{"id":1015825,"date":"2021-11-15T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1015825"},"modified":"2021-11-15T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:28:34","slug":"texas-house-democrat-switches-to-republican-party-many-of-us-are-waking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-house-democrat-switches-to-republican-party-many-of-us-are-waking-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas House Democrat Switches to Republican Party: &#039;Many of Us Are Waking Up&#039;"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftexas-house-democrat-switches-to-republican-party-many-of-us-are-waking-up%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=1015825&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ryan-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Texas State Rep. Ryan Guillen, a longtime Democrat, is switching over to the Republican Party, announcing that \u201cmany of us are waking up to the fact that the values of those in Washington, DC, are not our values, not the values of most Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flanked by Texas&nbsp;Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and House Speaker Dade Phelan (R), Gullien made the announcement on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">\u201cFriends, something is happening in South Texas, and many of us are waking up to the fact that the values of those in Washington, D.C., are not our values, not the values of most Texans,\u201d Guillen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/11\/15\/ryan-guillen-texas-house-switch-party\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">\u201cThe ideology of defunding the police, of destroying the oil and gas industry and the chaos at our border is disastrous for those of us who live here in South Texas,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">While Guillen ran as a Democrat throughout the bulk of his political career, the Republican Party of Texas noted that he has spent his nearly two decades in the Texas Legislature as a \u201cpro-Life advocate, including votes for the 2021 Heartbeat Law, the 2013 20-week abortion ban, and the 2011 sonogram law.\u201d He had also been rated the \u201cleast liberal Democrat in the House,\u201d as the Texas Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/11\/15\/ryan-guillen-texas-house-switch-party\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TexansForAbbott\/posts\/445332256954329\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"27.236842105263\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100044326754863\/posts\/445332256954329\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"9.4736842105263\">\n<p>Welcome to the party of freedom, opportunity &amp; prosperity Ryan Guillen.As Dems move further left, they&#8217;re abandoning\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TexansForAbbott\">Greg Abbott<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100044326754863\/posts\/445332256954329\/\">Monday, November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">Per the Republican Party of Texas:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">He also has a strong record of Second Amendment support, joint-authoring the landmark 2021 Constitutional Carry law. Rep. Guillen\u2019s&nbsp;choice&nbsp;to join the GOP&nbsp;follows six weeks of discussion with RPT Chairman Matt Rinaldi, who served with Guillen in the Texas House from 2015 to 2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chairman Matt Rinaldi <a href=\"https:\/\/texasgop.org\/guillen-joins-gop\/\">added<\/a> that he is \u201cproud to welcome\u201d Guillen to the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am confident&nbsp;Republicans in Austin and his constituents&nbsp;in&nbsp;the Rio Grande Valley&nbsp;will&nbsp;welcome him with open arms,\u201d he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>Following this month\u2019s Republican victories in Virginia and in Texas HD118, this is yet another example of how the increasing extremism of the&nbsp;Democratic Party has alienated Texans who care about smaller government, strong families, safe communities and the protection of the unborn. Those people have a home in our party.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican State Leadership Committee\u2019s Dee Duncan&nbsp;directly pointed to&nbsp;Republican John Lujan\u2019s upset victory in the House District 118, a border district, this month \u201cin a district with a majority Hispanic population.\u201d That, he said, \u201calready proved that Texans are fed up with the failures of Democratic leadership and Ryan Guillen\u2019s party switch makes that fact all the more clear\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>Today\u2019s Democrat leaders are so focused on appeasing their fringe-left base by putting teachers\u2019 unions ahead of parents, pushing socialist tax and spending schemes, and fighting for open border policies, that even elected officials in their own party cannot support their radical agenda anymore. We welcome Representative Guillen to the Republican Party with open arms and look forward to working with him as he partners with the Republican majority to deliver solutions for the people of his district.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"12.558252427184\">\n<p>\u201cThis has been the worst kept secret at the Capitol,\u201d Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/texas-politics\/glad-you-finally-came-out-of-the-closet-gov-abbott-on-texas-rep-ryan-guillen-switching-parties\/\">said<\/a> of Guillen\u2019s switch. \u201cEveryone has known that Ryan Guillen is really a Republican who is attached to the wrong label. Ryan: we\u2019re glad you finally came out of the closet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news coincides with former representative and failed presidential candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/democrat-beto-orourke-launches-texas-gubernatorial-bid\/\">announcing<\/a> his gubernatorial bid in the Lone Star State on Monday:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.963190184049\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m running for governor.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today \u2014 and get back to the big, bold vision that used to define Texas. A Texas big enough for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>Join us: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eMY5wwf6an\">https:\/\/t.co\/eMY5wwf6an<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yrG1WOkpqk\">pic.twitter.com\/yrG1WOkpqk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beto O&#8217;Rourke (@BetoORourke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke\/status\/1460246205066354692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas State Rep. 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