Photo of Jason Thigpen from the Thigpen for Congress facebook page.
North Carolina Republicans enacted the worst voter suppression laws in the nation this past summer. And because of that and the general extremism of the entire party, one House candidate has switched his allegiance from the GOP to the Democratic Party.
Here’s why Jason Thigpen, an NC house candidate and war veteran, renounced the GOP and joined the Democratic party.
War veteran Jason Thigpen had been a member of the Republican Party. He was even running for Congress on the GOP ticket in North Carolina. But no longer. The purple heart recipient officially renounced the GOP in a message on his website on Monday.
“I simply cannot stand with a Party where its most extreme element promote hate and division amongst people,” Thigpen explained. “Nothing about my platform has, nor will it change. The government shutdown was simply the straw that broke the camels back. I guess being an American just isn’t good enough anymore… I refuse to be part of an extremist movement in the GOP that only appears to thrive on fear and hate mongering of anyone and everyone who doesn’t walk their line.”
That's beautiful. Another American patriot steps into the light. Ideally, there should not be so much distance between the two parties in their efforts to work creatively to support the interests of their nation, constituents and communities. We all want the same things, right? I find it interesting that he made a point that nothing in his platform had changed.
ReplyDeleteI am supporting fledgling democrat Nathan Fletcher for mayor of San Diego. He spent about one year as an independent after abandoning the republican party. Now he's one of us. He is a veteran of the USMC.
"Vote for Fletcher, he ain't no letcher."
DeleteGood. The more pro-gun Democrats, the better. They carry a lot more weight in stopping gun control than Republicans do.
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