Dems gain as GOP state lawmakers switch sides because of Trump extremism

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They cited various reasons, but the party-switchers have one thing in common: They say the GOP under President Trump has become too extreme.

 

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So they want to be a Democratic Socialist Party Member instead. I see, it’s like they want to move from the job receptionist At Planned Parenthood to the doctor doing the abortions. One talks about the dirty deed, the other does it! Let the rhinos go!

Nope! He’s more Conservative than Reagan!

That is the funniest tweet so far this year. So now it is the GOP which has become too extreme? How abt that retard of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez or Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar racist bitches?

Can McConnell articulate a single virtue of the Republican Party anymore?

NoMoreLies 🗽

But do they hang out in heartland diners? Because we'll never get the NY Times to cover them otherwise.

PaulBegala Our president is a clear and present danger to this country. Why cannot his base look for themselves and see the disconnects? Please watch and consider CNN’s information. You are losing this great country with your ignorance and uninformed positions. Come on people. Think

And they are right

It took trump? Uhhhhh y’all should look in the mirror.

Umm...The GOP was as extreme well before Trump.

RealAngieR

It is more that trumpist fascism exposed the extremism of the Republican party, but either way

GOP party switchers also do this to 'plunk votes' in primaries -- i.e., vote for the least viable Dem candidate. Thens their chosen GOP candidate has an easier time in the general election. (This also explains the 'massive' support for Bernie in 2016)

Too extreme? So being a white supremacist criminal was okay?

'...so, let us pop over to the party of extreme socialism and keeping newborn infants 'comfortable' until we kill them.' This country is being screwed from all sides.

is it that the party has become too extreme or too overt and now it's harder to feign ignorant about the intention of certain policies?

The GOP has been in a downward spiral ever since the screaming fools of the Tea Party came in.

llholcomb Trump is so extreme right that he now labels moderate Democrats as left-wing nut jobs and old-school left-leaning liberals as socialist anarchists. He has successfully moved the needle.

neeratanden The movement is good, but the means is inappropriate. Party ID is the most important thing people vote on, reps shouldn't switch parties after they are elected. Move to indy and caucus with other side, but switching parties is cheap

Buh bye, GOP trumpTitanic

By extreme, you mean: racist, by calling Neo Nazis fine people, homophobic, by banning trans ppl fr the military, fiscally irresponsible, by increasing the deficit, suddenly PRO RUSSIA & ex KGB Putin, by refuting ur intelligence agencies? Did I get that right?

LauraTalbott True. I just switched partys because of this.

The biggest reasons are 'the GOP is no longer about its basic principles of limited government, individual liberty and country before party.'

CantGOPanymore Said the purveyors of naked socialism. That’s hysterical.

The GOP that *created* Trump was too extreme. Anyone who understood extremism could see that. Not these guys.

neeratanden Bigger question. Why did some Democrats defect to the Republican Party to vote for Trump? What have Democrats done for the working and middle-class for the last 40 years?

They are switching because of the corruption. The GOP has failed the people by no oversight of the executive office. You have failed the People by your division. If you want a world like China North Korea and Russia maybe you should go live there

They have killed the Rep. Parrty for a generation.

Kris_Sacrebleu GOP = Gov of Putin.

neeratanden 'Too extreme' implies he and his minions are even on the American spectrum of liberal/conservative while respecting American values. They are not.

Hence The King of Coffee Boys is running for POTUS?

That's one way of saying, 'The swamp protects its own.'

Do you see this realDonaldTrump even your own people realize how horrible of a leader you are!

p2cat I believe the GOP is just starting to wake up to the destructives policies of the MAGA Conman. That's just not enough, they have to start working on impeachment.

When you find out you've been lied to all along, reasonable people have two choices. You can either stay in and be the best/craziest cultist you can be, or you give the other side a chance. I chose the second option.

They switch after they used the party for reeelection. I guess Trump extremism is worse to them thanthe extremism of free stuff, anti-citizen, anti-law enforcement, baby killing and party before country.

Come on in from the cold folks. We have room for all Americans. 🇺🇸

Party-switchers = Self-preservationists

Fake news

buzztard SenateMajLdr GOP HouseGOP SenateGOP You live up to your acronym GreedOverPeople GropingOldPerverts

They're confused on the timeline: The GOP became too extreme years before the 2016 Election. That's why someone like Trump was able to secure the Republican nomination in the first place.

