A Texas Democrat official has learned the lesson that her party is not about securing the border and making the streets safe for Americans, and so she feels she has been forced to jump ship and become a Republican.
Kleberg County attorney Kira Talip Sanchez announced on Saturday that she has officially switched parties and has left the Democrats behind. She made her announcement at the Hispanic Republicans of Texas PAC, Fox News reported on Saturday.
The South Texas county sits along the Gulf of Mexico, on the outskirts south of Corpus Christi, and is just over two hours from the Mexican border, so it is right in the thick of the border crisis. The county has historically leaned blue, but voted for both George W. Bush and Donald Trump for president.