Ohio Republican judge leaves GOP after 41 years over disgust with the party under Trump
Source: Raw Story
CHARLIE AMTER
01 MAR 2019 AT 21:31 ET
longtime Republican judge in Ohio has declared that she is switching her party affiliation to Democrat, the Columbus Dispatch reported Friday.
Ive been a registered Republican since I was 18, and 41 years later I do not recognize the Republican Party as it is today, Common Pleas Judge Julie M. Lynch told the newspaper on Friday. And Im not the same person I was when I was 18, she added.
And Lynch may not be the only judge thinking about making the switch, says the paper, who quoted a local Democratic chairman.
County Democratic Party Chairman Michael Sexton said he has heard rumors that other Republican judges are considering changing their affiliation, the Dispatch wrote.
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Cha
(297,275 posts)they would all leave the repub party.
Rule of Law.
Dan
(3,564 posts)She's leaving the GOP to become a Democrat to avoid a potential angry blue wave in 2020.
If Trump's approval wasn't so ugly, she would still be running under the GOP banner.
My opinion.
If she was being honest she would have left the Republican Party within months of Trump's swearing in.
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Trumps policies like tax breaks for the rich go back to Ronald Reagan. They had no problem with Shrub and the Iraq War. They voted for the Orange thing in the White House. I find it hard to believe, they have now had an epiphany.
quickesst
(6,280 posts)It's one more vote for the Democratic Party. I am not going to say, even in a roundabout way, "Screw you, we don't want you."
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)quickesst
(6,280 posts)...... with a dash of common sense.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)Botany
(70,510 posts)n/t
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)It's the Democratic Party. Thus one switch one's affiliation to "Democratic".
a la izquierda
(11,795 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)We all know these types of people will leave the GOP for a short period, only to return again.
If they were able to stomach Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Trump for this long, then they have some hidden issues.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,344 posts)If Trump is impeached and tossed out of office, I'd bet she switches back, because President Pence is so nice, so Christian.
RandiFan1290
(6,235 posts)Don't need any more embarrassments like Ralph Northam.
packman
(16,296 posts)They know which ill-wind is blowing over their voting base and become chameleons.
Yeehah
(4,587 posts)would have dragged themselves out of the republican cesspool long ago.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Polybius
(15,423 posts)Well, better late than never I guess.
Hotler
(11,425 posts)FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)I remember when most Republicans were considered "moderates" and that was a good thing. Nowadays they use that word to insult people. I guess we Democrats are gonna need a bigger tent, and put out the Welcome mat!