Apparently, we don’t need an election to have a red wave anymore. And it’s one that’s being felt all across the nation.
If you thought the GOP failed in November 2022 by not delivering the much anticipated “red wave,” allowing the Democratic Party to remain and even slightly strengthen their hold on Senate, you’re not alone,
But as more and more party changes continue, it’s become clear that the red wave is still ongoing. It’s just a little slower than we thought but just as devasting to the political left.
The latest example of it comes to us from West Virginia, where yet another member of the Democratic Party has turned his blue coat for a red one.
Enter state Delegate Elliott Pritt. On Monday, Pritt announced that he was officially leaving the party he had called home for so many years. But unlike those like former Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, he’s going to register as a Republican. Sinema is now an “independent.”
For the Mountain State, Pritt’s move doesn’t change all that much. The Republican Party already holds a supermajority in the state, meaning it has enough of a majority in both legislative houses to effectively veto anything the Governor signs into law.
In Pritt’s House of Delegates, Republicans now hold 89 seats; the Democrats have a measly 11. And in the state’s Senate, the GOP has 31 seats, while the political left has three.
However, Pritt’s move is no less significant, especially when you look at the greater scheme of things nationwide.
For starters, he’s the fourth Democratic member to leave the party in the last two months. Last week Louisiana state Representative Jeremy LaCombe announced his departure from the left and a move to the GOP. Just a few weeks earlier, his colleague Representative Francis Thompson did the same.
It is noted that thanks to their party changes, a rather historical supermajority has been given to the GOP in this state as well.
And two weeks ago, a state Representative from North Carolina, Tricia Cotham, announced the same trend, moving from the Democratic to Republican Party.
Of course, looking over a longer stretch of time, they are far from the only ones. In fact, since 1994, a whopping 90 former Democrats have become Republicans, according to Vox. And that doesn’t count all those like Sinema who left the Democrats to caucus independently.
Meanwhile, only 23 GOP members have traded in their coats.
And nearly all the moves have been for the same reason.
As Pritt explained during his announcement, “It has become more and more obvious that there is very little room in the (Democratic) party for traditional values or differences regarding political opinion – we are being pushed out.”
And so, he can “no longer in good conscience remain a Democrat.”
Naturally, the GOP has welcomed him with open arms. As WV GOP Chairwoman Elgine McArdle says, “Like so many West Virginians, Delegate Pritt has recognized that the Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”
And thanks to first Obama’s and now Biden’s, war on the energy industry, such as West Virginia’s coal, America is seeing the Democratic Party for what they have become: a voice box for liberal elites and not the people.
No wonder so many are turning to the GOP instead. According to Ballotpedia, the GOP c controls 54.94 percent of all state legislative seats in the country as of April 11, 2023. Democrats hold 44.45 percent.
And with moves like Pritt’s, that margin is increasing by the day.
The Democrats may hold the White House and US Senate for now. But it’s clear that it won’t be too much longer before they won’t have a leg to stand on. Maybe then they’ll learn that it’s the people that matter and not their progressive goals.
