Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry announced this week she is serving her final four months in office as a Republican after breaking from Democrats over gender transition access for minors.
A Democratic state politician in Texas is flipping to the Republican Party for her final four months in office. State Rep. Shawn Thierry published a statement to social media on Friday decrying the Democratic Party's march into the 'progressive abyss' after she lost her primary for supporting a GOP-led bill protecting minors from gender transition procedures.
Thierry said because of her break with the values of her party, she will serve her final few months in office as a member of the GOP. 'I now stand with the party of Lincoln, the party that fought to preserve our Union and fought to end the atrocities of slavery,' she added. Thierry lost to primary challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons during a runoff election in May.
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