Democrat Congressman Leaving Party Over Impeachment, Becoming Republican

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I suspect any number of vulnerable Democrats will folow suite especially those repulsed by antisemitism, socialism and hatred of rule of law.

Democrat Congressman Leaving Party Over Impeachment, Becoming Republican

By Daily Wire, December 14, 2019:

New Jersey Democratic Congressman Jeff Van Drew, who has strongly opposed the Democrats’ impeachment efforts, is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a member of the Republican Party after meeting with President Donald Trump.

“Van Drew’s congressional and campaign staff were informed he was planning to switch parties on Saturday, according to Democratic sources,” Politico reported. “The question was now when, not if, Van Drew was joining the Republican Party, according to several Democrats with knowledge of the ongoing conversations.”

Van Drew reportedly met “at length” with Trump on Friday and his decision to switch parties is supposed to be officially announced in the near future, a top GOP source told Politico.

The Washington Post reported that his decision to switch parties delivered “a political jolt to Democrats ahead of next week’s expected vote to impeach the president.”

News of Van Drew’s defection went viral online moments after the story broke with many noting that the move is highly damaging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment efforts.

Federalist co-founder Sean Davis tweeted: “Nancy Pelosi isn’t just hemorrhaging votes for her impeachment gambit, she’s now facing wholesale defections from the Democrat party because of its impeachment hysteria.”

he Washington Post reported that his decision to switch parties delivered “a political jolt to Democrats ahead of next week’s expected vote to impeach the president.”

News of Van Drew’s defection went viral online moments after the story broke with many noting that the move is highly damaging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment efforts.

Federalist co-founder Sean Davis tweeted: “Nancy Pelosi isn’t just hemorrhaging votes for her impeachment gambit, she’s now facing wholesale defections from the Democrat party because of its impeachment hysteria.”

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1205949015734575104

Bryan Dean Wright, a Democrat and former CIA officer, responded to the news by writing on Twitter: “Turns out people get tired of defending a party that’s spent the past three years embracing Socialists, anti-Semites, and hysteria.”

 

 

 

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SeveredSeclusiveIdiom
SeveredSeclusiveIdiom
4 years ago

This particular one will not bite the dust. 🙂

Trevor Fortune
Trevor Fortune
4 years ago

So he wants to become a RINO in an attempt to save his seat in 2020? Good luck with that Sonny Jim.

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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
4 years ago

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ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago

Agreed…..I trust the RINOs less than this guy….we’ll find out soon enough.

Cauc-Asian Patriot
Cauc-Asian Patriot
4 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

ACTUALLY REP JEFF VAN DREW IS BETTER THAN RINO SEN MITT ROMNEY, THE FIRST LOSER OF 2012 WHO IS ALMOST A TRAITOR! HE HAS DONE THE DEM-RATS SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE IN THEIR IMAGE WHICH IS IMPORTANT! HE IS A GOOD CAMPAIGNER AND A SMART GUY!
LIKE I POINT OUT, VAN DREW RECOGNIZED A SINKING SHIP IN THE DEM-RAT PARTY AND IN LEAVING, HAS THROWN THE ANCHOR DOWN HELPING IT SINK FASTER! GOOD FOR HIM! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL RIGHTISTS ESPECIALLY CHANUKAH ON 12/22!

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
4 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Indeed. It is one thing to “change parties”, but what is his new agenda? What ideology drives him? Did he automatically become pro-life as well … ?

Gar S
Gar S
4 years ago

Repeating whole paragraphs in the body of the article is not a way to impress anyone with one’s journalistic abilities.
As for the RINOID (RINO-In-Drag)… better than having another DimoKrat I suppose.
RINOIDs by the way are nearly as much trouble as Hemorrhoids, and affect the same area, being a pain in the ass.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

Another DEM about to run would easily defeat him and the GOP running has ties to Biden and DEMS and has been critical of Trump. . This is only about self preservation. He is a freshman worried about self preservation. He will be another RINO.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

…I’m not sure about that, Felix…..I’m an eternal optimist….however, if he becomes a RINO….he can join our other self-serving RINOs starting with the creepy, self-serving, lying Romney….We’ll know Congressman Drew by his votes soon enough.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

Yeah, I’m pretty sure we don’t want Drew any more than we want a severe case of clap … and yes, my account is one long screed against the Demokkkratic party … but …

That said, we will be all better off if we welcome a few Dim’s as the latest RINOs-On-Board … especially in RINO districts where the chances of losing the seat to a real Dimwit is high and … any (R) candidate you can run is somewhere to the Left of President Xi Jinping. … it’s good for the national political optics, and in most cases it’s not like we’re giving up anything we haven’t already lost.

I know we can never find common ground between pro-Americans and Leftists, but we need as many drones and ‘True Believers’ to come over to our side as possible for as long as possible – if we are to have any hope of showing the drones (the non-voting majority) that an American republic (note the lowercase) is better than a Union Socialist States of Amerikkka … so accepting a few defectors is a small price to pay for some political capital.

Again – I know that may seem odd considering I’m always on a screed against Demokkkrats – but we do need to find ‘baby steps’ for our Democratic neighbors to take … going cold-turkey after decades of drinking Kool-Aid is hazardous to their health, and it also has high recidivism and relapse rates. Slow withdrawal – and a full recognition of all the treason and back-stabbing by the RINO establishment is a better way to make solid converts who are in the fight for the long haul.

