PeterS wrote:
29 years and nine months ago I registered to v**e and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose s***ery and stand for the dignity of human life. Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump. Steve Schmidt. Former Republican in a brave new world
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President." Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States.
Now I don't know who Schmidt is only that he is yet one more person who is leaving the republican party and he gave such a succinct reason for doing so--it's become the party of Trump--which means it is no longer a party that represents the American People.
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You'd better worry about what's happening to your own party, before you worry about someone else's.
V***l ‘Walk Away’ Videos Highlight Growing Movement of Democrats Leaving the PartyTidal Wave
Meet Brandon Straka, the unlikely liberator and new face of the “silent minority” of Americans who’ve been cast out by family and friends, fired from jobs, and forced into silent social ghettos for their failure to “get it” about how h**eful and dangerous Donald Trump is, and why he and all his supporters should be subjected to an ever-expanding social and professional fatwah.
Since Straka published his confessional video on May 26, his life as a New York City hairdresser and aspiring actor has been overtaken by a tidal wave.
While speaking to The Epoch Times about the explosion of his #WalkAway campaign, Straka had to occasionally stop to go style a client’s hair, all while fielding a constant barrage of newcomers’ testimonial letters, videos, and emails—over 1,000 a day.
They gather at his two Facebook groups, “The Unsilent Minority” and “WalkAway Campaign.” Those who have the courage post their own video testimonials about the moment when the abuse, rage, and ugliness of the Democrats caused them to finally leave the party and “walk away.”
“This is so much more than a hashtag on Twitter,” he said. “This is a testimonial campaign, a grassroots movement that is going to change the political landscape of this country.”
And that’s the astonishing twist here: If these people have been driven into the arms of Donald Trump, who’s left on the left?
Lifelong Democrats
Those who are walking away are not Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables,” but rather, in many cases, lifelong Democrats who simply could not take it any longer and have longed for this very moment, when somebody like them would make it safe for them to come out of the closet and speak their minds.
From urban gay men to staunch liberal grandmothers, from a punk d**g q***n with black lips to a tattooed lesbian with a mohawk, those posting testimonials all had a breaking point, a moment when they decided to “walk away.”
Lea Anna Bright, in a mohawk, looks into the camera and says in a slow, simmering voice: “This is a Vice article I am reading right now. It says, ‘The activist left doesn’t give a [expletive] about your calls for civility. Get ready for a summer of rage.’” She looks up. “This is where the party is going, and this is why I chose to walk away. Peace. Not for me. Bye.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/v***l-walk-away-videos-highlight-growing-movement-of-democrats-leaving-the-party_2578446.htmlAnd Now Millennials Are Fleeing The Democratic Party The online survey of more than 16,000 registered v**ers ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy.
Although nearly two of three young v**ers polled said they do not like Republican President Donald Trump, their distaste for him does not necessarily extend to all Republicans or t***slate directly into v**es for Democratic congressional candidates.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-30/democrat-aclypse-now-millennials-are-leaving