{"id":2006416,"date":"2023-08-20T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-border-democrat-has-had-enough-ditches-party-and-switches-to-gop-in-epic-move\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T21:55:31","slug":"texas-border-democrat-has-had-enough-ditches-party-and-switches-to-gop-in-epic-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-border-democrat-has-had-enough-ditches-party-and-switches-to-gop-in-epic-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Border Democrat switches to GOP in a bold move, fed up with their party."},"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\">30<\/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-border-democrat-has-had-enough-ditches-party-and-switches-to-gop-in-epic-move%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=2006416&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>A \u2064Texas Democrat Official Switches Parties, Citing Border Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>A Texas Democrat official has learned a valuable lesson about her party&#8217;s priorities and has \u200bmade the decision to switch parties. Kleberg County attorney Kira Talip Sanchez recently announced her departure from the Democratic Party\u200d and \u200cher official switch to\u2063 the\u2062 Republican\u2062 Party. This \u2062significant move was made public\u200d at the Hispanic Republicans of Texas PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Kleberg\u200b County, located in South Texas along the Gulf\u2064 of Mexico, is just over two\u2064 hours away\u200b from the Mexican border. As a result,\u2063 the\u2064 county\u200b is directly impacted by the ongoing border\u2064 crisis. While historically\u200d leaning blue, the county has shown support\u2063 for Republican presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez explained that her decision to switch parties\u2064 was\u2063 driven by the Democrats&#8217; failure to address the border crisis effectively. As\u200c County Attorney, she\u2063 has worked closely with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> to \u200censure the\u2062 safety\u2062 of Kleberg County&#8217;s citizens. However, she believes that the GOP&#8217;s commitment to law \u200band order, protecting safety, and supporting law enforcement aligns better with \u200bher \u200cvalues \u2064and the values of the\u200c county&#8217;s \u2062residents.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez expressed her enthusiasm for working with her new colleagues to maintain the safety of South Texas, emphasizing the importance of addressing \u2064border issues.<\/p>\n<h3>Recognizing the Shift \u2064in the Democratic Party<\/h3>\n<p>Cassy Garcia, President of\u200d the \u200dHispanic Republicans of Texas, welcomed Sanchez to the party and acknowledged the changing landscape of the \u200bDemocratic Party. Garcia emphasized that the party has become\u2062 radical, elitist, and out of touch with their values. The Democratic Party of today no longer represents the traditional American ideals \u2063it once did.<\/p>\n<p>Border Policies and the Democratic Party<\/p>\n<p>One \u200cof the most \u200csignificant \u200bpolicy differences that highlight the divergence between the parties\u200d is their approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-trooper-says-abbott-border-policies-have-stepped-over-the-line-into-the-inhumane\/\" title=\"Texas trooper criticizes Abbott's border policies as 'inhumane'\">border \u2064policies<\/a>. The Democratic Party advocates for almost completely open borders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-border-democrat-has-had-enough-ditches-party-and-switches-to-gop-in-epic-move\/\" title=\"Texas Border Democrat switches to GOP in a bold move, fed up with their party.\">disregarding long-standing immigration laws<\/a>. They also oppose thorough screening of immigrants to assess their potential contributions\u200b to society. This lack of \u2064distinction\u2063 between worthy applicants and criminals, drug dealers, and foreign saboteurs poses a threat to the safety of American neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2063Growing Trend of Party Switching<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez is not alone\u200d in her decision to switch parties. In Texas alone, \u2064five elected Democrats have made the transition to the GOP. This trend\u2062 extends beyond Texas, with Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and West Virginia also witnessing\u200b elected Democratic officials\u200d joining the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Politico reported that\u2062 since 1994, 173 state lawmakers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delusions-of-progressive-resistance-in-pas-heartland\/\" title=\"Delusions Of Progressive \u2018Resistance\u2019 In PA\u2019s Heartland\">switched parties<\/a>, with the majority crossing from the \u200bDemocratic \u200caisle to the GOP. This shift reflects a broader pattern of Democrats realizing that their party no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sweden-stuns-europe-with-major-push-back-on-globalist-agenda-warns-western-nations-to-follow-suit\/\" title=\"Sweden shocks Europe with strong resistance against globalist agenda, urges Western nations to do the same.\">longer aligns<\/a> with their values.<\/p>\n<p>Notable Party Switchers<\/p>\n<p>Several notable Democrats have recently\u200c switched\u2062 parties. In Louisiana,\u200b state Rep. Francis Thompson&#8217;s switch\u200c to\u2062 the Republican Party gave \u200dthe state GOP a\u200d supermajority in the\u2063 state House for the first time in history. North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham also joined the\u2063 Republican Party,\u2062 resulting in \u200ca supermajority in both houses of\u200b the General Assembly.\u2063 Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor \u2063made the switch to better\u2064 serve her constituents and stay true to her personal convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party&#8217;s Shift<\/p>\n<p>Former President Ronald Reagan&#8217;s observation that the Democrats have turned\u200b their backs on America\u2064 is more relevant than ever. Sanchez&#8217;s decision to switch parties is a testament to the fact that she\u2062 did not \u200bleave the Democratic Party; the party left her.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-border-democrat-enough-ditches-party-switches-gop-epic-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas Democrat official, Kira Talip Sanchez, realized her party&#8217;s focus wasn&#8217;t on securing the border or ensuring American safety. Feeling compelled, she made the decision to switch to the Republican party. On Saturday, Sanchez, the Kleberg County attorney, officially announced her party switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2006417,"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-2006416","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\/2006416","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}