Posted on 12/01/2021 8:12:24 PM PST by conservative98
The now-former spokesman for District of Columbia Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser told Fox News on Wednesday that President Biden's tenure in office has led him to change party affiliation and also to vote for GOP businessman Glenn Youngkin in the off-year gubernatorial election in Virginia, where he resides.
Victor Jimenez told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that his political shift was not a small decision, adding that he was until recently the "lead public information officer at [Bowser's] office for community affairs" and previously in a similar role for Latino outreach.
Jimenez, who is an Afro-Dominican immigrant according to a tweet from the DC Office of Latino Affairs, previously told Spanish-language network Telemundo that "Biden turned me into a Republican" and that the president has "destroyed the economy."
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“The reason I switched parties is because of everything that’s going on in the country right now. We see immigration through the roof right now and that is affecting a lot of Hispanic families in my home state of Virginia,” Jimenez said. “And those are people who are already struggling with making ends meet.”
Jimenez told Carlson that the illegal immigration crisis is a top reason why he left the Democratic Party.
“If you look at the southern border, we have thousands of people who are just waiting there. And I’m not saying we have good people try to come into the country with good intentions, but we also have bad people coming into the country with bad intentions. People with illegal guns and drugs and people who are running from their law enforcement in their own country.”
Carlson replied that, in the Democratic Party’s strict categorical hierarchy, the assumption would be that Jimenez would both continue to be a Democrat and additionally be supportive of illegal immigration.
“Being Hispanic and Black, I should be Democrat by default,” Jimenez replied. “But I am going against their narrative and I feel like right now everything is crumbling for the Democrats.”
This #BlackHistoryMonth, @MayorBowser celebrates a proud Afro-Dominican journalist, Victor Jimenez, former Public Information Officer Lead at @DCMOCA. As a comms professional, he is “incurably curious and committed to never stop learning.”#BlackHistoryDC #SomosDC #CarasLindasDC pic.twitter.com/J9Wly4UubX— Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs (@OLADCGov) February 24, 2020
I suspect that a lot of people with names of the same ‘ethnic derivation’ are going to switch.
The democrat notion that the open border will benefit them might very well backfire.
(I live in what is essentially a ‘barrio’...most of the people here are good, family-oriented, and law-abiding people.)
Good news—there are probably many folks with similar views.
Handsome guy. Too good looking to be a Democrat.
Victor Jimenez... was until recently the "lead public information officer at [Bowser's] office for community affairs" and previously in a similar role for Latino outreach... is an Afro-Dominican immigrant... told Spanish-language network Telemundo that "Biden turned me into a Republican" and that the president has "destroyed the economy."
AMEN!! That train will need to add more seats for a influx of new Americans.
And obviously too smart to be a democrat. The stupid are a key part of their constituency
Uh Oh! This may change the dems minds on open borders since this may spark a change in what these potential new voters may do with their vote. Dems may see their plan backfire as representatives with Hispanic last names publicly denounce the democrat party and switch to the Republican Party. Don’t be surprised if you see construction on the southern border wall resume by the order of the Brandon administration with a fervor not seen since the building of the transcontinental railroad.
I have lot of family (Hispanic side) down in VA who have told me directly that they CAN NO LONGER support the Democrats with all their “crazy” ideas including open borders! It is really astonishing to witness in real time....
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