https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/374517

Former New York State Assemblyman switches affiliations, says Democratic Party has turned its back on Jews and Israel.

Former New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who currently heads the Americans Against Antisemitism organization, has officially announced that he is leaving the Democratic Party and changing his affiliation to the Republican Party.

“IT’S OFFICIAL: My wife and I have switched our party affiliation from Democrat to Republican! People have long been asking, ‘Dov, when are you gonna leave the Democratic Party? Well, the time has come because the Dems have turned their back on Jews & Israel, so it’s officially done!” Hikind wrote.

Hikind also posted a video of him and his wife, Shani, explaining their decision to join the Republican Party.

“I have been a lifelong Democrat, my family, my parents, but that's over. That's finished. I have decided to register as a Republican,” he said.

“Unfortunately, the Democratic party has become so radicalized, so radical, run by the radicals, that people who are moderates or conservative Democrats are not welcomed in the Democratic party.”

“And I've had enough. The Democratic party turns its back on its friends like Israel, the Biden Administration right now in policy after policy. I'm just tired. I've had enough,” Hikind said. “It took a long long time but I am delighted to join the Republican Party.”

Sorry I don't see that as a good thing, ever.

It means subversion of the other party. Or it means they stayed the same and both parties moved left. Neither of those is good.

It's never "I've changed my mind and see the light."

I never trust a Democrat that " switches parties ". Prove your loyalty and then we'll talk .

Sometimes people see the light though. I know the exception doesn't prove the rule, but Dave Rubin was a Lefty that saw the light and changed his whole political life. Andrew Klavan began as a Lefty who over time and with an honesty of heart, changed his life so entirely after accepting conservatism that he converted to Christianity (this is not to say that a Jewish person wouldn't be conservative, but to say he changed so much of his life even to his religious beliefs.) There are others. Brandon Straka of the walk Away Movement, Candace Owens, Ray Bradbury, remember Ron Silver?, Dennis Miller, even Dennis Prager, of all people, was a Lefty. There are countless others who are not famou, whom you'll never know who left the Dems throughout many decades even before the Rebups went soft and drifted squishy left. The most recent guy, Dov Somethingorother, maybe he is still Left but as with most of us, political refinement is gradual.

Wow! The thieves of joy have made an early appearance in this thread.

Jewish people waking up to the Demonrats being anti-semitic is a good thing. According to Pew Research:

religious Jewish people are 68% Democrat

non-religious Jewish people are 77% Democrat.

the Orthodox are the only demographic of Jewish people with a majority being Republican (75%).

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They're a politician, so #1 reasons I don't trust them.


I always think of Kirsten Gillibrand, puppet senator from NY.

"Pro gun Democrat" when she needed to me, anti gun Democrat when she needed to be (when she was told to be). They're moral whores, what they believe in is for sale because what they believe in most is staying in office.


They never seem to say "I've been wrong, we've been wrong. So I'm stepping down."
Instead it's I'm changing teams and joining the people I've been saying were bad all these years.

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Originally posted by cas:
They never seem to say "I've been wrong, we've been wrong...

Neither do the thieves of joy. They just keep proselytizing in every thread that should be positive.

Take the win and welcome the new Republicans. Hopefully, local Republicans build relationships with them and enlighten them on what else the liberals were wrong about.

Everyone knows, well most people who are paying attention know, that the Democratic party panders to whoever they need votes from, then turn their backs as soon as they have what they want.

Maybe people are truly waking up. Jonathon Turley, Alan Dershowitz, the gay IRS Democrat whistleblower come to mind.

I will take it as a win, because even if they are not really sincere, they will have other people thinking about their decision to still support the Democrat party. A party that increasingly pushes ideologies that are destroying our country. Crime rates soaring, a weakened defense posture, social insanity policies, runaway debt, government spending and endless inflation. Not to mention millions pouring through our open border creating hardship everywhere including major Democrat cities.

And the growing corruption of our leaders and the two tiered justice system.


Here is a video of Hikind explaining his position on Fox News in 2019. He seems sincere.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/...w-york-anti-semitism

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Originally posted by selogic:
Democrat that " switches parties "

We've actually picked up some good 'uns that way, we have......

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He may be the patron saint of limited government, but Ronald Reagan started out as a registered Democrat and New Deal supporter. An F.D.R. fan, the Gipper campaigned for Helen Gahagan Douglas in her fruitless 1950 Senate race against Richard Nixon and encouraged Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for President as a Democrat in 1952. While he was working as a spokesman for General Electric, however, his views shifted right. "Under the tousled boyish haircut," he wrote Vice President Nixon of John F. Kennedy in 1960, "is still old Karl Marx." By the time it actually happened in 1962, Reagan's decision to cross over to the GOP didn't come as much of a surprise. "I didn't leave the Democratic Party," he famously said. "The party left me."

Ronald Reagan, 1962

Like the coal miners of WV, I hope it’s not to late for the Jews. I’ve always wondered why the Jews are so entrenched on the left, being the overt hostility to Israel exhibited by the American left. Good on him for seeing the light.

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Originally posted by cas:
Sorry I don't see that as a good thing, ever.

Yeah, issa bad thing. Sure.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Everyone knows, well most people who are paying attention know, that the Democratic party panders to whoever they need votes from, then turn their backs as soon as they have what they want.

The same could be said of the Republicans in office, pandering to votes but never delivering the goods.

It's why Trump is so popular, we need hundreds more of people with his attitude to replace those in congress on the R side as well.

Good for him on making the change, and to Rep. Mesha Mainor a GA D that moved to the GOP.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
Like the coal miners of WV, I hope it’s not to late for the Jews. I’ve always wondered why the Jews are so entrenched on the left, being the overt hostility to Israel exhibited by the American left. Good on him for seeing the light.

I wonder if they bought the lie that nazism came from the political Right so they reflex Left. Of course that was a lie produced by panicking Leftists after WWII when NAZI atrocities were made public. They blamed the Right wing but on the political spectrum there is absolute power/tyranny on the Left and anarchy/chaos on the extreme Right. In no way does that equate to conservative nazism unless you are willfully ignorant.

This is just speculation and worth every penny you paid for it.

I'm happy to see Dems switch parties , but I'm not going to automatically give them the " keys to the castle " just because of a name change . Prove your loyalty and then I'll welcome you with open arms . Sorry if my position offends anyone but that's how I roll . For those that mentioned Ronald Reagan , didn't he also say " Trust but verify " ?

I’ll happily welcome anyone who leaves the Democrat party to become a Republican voter.

In talking with folks, it seems like many vote straight party line down the ballot rather than looking at the individual candidates. That being the case, the more folks vote straight Republican ticket, the better.

What is even more welcome to me is someone from that side of the aisle openly saying that the Democrat party has become so radical that moderate or conservative Democrats aren’t welcome. If it is that bad, how many are quietly switching or staying home and not voting? All of that is good news for sanity.

As mentioned above, there have been great converts. So, just outright dismissing them without giving them a chance first is just plain...dumb. Sorry, but a more sophisticated and less offensive word escapes me at the moment.

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Originally posted by selogic:
I'm happy to see Dems switch parties , but I'm not going to automatically give them the " keys to the castle " just because of a name change . Prove your loyalty and then I'll welcome you with open arms. Sorry if my position offends anyone but that's how I roll . For those that mentioned Ronald Reagan , didn't he also say " Trust but verify " ?

'Trust but verify' doesn't put ANY onus on the subject to prove anything! It's on those that would judge to give the subject a fair shake, but perform their due diligence to ensure there's no ulterior motive/nefarious intent, and ensure complete buy-in/compliance with the standards of the agreement.