[drubyfive]

Wow, look at how many times they used the word Republican

Well, since the article is about how he resigned his party post, it would be hard to write it in such a way as to not mention the name of the party.

[dforest]

Don’t fool yourself. If he were a democrat you would be led to believe he was a republican.

[Abathar]

Had it been a democrat the party might have been mentioned once, perhaps twice in the whole article.

This has been pointed out so many times it’s a running joke here.