. They are either incredibly stupid which I find hard to believe because they don’t seem like they have any mental deficiencies like mental retardation, or they are absolutely insane.


86 posted on 12/14/2019 1:49:45 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing about liberals.)
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To: TexasGurl24

Well, treat him like a mushroom till he prove reliable.


87 posted on 12/14/2019 1:55:31 PM PST by Track9
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Votes are what counts, and other than his one vote against impeachment, he has voted with Pelosi every single time. He knows he is going to lose in November, and this is his desperate plan to save his skin. I like that he is poking the dems in the eye, but this is self preservation, not a principled stand.


88 posted on 12/14/2019 1:55:42 PM PST by ETCM
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To: Eddie01
how many more have integrity and are not compromised?

Probably not many, to none.

89 posted on 12/14/2019 1:57:31 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (We need to reach across the aisle, extend a hand...And slap the crap out of them)
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To: House Atreides

Not necessarily. He was a DemocRat. Now the Rats won’t vote for him and conservatives won’t trust him. Remember Jumpin’ Jim Jeffords?


90 posted on 12/14/2019 1:59:36 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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To: Revel

“Another Rino in the making.”

Yup. Had he switched right after Trump won, that’d be quite different. Now, after Horowitz and Barr...nah.


91 posted on 12/14/2019 2:01:22 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: TexasGurl24

Wow, certainly bad optics for Pelosi.


92 posted on 12/14/2019 2:02:15 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: TexasGurl24

Great, now they’ll be another article of impeachment added for tampering.


93 posted on 12/14/2019 2:19:14 PM PST by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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To: TexasGurl24

He'll be a Dem-no-more.

94 posted on 12/14/2019 2:22:12 PM PST by Songcraft
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To: jughandle

Several have, the most prominent over the past couple of decades has been Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell from Colorado. He switched from Democrat to Republican in 1995. He was only two years into his first term and won another term as a Republican before retiring.


95 posted on 12/14/2019 2:22:36 PM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: TexasGurl24

Mr. Van Drew didn’t leave the rat party. The rats left him. Think about how crazy and unglued they’ve become. No sane person would want to be a part of that.


96 posted on 12/14/2019 2:28:27 PM PST by upchuck (However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. W. Churchill)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Also, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, an Indian (real one) from Colorado.


97 posted on 12/14/2019 2:28:34 PM PST by oldbill
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To: Revel
Another Rino in the making. It is most likely that in his heart then he will always be a democrat.

Ding, Ding, Ding - we have a winner. If he was for limited government and fidelity to the Constitution, he would never had been a demotard to begin with.

There was a mass exodus of rats to the GOP in the early 90s, and all it did was move us a little further to the left. While such moves are encouraging on the surface, there's usually some buyer's remorse, and the situation is difficult to correct. For example, if somewhere down the road, an actual conservative runs against him, the RNC will throw all of their money and weight behind the incumbent. They look no further than the "R", and couldn't care less if it stands for "Republican" or "RINO".

98 posted on 12/14/2019 2:31:03 PM PST by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
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To: Ceebass

He sounded sensible on Tucker Carlson and Maria’s shows.


99 posted on 12/14/2019 2:32:33 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: CatOwner

I know, surprising...


100 posted on 12/14/2019 2:34:48 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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