California Democratic State Senator Switches to GOP: ‘Not the Party I Signed Up For’
“The Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that I signed up with as a new voter. The pendulum has swung so far to the left that it has disengaged from what true Californians value.”
California State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil announced her decision to leave the Democratic Party and join the GOP.
“Since my first day in office, I have put the interests of my constituents first. I was elected to serve the public, not a political ideology,” stated Alvarado-Gil. “The status quo under a supermajority Democratic rule in the legislature is simply not working for this state. It is after deep reflection I announce that I will be joining the Senate Republican Caucus and the California Republican Party in their fight to fix California.”
Alvarado-Gil has always been a moderate, voting with Republicans on many issues. District 4, which she represents, is a conservative-leaning district.
The district includes “Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Madera, Merced, Mono, Nevada and Inyo counties.”
Democrats have the supermajority in both chambers. Alvarado-Gil gives the GOP nine votes in the Senate.
Alvardo-Gil has always been a Democrat but hates what it has become.
“It was the right thing to do,” she explained. “I’ve been a Democrat my whole adult life. … The Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that I signed up with as a new voter. The pendulum has swung so far to the left that it has disengaged from what true Californians value.”
EXCLUSIVE: California Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil is SWITCHING PARTIES from Democrat to Republican. She's giving her first interview to @TheIssueIsShow
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Alavardo-Gil holds fiscally conservative views but leans left with social issues such as abortion.
State Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire snarked, “One silver lining is MAGA Republicans are gaining a pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ+ rights, anti-Trump colleague. We wish her the best of luck.”
Always have to bring up Trump and MAGA. So deranged.
Alvardo-Gil told Marcos Bretón of The Sacramento Bee, “the last straw was the Proposition 47 shenanigans, the ‘poison pill’ amendments.”
Leslie documented the fiasco around Prop 47, which weakened the penalties for property crimes.
A law-and-order package of bills, including from Alvarado-Gil, were hijacked and loaded with amendments — ‘poison pills’ — that would have killed the bills if voters passed a Prop. 47 reform initiative in November.
“The governor was very aggressive to get the Democrats to fall in line,” she said. “I was one of the few that said I would not fall in line. I was vocal about it…So I sat with that for a little while. The consideration of separating myself from the majority party, their tactics and a misalignment of our values has been percolating for some time.”
Alvarado-Gil also couldn’t believe it when Democrats lectured her on discrimination regarding law-and-order legislation.
Her parents are Mexican immigrants. She was once a single mom:
“I would get asked, ‘How can you side with the DA’s? This is going to put more Black and brown people in jail.’ I don’t tend to follow the race train. I’m looking at society as a whole. I also understand that if we don’t hold people accountable for their actions. There is a domino effect. Not only in our prisons system, our education system, our economic system, our housing system and whether or not Californians see themselves as part of communities or they are packing their bags and leaving.”
What a toxic environment.
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FWIW, Richard Grennell, who knows a little something about California politics, has this warning:
This is a total Republican seat. And she’s a fraud. She’s endorsed Kamala Harris, the most left wing radical that’s ever been a nominee for President. The joke is on the voters who would be duped by her “switch”.
https://x.com/RichardGrenell/status/1821704744899129368
“Listen, I’m a politician which means I’m a cheat and a liar, and when I’m not kissing babies I’m stealing their lollipops. But it also means I keep my options open.” – ‘Jeffrey Pelt (Richard Jordan), The Hunt for Red October
Never believe anything a politician says. Rather, watch what they do – and what they do not do.
Like every politician, don’t pay attention to what they say, watch what they’ve done.
How long until someone has a pic of her hob-nobbing at a Dem event?
Too much DEM in her DNA.
“One silver lining is MAGA Republicans are gaining a pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ+ rights, anti-Trump colleague. We wish her the best of luck.”
Always have to bring up Trump and MAGA. So deranged.”
He’s not wrong. She’s the same person she was yesterday.
Pretty ballsy, considering she is now a “R” in the Peoples Democratic Republic of California.
It’s often said that RI is just 20 years before it becomes California.
I think we’re there.
She’s on the right track. Her next move should be to change her last name to Gil. Hyphenaters are short-sighted egotists.
I’m a ‘hyphenater’. I never been called either short-sighted or an egotist. What difference does it make to you?
Hyphenation is Darwinian coloration. Like rainbow hair, Priuses, sleeve and neck tattoos, and “In this house” signs, it gives you fair warning of what you are likely to have to deal with in person, unless you cross to the other sidewalk immediately.
Take a look at the list of any state’s legislators. Note the hyphenators. Note what side of the aisle they sit on.
I call it short-sighted to leave one’s female progeny with ever-lengthening surnames.
Or ever-deepening deficits.
But in for a penny…
She is an opportunists who can read the writing on the wall. I will trust her in about 50 years. Did she announce this on Fox or one of the commie networks?
The first link goes to See-BS News.