Cauc-Asian Patriot
Cauc-Asian Patriot
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

THE LEFTIST DEM-RATS HAVE UPPED THE ANTE TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN AS THEY ARE THE PRIVATE LOBBY OF THE GEORGE SOROS-IAN GLOBALIST BANKING CLIQUE WHICH SEEKS TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY IN FAVOR OF A NORTH AMERICAN UNION OF THEIR NEW WORLD ORDER! IN LEAVING THE DEM-RATS AND MAKING THEM LOOK BAD, REP JEFF VAN DREW NOW HAS THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR MONEY AGAINST HIM FOREVER WHO WERE ALREADY MOVING AGAINST HIM SO HE HAS TO BE ON OUR SIDE! LET’S BE A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE HERE! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL RIGHTISTS ESPECIALLY CHANUKAH!

L-Dan
L-Dan
4 years ago

Don’t trust this rat. Losing their government job is a fate worse than death to commies.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago

Thank you Congressman Drew and welcome to the sane side of America.
No doubt you have fellow democrats who will be joining you…if not in public, then behind the scenes.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Please do not be gullible and naive…………there is only 1 REASON a Democrat right now would switch parties: PUBLIC VOTES. This charlatan does not want to lose his job! So, he will lie and deceive his constituents to KEEP THAT JOB!

LOOK AT THIS GUY’S PAST RECORD AND THEN COME BACK HERE AND TELL US IF HE IS REALLY A CHANGED PERSON.

Look at Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and a bunch more RINOS who claim they are Conservative, but side with the DemonRats ALL THE TIME.

THERE SHOULD BE A LITMUS TEST FOR THESE PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR POLITICAL PARTY AFTER SO LONG. THEY SHOULD JUST RESIGN AND PROVE THEMSELVES ALL OVER. How do they do that? START OVER, SIGNING A DOCUMENT THAT CLAIMS THEY WILL ADHERE TO THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND IF THEY VOTE WITH DEMS, THEY WILL RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.

This is all ONE BIG LIE.

Right now, these charlatans KNOW they will lose their Office if they side with Dems, so what do they do? LIE TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago
Reply to  TomSJr

Oh, make no mistake…..I don’t think he’s changed……I just want his vote with the Republicans….and every time I see the name of Paula-screw America-Ryan I cringe and spit on the ground…and now that one of the Koch brothers has died, this Goniff Ryan has moved his family to D.C. to “keep an eye on things”…bull hockey! The Koch Clan moved him there to pay him to “lobby” all over the place.
The only good news is he and they must be very worried about Trump and his supporters…..otherwise Paula wouldn’t have needed to move to D.C.

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
4 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

Certainly hope so. May other converts be genuine as well.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago

That should not be allowed for at least, 1 year! Switch POLITICAL parties, but you cannot vote for 1 year ON ANYTHING!

I WOULD NOT BELIEVE *ANY* DEMOCRAT. THEY ARE KNOWN LIARS AND DECEIVERS!

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THIS, America. It is another PLOY by the Democrats to make people believe that they are against Impeachment, but then when it gets to the Senate, guess what?

Cauc-Asian Patriot
Cauc-Asian Patriot
4 years ago
Reply to  TomSJr

REP JEFF VAN DREW BY HIS EXAMPLE IS TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR PRES. TRUMP IN THE SENATE WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN SAY ABOUT 2012 1ST LOSER SEN MITT ROMNEY! LET’S TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS AND NOT BE SO NEGATIVE! BY THE WAY, WHAT YOU PROPOSE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL! WOW! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL RIGHTISTS ESPECIALLY CHANUKAH!

Don39
Don39
4 years ago

Just a word of advice, there are a lot of leftist damnocrats we do not want to accept. Take care Mr. President and GOP.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago
chaim silver.
chaim silver.
4 years ago

one can fool some people some of the time. but, not all of the people all of the time. the dems have put themselves in a tight corner. they are battling to get out. they are akin to a drowning man clutching at straws to survive.it is the same as core bin in u k. he thought the sun shined out of his rear end. he has now fallen on his own petard…

Cauc-Asian Patriot
Cauc-Asian Patriot
4 years ago

MAYBE HE WILL RUN FOR NJ GOVERNOR AS A REPUBLICAN AND GIVE NJ SOME HOPE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN DARK FOR A LONG TIME THERE! IT IS AMAZING HE MADE IT THROUGH THE DEM-WIT PARTY LEFTIST SCREENER TO EVEN RUN IN 2018 BUT THE DEM-RATS ARE CATCHING UP TO HIM AS HE IS TOO REASONABLE! THEY WERE PLANNING TO KNOCK HIM OFF WITH ONE OF THEIR OWN COMMITTED LEFTISTS IN THE NEXT PRIMARY SO HE IS DOING NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING BUT THE SMART THING TOO! FACT IS THOUGH, WE ARE DEALING WITH 47-48% OF THE U.S. POPULATION THAT IS DOWN FOR THE STRUGGLE FOLKS AND HAVE DRUNK THE KOOLADE TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN. THESE LEFTISTS ARE ZOMBIES WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE TO BE A LOYAL DEM-RAT, A ZOMBIE! VAN DREW WASN’T, SO HE HAS MOVED ON WHICH FOR HIM IS TO BETTER THINGS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL RIGHTISTS ESPECIALLY CHANUKAH!

DVader
DVader
4 years ago

Amash did it first.

Joseph Rosen
Joseph Rosen
4 years ago

Congressman Jeff Van Drew is a good example to follow!

It would be great if 17 other Democratic congressmen did the same thing, and so the Republicans will have the majority ALSO in the House of Representatives [216-R vs 214-D]

patd
patd
4 years ago

WTH there is one that has a functioning brain cell????!!!! And guess how many voters have switched already!!!!!! The party of the jackass for the jackasses!!!

Mike Kevins
Mike Kevins
4 years ago

Finally, one lemming not willing to follow the nut jobs off of the cliff. I hope there are more. I guarantee you will not hear this story on CNN or PMSNBC or any other mouthpiece (cockholster) for the DNC.

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