By Tammy LaPorte, Hartford, Connecticut* through Arbalest Quarrel.
Hartford, Connecticut – -(AmmoLand.com)- I was raised as a young woman to believe that the Democratic Party was the party that cared for all people. They were the party of acceptance, tolerance, and peace, unlike Republicans, I was told. Not once did I question why I was a registered Democrat. In hindsight, this was incredibly foolish. Like others, I wanted to be a good person and a lover of all, regardless of a person’s race, color, or personal preferences.
After all, you can’t possibly be a Republican and care for the welfare of others. Or can you?
My “aha” moment came during the 2016 General Election Primary. I began following the Primary debates religiously on all networks. As time passed, I found myself drawn to the Republican Party. That Party made more sense to me. Much more sense. Not once did I see Republicans engage in the outrageous and appalling behavior of Democrats and those associated with them, on the far “Left.” Violent protests, vandalism, and threats to our courageous men and women in “Blue,” were becoming the norm. And Democrats were attempting to justify this behavior. I could not accept that. It wasn’t long before I turned to my husband and said, “I think I’ve been a Republican my whole life but just didn’t realize it!”
Today, I can proudly say, I’m a registered Republican. As a proud Republican, I continue to be engaged in politics like never before.
Listening to Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh was particularly hard for me, as a woman. I asked myself, “could the accusation against Judge Kavanaugh really be true?” Once again, I was told that I should believe Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation simply because she is a woman and because I am a woman. I was told what I should think and feel, based on my gender, alone. But, I have the right to think and feel for myself. I don’t need, and I don’t want other people to tell me what I should think; or what I should believe; or how I should act. As a woman, wife, and mother I strongly believe in Due Process as a fundamental Constitutional right.
During this difficult time, I happened to see Brandon Straka, a self-confessed former “liberal,” on Fox News, speaking about his growing movement, the #WalkAway Campaign. I was thrilled to hear that I need no longer be alone in my political journey. Through this true Grassroots movement many Americans, including former registered Democrats, like me, have united to carry the message that:
You too can #WalkAway from the Democratic Party—the Party that has walked away from you!
To show Democrats and the Far Left that there is, in fact, another voice in America, the #WalkAway Campaign is holding a multiple events and rallies. Click here for more info or to register.
It’s time for the silent majority to become “unsilent.” Whether you’re a #WalkAway or a #WalkWith, we urge you to take part in the upcoming events and rallies. We’re taking our Country back! Please join us!
*Qualification: The Arbalest Quarrel became aware of the #WalkAway march and rally through the writer of this article. AQ has no independent knowledge about the #WalkAway march and rally, or about the #WalkAway movement, or knowledge of the movement’s creator, Brandon Straka. We, therefore, invite the reader to do his or her own research. But, AQ does point out that the Connecticut Republican Party supports the #WalkAway march and rally. And, a writer, Fredy Lowe, posted an article, in Ammoland Shooting Sports News, on August 7, 2018, about the #WalkAway movement. The article is titled, “Liberal Democrats, Please Join Us in MAGA, Please Just #WalkAway.”
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Blacks were freed by a Republican. Blacks voted Republican until welfare came along. Now the democrats have them in slavery again. I’d vote for isis before an evil, scum democrat sob.
Amen!
It is finally getting around and people are waking up to the fact that while the world still turns and there are problems galore the democrats are complacent to just sit in their committee meetings and run roughshod over anyone that is not taking guns away, letting illegals in, climate change, assaulting staff workers and fighting with anyone who doesn’t agree with them. This stigma is real and will follow them for a long time. Congrads. to those who have seen the light, welcome aboard
I have been a life-long Democrat since my first vote in 1970. In 2016 I voted Republican for the first time and now I am more committed to the Republican viewpoint. The Dems have all gone to the left wing and I will not tolerate that. Who is going to uphold a strict interpretation of the Constitution? Not the Dems who think that the Constitution can be changed at their whim. Conservatism has a real place in our society.
Decades ago the democrats were known as the defender of the little guy, the poor and defenseless. Many people flocked to that message and still vote “D” as their forefathers did for generations. The democrat party has morphed into a quasi-socialist entity garnering votes with the siren of “free stuff”. Democrats need to wise up and ‘walk away’.
I was born in the USSR. I was blessed to escape in 1995 and come to live in the greatest country on earth, America. I am still shocked after 24 years here to see people actively desiring the life I was so blessed to escape. The life of Socialism is evil to the core and it is just envy and corruption that drive it. I am shocked that the Media in this country is openly rooting for the destruction of our country. The media wishes for bad news and manufactures fake news to push forward an agenda that helps the… Read more »
Remember Walter Cronkite, voted the most trusted man in America? Power of the lying press exists today. What have the democrats actually accomplished for America? Expanded welfare, unfulfilled promises of more “free” stuff like obamacare, more illegal aliens, richer “elite” democrats. They buy votes with promises of more free stuff such as reparations, free college, forgiven college debts, and then surprise, surprise – just more hot air. Democrats/socialists/communists/leftists are some of the best liars, cheats and thieves America has to offer. IMHO, of course.
As a fellow life long Connecticut Yankee and Republican. I am shocked to see a story from another Connecticut resident that according from the author is from Republican from Hartford. Hartford has a almost microscopic Republican party in the city. The Democrats and Working Families Party have full control of a bankrupt city and control a soon to be bankrupt state.
The Democrat Party has shifted from a Party that advocates a Socialist doctrine to one that has has now adopted the Communist Manifesto. It is no longer the Party of JFK. It is the Party of Karl Marx. While our current President, who I can’t really call a 100% Republican is working to fix the decades of problems caused by the Washington establishment, we have the current Democrats in Congress (and some Rhinos), working hard in trying to overthrow or at make ineffective this his administration. In the 2 plus years of his presidency, the Democrats have not done one… Read more »
A recent poll by dems top three issues:
Climate Change
Health Care
Gun Control
When the dems continue to drink the kool aide of the far left, Independents will continue to vote republican. The dems leading candidate, Joe Biden, recently joined the ranks of the far left advocating free health care for illegal aliens. Suck it up taxpayers, free means YOU pay!