My question is always...
If a democrat switches to republican, does it mean that he/she approves of the republican ideals? If so, why was he/she a democrat to begin with?
“If so, why was he/she a democrat to begin with?”
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The simplest answer would be: They grew up in an environment that told them to be Democrats because Republicans were pure evil.
2nd. Republicans were always assumed to be the FAT CATS of any industry and thus to be rejected for the PIOUS ones of the dEmocrat party.
3rd. They held views at one time that they no longer hold and realize with their epiphany comes responsibility.
We’ve had two wonderful Presidents who were dEmocrats and realized what a threat the dEmocrat party was to this country. Both were loved as dEmocrats by dEmocrats and yet on the same day as they changed political party they became The Enemy of all dEmocrats.
Are there infiltrators that pretend to be Republican in nature? Heck yes. Currently, they’re called RINOs.