{"id":1979330,"date":"2023-07-21T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-democratic-politician-and-activist-announces-switch-to-republican-party-ive-had-enough\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:16:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:16:21","slug":"longtime-democratic-politician-and-activist-announces-switch-to-republican-party-ive-had-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-democratic-politician-and-activist-announces-switch-to-republican-party-ive-had-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Democrat Politician and Activist Switches to GOP: &#8216;I&#8217;m Done&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Flongtime-democratic-politician-and-activist-announces-switch-to-republican-party-ive-had-enough%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=1979330&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--><h2>Longtime Democratic Politician and Activist\u200b Announces Switch to Republican Party: &#8216;I&#8217;ve Had Enough&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>In a stunning move, Dov Hikind, a longtime Brooklyn Democratic politician and activist, has officially left the Democratic Party and joined the \u2062Republican \u200bParty. Hikind,\u200c who\u2063 represented his Brooklyn neighborhood \u2063for \u200d36 years in the New York State Assembly and\u2062 founded Americans \u200cAgainst Antisemitism,\u2063 made the \u200dannouncement \u2063in a video posted on \u200dTwitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IT\u2019S \u2062OFFICIAL: My\u2064 wife\u200d and\u200d I have switched\u200c our party\u200c affiliation from\u200d Democrat to Republican!<\/p>\n<p>Ppl have long been asking, \u201cDov, when \u2063are you gonna leave the Democratic Party?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, \u2064the time has come bc the Dems have \u200bturned their back on \u200bJews &#038; Israel, so it\u2019s \u2064officially \u200bdone! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VAlGaaALDO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">pic<\/a>.twitter.com\/VAlGaaALDO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HikindDov\/status\/1682016578701783040?\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hikind expressed his delight in joining the \u2063Republican Party, \u200cciting the radicalization of the Democratic Party as the\u200b reason for his \u2063departure. He \u2062emphasized that moderates and \u2064conservatives are no longer welcome in \u2062the \u200dDemocratic Party, which has\u200d turned\u200c its back on \u200bJews and Israel. \u2064Hikind&#8217;s decision serves \u2063as a powerful message\u2062 to both the Biden administration and \u2062the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>As a staunch supporter of Israel, Hikind has been disheartened by the\u200c anti-Israel rhetoric coming from Democrats. He criticized the Biden\u2063 administration\u200c for its policies that have further strained the relationship with \u200bIsrael. Recent\u200c incidents, such as\u2063 Democratic Rep. Pramila\u200b Jayapal calling\u200b Israel a &#8220;racist state&#8221; and Rep.\u200b Ilhan \u2064Omar \u200dleading\u200b a \u200cboycott of \u2064President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s address to Congress, have only \u2062reinforced Hikind&#8217;s disillusionment with the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Democratic party\u200b is dead. The radical \u200bProgressives are in full control. Its \u200dtime to jump Ship. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a> you are responsible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RdFtCjVdvO\">https:\/\/t.co\/RdFtCjVdvO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov\u200d Hikind (@HikindDov)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HikindDov\/status\/1680688610931032070?\">July\u2062 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shani Hikind, Dov&#8217;s wife, expressed her support for the party switch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-fauci-new-study-finds-closing-schools-in-response-to-covid-19-delayed-herd-immunity-and-will-increase-overall-deaths\/\" title=\"FIRE FAUCI: New Study Finds Closing Schools In Response to COVID-19 Delayed Herd Immunity and Will Increase Overall Deaths\">stating<\/a> that the Democratic Party no\u2062 longer represents\u200b their \u200binterests and values.\u2063 She criticized the party for\u2062 losing\u200c touch with\u200c the American people and failing to\u200b uphold the Democratic Party\u200d that her parents \u2062were proud \u200bof.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">House minus \u20649 reps passes resolution supporting Israel &#038; stating \u201cIsrael is not a racist or\u2064 apartheid \u200dstate.\u201d The\u2062 following members showed their\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-democratic-politician-and-activist-announces-switch-to-republican-party-ive-had-enough\/\" title=\"Veteran Democrat Politician and Activist Switches to GOP: 'I'm Done'\">true \u2062antisemitic colors<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?\">@AOC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRashida?\">@RepRashida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN?\">@IlhanMN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaalBowmanNY?\">@JamaalBowmanNY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repdeliaramirez?\">@repdeliaramirez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush?\">@CoriBush<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSummerLee?\">@RepSummerLee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndreCarson?\">@RepAndreCarson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPressley?\">@RepPressley<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4OeyfqQCf7\">pic.twitter.com\/4OeyfqQCf7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canary \u2064Mission (@canarymission) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/canarymission\/status\/1681669704107151360?\">July 19, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Fox\u200c News, over one million Americans have switched their\u2062 party affiliation \u200bfrom Democrat to Republican in\u200c the past year. Hikind,\u200d known \u200dfor his advocacy \u200cagainst \u200dthe \u2064persecution of the Jewish people, believes that \u200dthe current state of affairs is worse than ever. \u200cHe criticized the media for not addressing the source of hate and instead focusing on\u200c unrelated issues\u2063 like white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that Hikind&#8217;s decision to switch\u200c parties is a significant statement against the Democratic Party and its handling\u200d of \u200dkey \u200cissues. As more Americans make similar moves, the political \u200clandscape continues to\u200b shift.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/longtime-democratic-politician-activist-announces-switch-republican-party-enough\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime Brooklyn Democrat Dov Hikind, who served 36 years in the NY State Assembly, has switched parties, joining the Republicans. Hikind, also known for founding Americans Against Antisemitism, made the announcement in a video posted online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1979331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}