{"id":1687373,"date":"2022-10-13T00:05:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T04:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687373"},"modified":"2022-10-13T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:55:33","slug":"democratic-party-moved-from-uncomfortable-to-intolerable-for-members-walkaway-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-party-moved-from-uncomfortable-to-intolerable-for-members-walkaway-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Party Moved From Uncomfortable to Intolerable for Members: #WalkAway Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdemocratic-party-moved-from-uncomfortable-to-intolerable-for-members-walkaway-founder%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=1687373&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>The Democratic party has been experiencing a major identity crisis for years, but it&#8217;s become more urgent over the last few.<br \/>\nWhile many people are leaving due to visceral reasons like disagreeing with policies or candidates, others have cited deeper issues such as not feeling welcome at events and being ignored when they speak up in meetings &#8211; all things that can be brushed off by some leaders as whistle-blowers trying hard not let &#8220;the good ones&#8221; get away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people were feeling pushed away years ago, to the point where they were starting to walk away, there was more of a casual tone about it,\u201d former liberal Democrat Brandon Straka, founder of #WalkAway told The Epoch Times. \u201cPeople were beginning to feel the effects of leftist, communism, Marxism infiltration into our society, our culture, and our politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Straka founded #WalkAway in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-2018\">2018<\/a> after making his personal decision to leave the party public while inviting others to join him. Since then, thousands of exiting Democrats made social media videos explaining why they were choosing to #WalkAway, giving Straka a window into the minds of these voters.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, people were just noticing changes in the party, he said. They weren\u2019t always identifying what it meant, but they knew they didn\u2019t like how it felt, and quietly left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now, it\u2019s akin to cancer. Cancer doesn\u2019t stop growing and spreading just because people don\u2019t like it. And what\u2019s happening with the left is no different,\u201d Straka said. \u201cParticularly with them getting rid of Trump, installing Biden, and the Democrats taking full control of the government. This is a cancer that\u2019s rapidly growing and spreading now. And it\u2019s becoming not just uncomfortable, but I think intolerable, for a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats More Extreme<\/p>\n<p>Voters have shifted beyond concern to fear and worry, he says.<\/p>\n<p>Under Biden, things have become more extreme, Straka said. \u201cPeople feel concerned about the amount of overreach they\u2019re seeing in the government, the DOJ, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a>, and that\u2019s a lot of what Tulsi [Gabbard] talked about; there\u2019s a weaponization now of government agencies and the sort of authoritarian approach to government. It\u2019s not reflective of why she became a Democrat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Democrat voters have been leaving the party for years, their reasons have become more urgent. \u201cWhen people were feeling pushed away years ago, to the point where they were starting to walk away, there was more of a casual tone about it,\u201d former liberal Democrat Brandon Straka, founder of #WalkAway told The Epoch Times. 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