Summary
Florida Representative Susan Valdes announced her switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party shortly after her re-election.
She expressed alignment with Republican Speaker Daniel Perez’s vision and a desire to address her constituents’ needs.
While acknowledging potential policy disagreements, Valdes emphasized respect within the Republican supermajority.
Her defection strengthens Republican control in the Florida House and highlights growing divisions within state politics.
Her core principle of “fuck everyone who voted for me, I got mine” does align perfectly with her new party.
I can’t believe there aren’t any laws against this. We live in a mad, mad world…
Ehh wouldn’t matter, at least this adds some transparency to it. Could have just stayed on the D and voted for GOP
Switching parties like this should at least immediately trigger a new election. You shouldn’t just get elected, pull your mask off as the opposite of you who ran as and your voters voted for, and just get to stay. That’s ludicrous.
This happened in North Carolina last election. She campaigned on liberal ideas and then immediately switched. It has enabled the state GOP to take tons of power in the last few years. Forgot to add her name. Tricia Cotham.
This is how Dallas got a Republican Mayor. They elected a Democrat but less than a month later he flipped, such clearly premeditated party changes should be illegal, it’s not what the voters thought they were casting their ballots for.
It’s nwit allowed in NZ and you get a reelection
Why doesn’t this ever go the other way with a Republican turning coat into a Democrat?
You cant sell out by turning democrat. Closest possible thing is a republican somehow offending the other republicans, and turning to democrat in the hopes that the democrats will accept them and protect them from political retribution. Which democrats probably wont, were not known for our spine so much as our quick judgements.
Because when you move from left to right, you’re welcomed with open arms, but trying to go from right to left is met with hostility. Hell, I’m barely on the right culturally, yet I’m often treated as if I’m far-right - especially online. If anything, this just pushes me further to the right, which, I’d argue, is exactly how we ended up with four more years of Trump and will likely lead to eight years of J.D. Vance next unless “the left” gets their act together.
I’m often treated as if I’m far-right - especially online. If anything, this just pushes me further to the right
“People think my beliefs are X, therefore I begin to believe X.”
So what I hear is you have no actual beliefs and are influenced too easily.
Hell, I’m barely on the right culturally, yet I’m often treated as if I’m far-right - especially online
If you’re barely right wing in the US, then you’re pretty far right on the scale of the developed world.
I’m Canadian, and I consider the Democrats to be a fairly right-wing party on the whole.
When you’re online, you’re working with a different scale than if you’re just in a US environment.
