Last Updated on 06/09/2024 by Arun jain
The longtime former California Democratic legislative leader announced Wednesday that she is no longer “recognized[s her] party,” while noting that she still considers many of its historical figures, including former President John F. KennedyHer “hero.”
Gloria Romero, who served as state Senate majority leader for three of her more than 10 years in Sacramento, criticized her former party’s current position.
Romero said he met Jesse Jackson and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. Both have been delegates to the Democratic National Convention, adding that many Latinos and Latinos are leaving the party for similar reasons.
“Today, I say ‘goodbye – adios’ – I’ve had enough,” the former San Gabriel Valley lawmaker said in his announcement.
“I am now the second closest Democrat to join the growing number of people … who are leaving the Democratic Party.
“Today, I join the Republican Party to make America great again, and I’m ready to do my part as America prepares to vote,” Romero said, adding that she received a warm welcome from her onetime political opposition.
She claimed she could not stand by as the Democrats “took a giant leap toward authoritarianism. [and] Censorship,” former President Reagan warned that if fascism were to rise in the US, it would come under the guise of liberalism.
Romero said, “It’s terrifying to see how language has been changed so that, as a feminist and a former professor … I would be condemned for saying that I can define a woman and distinguish between biological sex and gender identity, ” said Romero.
“While I am pro-choice, I will not support a party that advocates full term abortion. I am a mother and refuse to call myself a ‘birther’.”
“The Republican Party has become the party of peace while the Democrats have marched toward endless war.”
She also took aim at the Green movement in the Democratic Party, opposing regulations on devices.
“[A]Sa Latina, I will not leave my gas stove; You can’t toast a tostilla on an electric range,” she quipped.
Standing on the steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Romero said she was officially aligned with the GOP under Ex. President TrumpWhom she said were true champions of working people and a Regnesque “big tent”.
“I will be voting for Donald Trump this fall,” she said.
Asked about Romero’s move, Los Angeles Democratic officials dismissed her official announcement as “old news.”
“We knew about Gloria what California Republicans know very well: Grift is real,” Mark Gonzalez, a former county party chairman, told the Los Angeles Daily News.
Another former party staffer said on X, formerly Twitter, that the GOP is a “drudg.”[ing] Bring up old news to stay relevant.”
State Sen. Brian W. JonesThe top Republican in the state chamber, R-San Diego, welcomed Romero to the party, saying in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital that Romero had tried unsuccessfully to “awaken” his former party to its leftward shift.
“His leadership and experience has always been about serving the people, not partisan politics. It takes real courage to step away from the party you’ve led and stand up for what’s right,” Jones said.
“The pendulum is swinging in California – skyrocketing prices, rising crime and record homelessness are the direct results of broken government…”
Current state Sen. Mary Alvarado-Gill of Jackson also switched to the GOP in early August.
At the time, Alvarado-Gil said her former party was also “ignorant” and “lacked the will to address the state’s problems.”
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