A longtime former California Democratic legislative chief introduced Wednesday she now not “recognize[s her] party,” whereas noting she nonetheless considers a lot of its historic figures, together with former President John F. Kennedy, her “heroes.”
Gloria Romero, who served because the state Senate majority chief for 3 years of her greater than 10-year stint in Sacramento, slammed the present state of her former get together.
Romero stated she had been a delegate to the Democratic Nationwide Conference for each Jesse Jackson and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Unwell., including that many Latinos and Latinas are leaving the get together for comparable causes.
“Today, I say ‘Goodbye – adios’ — I’ve had enough,” the previous San Gabriel Valley lawmaker stated in her announcement.
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Former California State Senate Majority Chief Gloria Romero (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)
“I am now another near-lifelong Democrat who is joining the growing number of people … who are leaving the Democratic Party.
“At present, I be part of the Republican Social gathering to make America nice once more, and I’m able to do my half as America prepares to vote,” Romero stated, including she has obtained a heat reception from her onetime political opposition.
She claimed she couldn’t stand by as Democrats took “an enormous leap to authoritarianism [and] censorship,” noting former President Reagan warned that if fascism rose in the U.S. it would come under the guise of liberalism.
“It’s terrifying to see how language has been modified in order that, as a feminist and a former professor … I might be condemned for saying that I can outline a girl and distinguish between organic intercourse and gender id,” Romero said.
“Whereas I’m pro-choice, I can’t assist a celebration that advocates for abortion to full time period. I’m a mom and refuse to name myself a ‘birthing person.'”
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Former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate (Peter Zay/AFP via Getty Images)
“The Republican Party has become the party of peace while the Democrats have marched towards endless war.”
She also took aim at the Green movement within the Democratic Party, voicing opposition to regulations on appliances.
“[A]s a Latina, I will not give up my gas stove; you cannot toast a tortilla on an electric range,” she quipped.
Standing on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento, Romero said she officially aligns with the GOP under former President Trump, who she said is the true champion of working people and the Reaganesque “big tent.”
“I will vote for Donald Trump this fall,” she said.
Asked about Romero’s transfer, Los Angeles Democratic officers dismissed her official announcement as “outdated information.”
“We knew then about Gloria what California Republicans know greatest: the grift is actual,” Mark Gonzalez, the former chairman of the county party, told the Los Angeles Daily News.
Another former party staffer said on X, formerly Twitter, the GOP is “drudg[ing] up outdated information to remain related.”
State Sen. Brian W. Jones, R-San Diego, the top Republican in the state chamber, welcomed Romero to the party, saying in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital that Romero had unsuccessfully tried to “get up” her former party to its leftward shift.
“Her management and expertise have at all times been about serving the folks, not partisan politics. It takes actual braveness to step away from the get together you have led and stand for what is true,” Jones said.
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The California Capitol July 17, 2022, in Sacramento, Calif. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“The pendulum is swinging in California — Sky-high costs, rising crime, and document homelessness are the direct outcomes of a damaged authorities…”
Current state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil of Jackson also switched to the GOP in early August.
At the time, Alvarado-Gil said her former party is also “unrecognizable” and “lacks the need to repair the issues plaguing the state.”
