{"id":1015324,"date":"2021-11-15T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T19:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1015324"},"modified":"2021-11-15T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T19:14:41","slug":"no-longer-in-step-with-the-democratic-party-texas-state-democrat-defects-joins-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-longer-in-step-with-the-democratic-party-texas-state-democrat-defects-joins-republican-party\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Longer In-Step With The Democratic Party\u2019: Texas State Democrat Defects, Joins Republican Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-longer-in-step-with-the-democratic-party-texas-state-democrat-defects-joins-republican-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1015324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Representative Ryan Guillen announced Monday that he is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething is happening in South Texas. Many of us are waking up to the fact that the values in Washington D.C. are not our values in South Texas,\u201d the state representative <a href=\"https:\/\/thetexan.news\/south-texas-democrat-switches-parties-to-the-gop\/\">said<\/a> at an announcement that was attended by several state Republican leaders including, Governor Greg Abbott.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to continue voting the way I have and not doing so against my party,\u201d he continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guillen, who has been in the Texas legislature since 2003, has frequently been at odds with his party on key issues including abortion and gun rights. He supported a bill for constitutional carry in Texas and backed the Texas Heartbeat Act, a pro-life bill designed to ban abortions once a heartbeat could be detected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter much consideration and prayer with my family, I feel that my fiscally conservative, pro-business, and pro-life values are no longer in-step with the Democrat Party of today, and I am proudly running as a Republican to represent House District 31,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/581569-texas-state-lawmaker-leaves-democratic-party-for-gop\">statement<\/a> from the former Democrat reads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According <a href=\"https:\/\/thetexan.news\/south-texas-democrat-switches-parties-to-the-gop\/\">to<\/a> The Texan, \u201cFor four out of the last five legislative sessions, Guillen was rated the most conservative Democrat in the Texas House \u2014 in the fifth, he was ranked the second-most conservative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His departure from the Democratic Party was celebrated by both state and national Republicans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRep. Guillen has been a friend for many years, and I am proud to welcome him to the Republican Party,\u201d Texas GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi said in a statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing this month\u2019s Republican victories in Virginia and in Texas HD 118, this is yet another example of how the increasing extremism of the Democratic Party has alienated Texans who care about smaller government, strong families, safe communities, and the protection of the unborn,\u201d Rinaldi continued, \u201cThose people have a home in our party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel pointed to Guillen\u2019s switch as a prelude to large GOP gains in the 2022 midterm elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican Party is the party of faith, freedom, and opportunity, and we will continue to stand for these ideals in Texas and across the country,\u201d she said, \u201cWith trailblazers like Representative Guillen, we will continue to make gains in South Texas and grow the party in our way to victories up and down the ballot in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Guillen\u2019s former colleagues blamed the move on redistricting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Chris Turner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Representative Ryan Guillen announced Monday that he is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican.\u00a0\u201cSomething is happening in South Texas. Many of us are waking up to the fact that the values in Washington D.C. are not our values in South Texas,\u201d the state representative said at an announcement that was attended by several state Republican leaders including, Governor Greg Abbott.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m proud to continue voting the way I have and not doing so against my party,\u201d he continued.\u00a0Guillen, who has been in the Texas legislature since 2003, has frequently been at odds with his party on key issues including abortion and gun rights. He supported a bill for constitutional carry in Texas and backed the Texas Heartbeat Act, a pro-life bill designed to ban abortions once a heartbeat could be detected.\u00a0\u201cAfter much consideration and prayer with my family, I feel that my fiscally conservative, pro-business, and pro-life values are no longer in-step with the Democrat Party of today, and I am proudly running as a Republican to represent House District 31,\u201d a statement from the former Democrat reads.\u00a0According to The Texan, \u201cFor four out of the last five legislative sessions, Guillen was rated the most conservative Democrat in the Texas House \u2014 in the fifth, he was ranked the second-most conservative.\u201dHis departure from the Democratic Party was celebrated by both state and national Republicans.\u00a0\u201cRep. Guillen has been a friend for many years, and I am proud to welcome him to the Republican Party,\u201d Texas GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi said in a statement.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFollowing this month\u2019s Republican victories in Virginia and in Texas HD 118, this is yet another example of how the increasing extremism of the Democratic Party has alienated Texans who care about smaller government, strong families, safe communities, and the protection of the unborn,\u201d Rinaldi continued, \u201cThose people have a home in our party.\u201dRepublican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel pointed to Guillen\u2019s switch as a prelude to large GOP gains in the 2022 midterm elections.\u00a0\u201cThe Republican Party is the party of faith, freedom, and opportunity, and we will continue to stand for these ideals in Texas and across the country,\u201d she said, \u201cWith trailblazers like Representative Guillen, we will continue to make gains in South Texas and grow the party in our way to victories up and down the ballot in 2022.\u201dOne of Guillen\u2019s former colleagues blamed the move on redistricting.\u00a0Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman Chris Turner said, \u201cRepublicans cynically gutted Rep. Guillen\u2019s district in the redistricting process, showing complete disrespect for both him and his constituents.\u201dThe defection comes at a time when Republicans have performed very well at the state level taking the governorship in Virginia and the outperforming expectations in New Jersey state elections earlier this month.\u00a0Some Democrats have chosen to place the blame for these results on the unpopularity of the Biden administration seeping into state and local results. Several political analysts looking at the current political climate anticipate a big swing in the 2022 midterms from Democrats to Republicans.\u00a0\u201cNeedless to say, tonight\u2019s results are consistent w\/ a political environment in which Republicans would comfortably take back both the House and Senate in 2022,\u201d tweeted Dave Wasserman, the Cook Political Report\u2019s House editor after Virginia and New Jersey results.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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