{"id":2385059,"date":"2024-12-31T12:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T17:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawmaker-says-switch-to-gop-came-after-israel-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T12:58:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T17:58:47","slug":"florida-lawmaker-says-switch-to-gop-came-after-israel-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawmaker-says-switch-to-gop-came-after-israel-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida lawmaker says switch to GOP came after Israel debate"},"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\">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%2Fflorida-lawmaker-says-switch-to-gop-came-after-israel-debate%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=2385059&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>Teh provided content includes a button for reading \u2062more information but does\u200c not contain any premise or topic to \u2064summarize. 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She followed Rep. Susan Valdes, who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">switched parties earlier<\/a> this year. Cassel said the instance she felt so disenfranchised as a Jewish woman from the Democratic Party that she decided to leave it &ldquo;will live with me forever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shortly after Oct. 7, we were on the floor of the House of Representatives arguing and debating a bill in support of Israel, and I was forced to debate a Democratic colleague who filed a resolution, while we still have hostages there, but this was shortly after Oct. 7,&rdquo; Cassel detailed Monday on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The<\/em> <em>Ingraham Angle<\/em>. &ldquo;And rather than my colleagues rallying around this issue, which is extremely important not only to myself, my community, America, and democracy as a whole, ensuring the Jewish people had a state, I was told I should have sat down and stayed quiet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2739632&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=2a52289c3c773e17ee79920b0a06622d\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the time of her announcement, Cassel wrote that she was &ldquo;increasingly troubled by the Democratic Party&rsquo;s failure to unequivocally support Israel and its willingness to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawmaker-switches-to-republican-party-over-democrats-failure-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Florida lawmaker switches to Republican Party over Democrats&#039; &#039;failure&#039; - Washington Examiner\">tolerate extreme progressive voices<\/a> that justify or condone acts of terrorism.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since then, Cassel, along with other state representatives, has filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flhouse.gov\/Sections\/Bills\/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=78710&amp;SessionId=103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"resolution\">resolution<\/a> to support &ldquo;the right of the State of Israel to exist as a sovereign and independent nation, with the full recognition of its borders and territory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Florida&rsquo;s&nbsp;Miami-Dade County voted for President-elect Donald Trump 55%-43%, marking the first time a Republican candidate has won the county since 1988. 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