Florida State Rep. Susan Valdes Defects to GOP, Expanding the Republican Supermajority There

Ben Kew : Dec 10, 2024
The Gateway Pundit

"I will not waste my final two years in the Florida Legislature being ignored in a caucus whose leadership expects me to ignore the needs of my community..." -State Representative Susan Valdes, Florida

[TheGatewayPundit.com] A Florida State Representative has become the latest disaffected Democrat to join the Republican Party. (Image: Public profile image /via X)

Susan Valdes, a Cuban-American who recently won re-election in her constituency in West Tampa, wrote in a post on the X platform that she felt ignored by the Democratic caucus and that only by joining the Republican Party could she get her ideas across.

She explained:

I have spent my adult life fighting to give a voice to the people of my West Tampa home. I have done so as a Democrat partly out of habit—I come from a family of Democrats—and partly because I believed the Democrats were the party most concerned with the working families I represent.

In the House, I have long known that no one has a monopoly on good ideas. I will not waste my final two years in the Florida Legislature being ignored in a caucus whose leadership expects me to ignore the needs of my community.

Effective immediately, I will change my registration from a Democrat to Republican and will join the Republican Conference in the Florida House of Representatives. Our Speaker, Rep. Daniel Perez, has laid out a vision for the House that focuses on empowering House members to work on real problems facing our communities... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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