The modern GOP are political vampires. This pod lacks solutions to social or economic problems. They cheer the sociopathy of the billionaires they idolize. They suck the lifeblood out of democracy. And they won't fight the Russian zombies who have invaded their feeding grounds

We don’t want them.

So has the Democratic Party... a battle of Twitter-extremists

K.

Let's try insane.

SpeakerPelosi is using Dreamers as hostages.

I’ve been a republican since 1982 - will switch to democrat as soon as the 2020 primaries. These republicans are vile , dishonest and soulless. “ Making voting easier is a piwer grab” That’s fucking rich coming from the king of obstruction, gerrymandering and voter RESTRICTions

When did a strong economy, tax cuts, low unemployment, strong military, strong business environment, getting foreign “friends” to own up to commitments, fighting terror groups/sponsers, border security & rule of law become extreme?

GOPGrandOldPartyofRussia GOPisthePartyofLies GOPisCorrupt GOPhasSoldAmericaOut GOPprotectsaTRAITOR DonaldTrumpisaTaitor DonaldTrumpSoldAmericaOut VoteGOPoutofOffice

fawfulfan 'Extreme', a nice, safe, meaningless term that I'm sure the news media will continue to use in an effort not to offend anyone. The problem with the GOP is NOT that they have become too extreme, it's that they have become too racist and xenophobic.

Those aren't gains, they didn't suddenly change ideology, they're trying to take over the party and make the new Democrats look like the old Republicans, they should not be accepted, they should start their own party... This 'tent' it's starting to get a little too big

The GOP has become too extreme? What about American politics in general?

Proving once again that you can never have enough schadenfreude.

Trump didn't change GOP, he just made them honest so they no longer hid those 'extremes'*. Extremes=selfishness & bigotry

Republicans will have to focus on state issues to become relevant? Yeah, that'll be the day.

So they want to be a Democratic Socialist Party Member instead. I see, it’s like they want to move from the job receptionist At Planned Parenthood to the doctor doing the abortions. One talks about the dirty deed, the other does it! Let the rhinos go!

YUP. McConnell and his 'Far Left' BS. They're the ones acting like Nazis.

PaulBegala Too insane is more like it.

I hope these switcher legislators get primaried with real Dems. As one said, she has not changed her views, her party went bonkers. Well, a Dem that does not make.

THANK YOU to ALL GOPVotingBlue after we destroy the CorruptGOP I promise, as a lifelong liberal, to donate & support sane, fact-based, non-racist Republicans b/c I value the exchange of ideas. But this s^*t is Cra Cra

Holy cow! And I thought he lefties were the extremists.

You mean because they abrogate the Constitution?

It’s not what you call yourself it’s how you vote when in office

No kidding.. 👇GOP👇

Wow, the phony 'abortion is murder' bots are out in force on this one.

Extreme as to what? Liberals want FREE everything abortion outside of the womb,70% taxes hell I call that extreme!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully they can pull the DNC back to the center.

Keep sticking with the Orange cancer, GOP...serving you really well.

That’s funny. Over the years The Republican Party has stayed Conservative. The Democratic Party has gone from Conservative, to moderate, to liberal, to socialist. There now a danger to our freedoms and stability. We will become Venezuela if they succeed in their policies.

Correction: GOP under Trump has become too TREASONOUS.

Haven’t changed registration yet, but I voted a straight D ticket last November. Plan on doing it again in 2020. Will not vote for another Republican until trump and those that have enabled him are gone.

Is “extreme” now a politically correct term for “corrupt”?

I get the feeling these switches are less about moral high ground and more about self preservation.

baloney your fake network

When Trump brags about his 'high ratings' among the GOP, he fails to mention that the percentage of voters self-identifying as Republican has been dropping steadily since he took office. It is now the Trump Party.

But it wasn’t under the Tea Party?

rubbish and lies from leftist media NBC

So you think allowing abortions during labor is helping the Democrats? Do you want to talk about that today? I’m a party switcher but not the way you want.

And the left has not ?

