{"id":1969915,"date":"2023-07-11T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-crucified-me-georgia-dem-defects-to-the-gop\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:36:47","slug":"they-crucified-me-georgia-dem-defects-to-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-crucified-me-georgia-dem-defects-to-the-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Democrat defects to GOP, claims &#8216;They crucified me&#8217;."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fthey-crucified-me-georgia-dem-defects-to-the-gop%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=1969915&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>\n<h2>A Georgia Lawmaker Switches Parties, Continuing a Trend of Democrats Abandoning the Party<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mesha Mainor, who joined the House in 2021, on Tuesday announced her departure from the Democratic Party following her colleagues&#8217; criticism of her decision to back a school choice bill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I decided to stand up on behalf of disadvantaged children in support of school choice, my Democrat colleagues didn\u2019t stand by me,&#8221; Mainor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/georgia-democrat-defects-gop-after-she-says-dems-crucified-abandoned-her\">told<\/a> Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>She added that members of her former party &#8220;crucified&#8221; and &#8220;abandoned&#8221; her and that it was a &#8220;moral&#8221; decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For decades, the Democrat Party has received the support of more than 90 percent of the black community,&#8221; Mainor said. &#8220;And what do we have to show for it? I represent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-bds-house-candidate-soundly-defeated-in-florida-primary\/\" title=\"Pro-BDS House Candidate Soundly Defeated in Florida Primary\">solidly blue district<\/a> in the city of Atlanta. This isn\u2019t a political decision for me. It\u2019s a moral one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mainor pointed to schools in her district where there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-crucified-me-georgia-dem-defects-to-the-gop\/\" title=\"Georgia Democrat defects to GOP, claims 'They crucified me'.\">3 percent reading proficiency rate<\/a> and students are unable to do simple math. The bill she supported, Georgia Senate Bill 233, failed to pass despite her vote but would have given vouchers to students in failing schools to support their moves to private schools or homeschooling.<\/p>\n<p>Mainor is just the latest Democrat to make the switch. Four other state-level Democrats have left the party since March.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Other Democrats Who Have Switched Parties<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <strong>Elliott Pritt<\/strong> &#8211; A freshman representative from West Virginia, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/another-one-fourth-democrat-state-legislator-switches-party-in-a-month\/\">switched<\/a> in April because he said he could &#8220;no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-one-fourth-democrat-state-legislator-switches-party-in-a-month\/\" title=\"Another One: Fourth Democrat State Legislator Switches Party in a Month\">longer continue supporting<\/a> or advocating for issues that the vast majority of my constituents do not support.&#8221;\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Jeremey LaCombe and Francis Thompson<\/strong> &#8211; Louisiana lost two Democrats in March and April. Representatives Jeremey LaCombe and Francis Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wafb.com\/2023\/03\/17\/republicans-gain-supermajority-la-house-after-longtime-democrat-switched-parties\/\">joined<\/a> Republicans and granted the GOP a supermajority in the legislature. Thomas had served as a Democrat for nearly 50 years.\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <strong>Tricia Cotham<\/strong> &#8211; A representative from 2007 to 2017 who entered the North Carolina House again in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/north-carolina-dems-party-switch-gives-gop-veto-proof-majority\/\">switched<\/a> to the GOP earlier this year, saying the &#8220;modern-day Democratic Party has become unrecognizable to me.&#8221; She said the party bullied and tried to &#8220;control&#8221; her, personally attacking her children. Cotham&#8217;s party change gave state House Republicans the 72 votes they need to override a veto from Democratic governor Roy Cooper.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia lawmaker Mesha Mainor, elected in 2021, has joined the Republican Party, joining the growing number of Democrats leaving their party in state houses nationwide. 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