A longtime former California Democratic legislative chief introduced Wednesday she now not “acknowledge[s her] celebration,” whereas noting she nonetheless considers lots of its historic figures, together with former President John F. Kennedy, her “heroes.”
Gloria Romero, who served because the state Senate majority chief for 3 years of her greater than 10-year stint in Sacramento, slammed the present state of her former celebration.
Romero stated she had been a delegate to the Democratic Nationwide Conference for each Jesse Jackson and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Sick., including that many Latinos and Latinas are leaving the celebration for comparable causes.
“As we speak, I say ‘Goodbye – adios’ — I’ve had sufficient,” the previous San Gabriel Valley lawmaker stated in her announcement.
“I’m now one other near-lifelong Democrat who’s becoming a member of the rising variety of individuals … who’re leaving the Democratic Social gathering.
“As we speak, I be a part of the Republican Social gathering to make America nice once more, and I’m able to do my half as America prepares to vote,” Romero stated, including she has obtained a heat reception from her onetime political opposition.
She claimed she couldn’t stand by as Democrats took “a large leap to authoritarianism [and] censorship,” noting former President Reagan warned that if fascism rose within the US it might come underneath the guise of liberalism.
“It’s terrifying to see how language has been modified in order that, as a feminist and a former professor … I might be condemned for saying that I can outline a lady and distinguish between organic intercourse and gender identification,” Romero stated.
“Whereas I’m pro-choice, I cannot assist a celebration that advocates for abortion to full time period. I’m a mom and refuse to name myself a ‘birthing particular person.’”
“The Republican Social gathering has turn out to be the celebration of peace whereas the Democrats have marched in direction of infinite struggle.”
She additionally took goal on the Inexperienced motion inside the Democratic Social gathering, voicing opposition to laws on home equipment.
“[A]s a Latina, I cannot quit my fuel range; you can’t toast a tortilla on an electrical vary,” she quipped.
Standing on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento, Romero stated she formally aligns with the GOP underneath former President Trump, who she stated is the true champion of working individuals and the Reaganesque “huge tent.”
“I’ll vote for Donald Trump this fall,” she stated.
Requested about Romero’s transfer, Los Angeles Democratic officers dismissed her official announcement as “previous information.”
“We knew then about Gloria what California Republicans know finest: the grift is actual,” Mark Gonzalez, the previous chairman of the county celebration, instructed the Los Angeles Every day Information.
One other former celebration staffer stated on X, previously Twitter, the GOP is “drudg[ing] up previous information to remain related.”
State Sen. Brian W. Jones, R-San Diego, the highest Republican within the state chamber, welcomed Romero to the celebration, saying in a press release obtained by Fox Information Digital that Romero had unsuccessfully tried to “get up” her former celebration to its leftward shift.
“Her management and expertise have at all times been about serving the individuals, not partisan politics. It takes actual braveness to step away from the celebration you’ve led and stand for what is true,” Jones stated.
“The pendulum is swinging in California — Sky-high costs, rising crime, and document homelessness are the direct outcomes of a damaged authorities…”
Present state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil of Jackson additionally switched to the GOP in early August.
On the time, Alvarado-Gil stated her former celebration can be “unrecognizable” and “lacks the desire to repair the issues plaguing the state.”
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