{"id":2008233,"date":"2023-08-22T14:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-latest-to-join-grand-old-party-this-year\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T14:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:54:39","slug":"texas-democrat-latest-to-join-grand-old-party-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-latest-to-join-grand-old-party-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Democrat switches to Republican 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\">12<\/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-democrat-latest-to-join-grand-old-party-this-year%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=2008233&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--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Texas Democrat Latest To Join Grand Old Party This Year\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/nikki-haley-slams-vivek-ramaswamy-for-call-to-end-israel-aid\" data-post-url id=\"print-1785330\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>          Kira Talip \u200dSanchez (Twitter)<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Democratic County \u2062Official in Texas Switches Parties<\/h2>\n<p>A Democratic county official\u2063 in Texas announced she <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.\">switched\u200d parties<\/a>\u200d to\u200d become a Republican this week, continuing a trend of state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-latest-to-join-grand-old-party-this-year\/\" title=\"Texas Democrat switches to Republican Party\">county level \u2062officials ditching<\/a> the \u2063Democratic Party \u200dthis\u200d year.<\/p>\n<p>Kira Talip Sanchez, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRTexas\/status\/1692962650416730435?s=20\">who<\/a> is the \u2062attorney for Kleberg County \u2064in southern Texas, confirmed her switch this week, pointing to the crisis at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">southern border<\/a> as justification.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As County Attorney, I have been proud \u2063to work with law enforcement to\u2063 ensure the safety of the citizens of Kleberg \u2062County,&#8221; Sanchez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRTexas\/status\/1692962650416730435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1692962650416730435%7Ctwgr%5E386c2c63b627f8360b5d9bb5225a99f572f1ee47%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Ftexas-county-attorney-leaves-democratic-party-republican\">said<\/a>. &#8220;There is an\u200d unprecedented \u2064crisis at \u2063our Southern \u2064Border. \u200bI believe that the GOP\u2019s policies of law and\u2062 order protecting safety, and backing the\u200b blue best align with my values and the values of the citizens of Kleberg County.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez was elected to the role in 2014 and\u200d heads the county&#8217;s Specialized Crimes \u200band Narcotics Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I look forward to working with my colleagues to keep South Texas safe,&#8221; Sanchez said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id__joogw3y3j3\" aria-labelledby=\"id__1d4np20lb9u id__8xebsmjqv7r\">\n<h3>Democrats Switching Parties<\/h3>\n<p>Sanchez is just the latest Democrat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-manchin-is-not-the-medias-mccain\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: Manchin Is Not The Media\u2019s McCain\">switch parties<\/a>. In the past 20 years,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/join-the-grand-old-party\/\">around<\/a> four times as many Democratic state\u200c lawmakers have\u200c joined the Republican Party as the \u200bother way \u200caround.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia lawmaker Mesha Mainor, who\u200d joined\u2062 the State House in 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/they-crucified-me-georgia-dem-defects-to-the-gop\/\">announced<\/a> \u2062 her departure from the Democratic Party in July\u2064 following her colleagues&#8217; criticism of her decision to back a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-gov-vetoes-school-choice-bill-despite-sending-kids-to-private-school\/\" title=\"Kentucky Gov. Vetoes School Choice Bill Despite Sending Kids To Private School\">school choice bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Elliott Pritt, 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 longer \u200bcontinue supporting or advocating for issues that the vast majority of my constituents do not\u2064 support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is very little room\u200d in the party for traditional values or differences regarding political opinion,&#8221; Pritt said in a letter to the state\u2019s House Democratic Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana lost two Democrats in \u2064March and April. Representatives Jeremey\u200b 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> \u200d Republicans and granted the GOP a supermajority in the legislature.\u2063 Thompson had\u2064 served as\u200c a\u200c Democrat\u2064 for nearly\u2062 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Tricia Cotham, a representative from 2007 \u200dto \u200b2017 who \u200bentered the North Carolina House again in January,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/north-carolina-dems-party-switch-gives-gop-veto-proof-majority\/\">switched<\/a> to the GOP earlier this year, \u200csaying the &#8220;modern-day Democratic\u2062 Party has become unrecognizable to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kira Talip Sanchez, a Democratic county official in Texas, recently joined the Republican Party, following a growing trend of state and county officials abandoning the Democrats. 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