Everything Trump Touches Dies. ETTD

The GOP is the party of treason and stupidity

It's the republics that are bad news, tRump is the manifestation. Don't give republics a lifeboat or let them blame tRump its Rep policies

Lol. And the Dems haven’t

So 50 years from now when the evils of abortion are too well known and obvious to deny, the democrats will point to these 3 people and give the same tired 'we switched sides' argument that you have after 100 years of segregationist policies following the civil war

Beware the 'politicians' jumping ship..... same assholes in disguise.....

Too extreme huh and you are just now figuring this out. Be for real!

realDonaldTrump lol

Trump has over 90% approval from GOP voters & poll approval numbers hover between 43-50%. You are tabloid propaganda & peddle in Yellow Journalism....

Sure. The cruelty is the point.

Don't trust the switchers. Watch them closely with clear eyes.

Um. Look at the DNC over the past few. Yikes Islam Full term abortion No border security Illegals over Americans Anti white Anti Christian Anti Israel. Pro billionaires Pro mega corps Weird.

That's not true I have switched from Democrat to Republican. I don't think the Democrat's are willing to negotiate. I am somewhere in between a democrat and a republican, so it is very important to me and my family to see both sides compromise that is a democracy.

Ya think?

They JUST figured that shit out?

ITS BEEN A CULT FOR YEARS... TRUMP JUST TOOK THEM RACIST DEEP..... REALITY.

Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t know the GOP was all for killing children right before birth and right after birth.

It's simple. The GOP Now by any objective measure is more readily characterized as a hate group then a national party. Additionally, they have more in common with anarchists since they are attempting to entirely deconstruct institutions.

And the left under Pelosi and Schummer hasn't?

Count me in. Changed voter registration to 'NPA'.

BAM ! and just like that we have the NEW FakeMedia talking point, featuring the all NEW TooExtreme Hey NBCNewsSucks Folks SEE the Partisanship it's VERY blatant, and very Sad.

FakeNewsMedia

Bullshit, those who switch parties are those who do it for political reasons. It’s no different than what 3 have done in my state. Claim to be Republicans in a predominantly Republican district. Fool uneducated voters who don’t pay attention, then switch parties after they win.

That's putting the cart before the horse. The reason we have Trump is because the GOP became too extreme.

Maybe but the left has gone crazy. Abortion during delivery is MURDER

But Dummy realDonaldTrump said last wk the Dems are losing badly & ppl are registering in droves to be GOP. Well looks like at a minimum, many former state lawmakers are switching from GOP to Dem so I’d assume the electorate ain’t buying what the GOP is selling anymore either.

Our countries politicians we have People. Have serious psychological problems. And none of them have solutions to discuss on making things better for it. They’ve tied things up in laws they created to not deal with problems.

And the other side hasn’t? Give me a break.

And the dems are sweet old and young progressives doing their best for American citizens. 🤣

Extreme Really? The repubs are NOT the party that has become too extreme

The GOP has been radicalized

Has become? Are they just seeing this for themselves? The GOP was too extreme when they accepted him as a candidate! The comment of shooting someone in NY, the racist statements, the attack on gold-star families...Has become? Wow!

Would be nice to hear you say something nice about our President

People just dont like Trump. There’s one party becoming extreme and he aint in it

Bologna! These are “mostly extreme liberal states or districts that have become liberal and those switching were on Republican in name only (RINO) or they are saving their asses/jobs. Fake & phony!

LeslieMarshall Fake

GOP too extreme? Killing live babies isn't GOP...but you don't see that as extreme? Socialism for all isn't too extreme? Pure BS.

This will only grow as more is revealed about what this conspiracy is truly doing.. I think Putin wants to bring war to the Western Hemisphere. Trump is helping him Venezuela We must stand up to 🍆🥔’s

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The world will never know peace until we also passes away

Is “extreme” really the correct word? “Insane,” “stupid,” “reckless,” ...

IAmSophiaNelson Too incompetent

Republicans have always been bigots, criminals and tools of foreign governments

But Infanticide----Killing Babies Isn't. What a Farce!

And 'Too Cavafefe'!!!!!!!!

So no more DNC? Only Socialists?

Yeah; mass kidnappings, concentration camps and coddling actual Nazis will do that...

The GOP is the party of extremes? Bahahahahhahahaaha! No one else is extreme at all. Noooooooo. *this is my sarcastic face*

Pure trash.

'They say the GOP under President Trump has become too extreme' - wow, that's profound. How long did it take them to figure that out?

Look in the mirror.

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