Florida Representative Susan Valdez, who was re-elected as a Democrat last month, announced that she is switching her party affiliation to the Republican Party.
“I am not going to waste my last two years in the Florida Legislature being ignored by a caucus where leadership expects me to ignore the needs of our communities,” he said. He said in a statement.
“Effective immediately, I will change my registration from Democratic to Republican and will join the Republican Conference in the Florida House of Representatives,” she said. “I know I don't agree with House Republicans on every issue, but I know I will be welcomed and treated with respect in my caucus.”
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Florida Congresswoman Susan Valdez (MyFloridaHouse.gov)
Her transition came in the wake of her candidacy for Hillsborough County Democratic Party Executive Committee Chair.
The Hillsborough County Democratic Party says, “It remains eerily unclear whether she was willing to switch to the Republican Party, even though she was running for local party leadership, only to be shaken and betrayed in the end.'' The biggest reason for this is her constituents in the 64th District.” Party Chair Vanessa Lester said in a statement shared on the Hillsborough County Democratic Party Facebook page. “They voted for Democrats to fight for them, but in the end political opportunists abandoned them.”
Governor Ron DeSantis of the Sunshine State welcomed the congressman to the Republican Party, writing in a post on ” he declared. added the governor.
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Left: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis holds a press conference at the Globe Bible Chapel in Winter Garden, Florida to oppose the Fourth Amendment, which limits government intervention in abortion in Florida. Right: An elephant, the symbol of the Republican Party, is placed on a rug in the lobby of Republican headquarters in Washington. (Left: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket, Getty Images; Right: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis, Getty Images)
Valdez praised former President Jimmy Carter, calling him “my hero!” in Post to X While celebrating the 100-year-old Democrat's birthday earlier this year.
“I'm just trying to vote for Kamala Harris,” the former president told his son Chip, according to his grandson Jason Carter. atlanta journal constitution It was reported earlier this year.
“President Jimmy Carter, I hope you get to see her inauguration,” Valdez wrote in a Facebook post in October.
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Vice President Kamala Harris attends the White House Tribal Nation Summit at the Department of the Interior on Monday, December 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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President-elect Donald Trump decisively defeated Harris in the 2024 presidential election and will be sworn in for a second term next month.
