Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry drew national attention last week when she announced her exit from the Democrat Party. Thierry, who lost a competitive primary in May, is finishing her term as a Republican due to the Democrat Party’s most liberal positions.
Thierry said she has voted Democrat for her entire adult life. She was raised in a home with parents who “believed the Democrat Party was the party of the people.”
“But as the years have passed, I have watched with dismay as the party I once knew has drifted far from its roots,” she wrote. “It has become almost unrecognizable — radicalized and increasingly out of touch with the values that millions of everyday Americans hold dear.”
Thierry said the Democrats have veered “so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in good conscience, support policies like promoting sex changes for children during a vulnerable stage of their lives, and dismantling Title IX protections for women in sports.”
She noted Democrats have stifled thoughtful debate and silenced dissent “with an iron fist.” Instead, the party demands “blind allegiance to ideology.”
“The renowned poet Maya Angelou so powerfully said, “When you know better, you do better.” And so today, at such a time as this, I am officially announcing that I am leaving the ranks and rancor of the Democrat Party elite. I now stand with the party of Lincoln, the party that fought to preserve our Union and fought to end the atrocities of slavery.”
Republican support for economic empowerment and standing for “the fundamental right” of parents to determine the best educational environment for a child to experience, won Thierry’s support.
“Mothers around our country from all backgrounds, races and communities and understand that it’s our sacred duty to preserve the innocence of our children, protect them from being sexualized and sterilized. To respect universal truths, and to uphold the rights of biological women as defined by science, nature and common sense.
“I am leaving the Left because the Left has abandoned Democrats who feel betrayed by a party that has lost its way, lost its commitment to hard-working families.”
