Posted on 02/25/2020 12:21:49 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The Mississippi Republican Party is welcoming some new members and all of them were elected public offices as Democrats or Independents in this most recent election cycle.
The Mississippi Republican Party Chairman says he doesn’t expect this will be the last time they are welcoming new members to the GOP.
“We have had a relentless focus on switching conservative Democrats over to the Republican party," explained MSGOP Chairman Lucien Smith. "They recognize increasingly that there is only one party that represents the conservative values of our state and that is the Republican party.”
All eight of the latest party switchers were from Smith and Covington Counties and one District Attorney whose district covers those areas. But the conservation didn’t take long to expand to the national party ties.
“We are in a scenario in this country where you can choose to be a member of the party led by Donald J. Trump or you can choose to be a member of the socialist Democratic party led by Bernie Sanders,” noted Governor Tate Reeves.
Millsaps Department of Government and Politics chair Dr. Nathan Shrader says given the GOP sweep in statewide offices last year and the approval rating for Donald Trump, it opens the door to this.
“They have a plausible argument to make with these elected officials that your constituent are already aligning with us, the voting patterns in your district are moving in our direction, you should join the team too,” said Dr. Shrader.
One of the party switchers echoed that thought.
“There are conservatives Democrats all across the state of Mississippi and there was once upon a time when the conservative Democrats controlled this state," explained 13th Circuit Court District Attorney Matt Sullivan.
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You won't hear this in the fake news media.
Gotta wonder if some of these may be a slight of hand.
The Democrats went socialist so this should have been expected.
Great! I’m seriously worried about Crazy Bernie winning and imposing full-blown Communism, because we have so many fools in this country who will vote for anyone who promises to give them freebies.
If these are moderate types, I fear it will strengthen the hand of the GOPe and the globalists. Real conservatives need to be careful here.
MS is safe for Trump. Will win it in a landslide in November.
“Eight elected officials announce party switch, join Mississippi Republican Party”
getting out the door early before the big rush ... like employees bailing from a soon-to-be-bankrupt business so they can grab other jobs before there’s really big competition when the bankruptcy finals hits ...
Ah more incoming RINOs to vote with the Dems on the most important issues. Unless these RINOs are truly of the conservative type, find their own party as we have enough RINOs in the repube party now.
Excellent! Are any of the switchers black?
Gotta wonder if some of these may be a slight of hand.
It’s “sleight of hand” not “slight of hand”. Like its quiet to quite.
The repubes should not accept any “former” demonrat unless they are of the Trump nature. That means not pro-abortion, not for more taxes etc. If they are even the slightest pro-illegal immigration, we need to paint a yellow stripe on their back and send em back to the demonrat party. They made their bed and they can either change the bedding or get out of town.
No.
No concern for these switchers becoming RINOs?
Better late than never. Growing up in Kentucky there was (almost) no such thing as a Republican. You could be liberal or you could be conservative, but you had to call yourself a Democrat if you had any hope of being an elected official, so I was registered as a Democrat so that I at least got a vote, But in the 1980s I realized that the Democrat party's values were no where near my values, so I switched.
I know that.... just seeing who would get “triggered” {:^)
All the whites in the South have fled the Democrat Party. They still sometimes do vote for Democrats on the state level.
Southern Democrats today are minority-majority.
I know that.... just seeing who would get “triggered” {:^)
I call BS on you.
Call it all you want.... but you were triggered.
You are triggered that you think I was triggered. And I called you on it.
Didn’t call squat.... cause it was done intentionally.
Simply smoked out a spell’n po-po.
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