La. State Sen. Elbert Guillory's Video Explanation of Why He Changed from Democrat to Republican [Watch Video Now]

News Staff : Jun 19, 2013
Real Clear Politics

RealClearPolitics.com: Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory explains why he recently switched from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party. He discusses the history of the Republican Party, founded as an Abolitionist Movement in 1854. Guillory talks about how the welfare state is only a mechanism for politicians to control the black community. Click the Play button on the video to watch.

EDITOR'S NOTE: While Breaking Christian News is unashamedly ProLife, we are also non-partisan. However, we felt the facts contained within Sen. Guillory's video deserve to be heard. -Aimee Herd, BCN.

(Louisiana)—Media is buzzing lately about the recent decision by Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory to switch from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party. In a video that is swiftly becoming viral, Sen. Guillory discusses the history of the Republican Party, and of his reasons for the change.

Watch the senator's video by CLICKING HERE, or on the link provided. A few text excerpts from his video are included below.

Hello, my name is Elbert Lee Guillory, and I'm the senator for the twenty-fourth district right here in beautiful Louisiana. Recently I made what many are referring to as a 'bold decision' to switch my party affiliation to the Republican Party…

You see, in recent history the Democrat Party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what's best for black people. Somehow it's been forgotten that the Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement with one simple creed: that slavery is a violation of the rights of man.

Frederick Douglass called Republicans the 'Party of freedom and progress,' and the first Republican president was Abraham Lincoln, the author of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was the Republicans in Congress who authored the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments giving former slaves citizenship, voting rights, and due process of law.

The Democrats on the other hand were the Party of Jim Crow. It was Democrats who defended the rights of slave owners. It was the Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who championed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, but it was Democrats in the Senate who filibustered the bill…