This is a very similar time to when I left the Republican party also during Watergate. I think you are going to see thousands to millions of Republicans since birth leaving these next few years as their conscience overwhelms them like it did me during Watergate. What Republicans let happen after Watergate convinced me I couldn't be a Republican any more then. Hillary Clinton was another one of us that left the Republican party then too. I moved toward being first a Conservative Democrat and finally to an independent. I saw that if either party was in office permanently that it would destroy our country completely. They both do very good and very bad things to our nation. It is in the balance that we have a nation. Either one all the time would be a complete disaster for everyone on earth.
So, I view the Republican and Democratic parties as Necessary evils to make our country work long term and keep our democracy and democratic institutions intact. Without both the nation would be over soon.
Begin quote from:
MSNBC
host Joe Scarborough is leaving the Republican Party and will register
as an independent voter. His announcement came during Tuesday night’s
taping of “The Late …
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Is Leaving The Republican Party
His announcement was slated to air Tuesday night on “The Late Show.”
Rob Kim via Getty Images
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is leaving the Republican Party and will register as an independent voter.
His
announcement came during Tuesday night’s taping of “The Late Show With
Stephen Colbert,” which released a clip from his interview on Twitter
before the episode was scheduled to air that night.
“I
am a Republican, but I’m not going to be a Republican anymore. I’ve got
to become an independent,” he said to loud applause from the audience.
“This was well before Donald Trump
was elected president that my party has betrayed their core values,” he
said, noting his frustration with GOP lawmakers’ unwillingness to
admonish Trump’s racist statements and election promises.
Earlier Tuesday, the show’s executive producer Chris Licht confirmed the announcement was coming.
Scarborough and his “Morning Joe” co-host, Mika Brzezinski, had been friendly toward Trump during the 2016 election but have been increasingly critical of him since his inauguration.
The switch prompted Trump to lash out at
the pair in a series of tweets, referring to them as “Psycho Joe” and
“low-I.Q. Crazy Mika,” and claiming Brzezinski “was bleeding badly from a
face-lift” when he saw her last year.
The former lawyer was the Republican congressman representing Florida’s 1st District from 1994 to 2001.
Scarborough’s appearance on “The Late Show” was scheduled to air at 11:35 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.
No comments:
Post a Comment