Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching parties and will serve as a Republican-affiliated mayor of the blue-leaning city.
While the Dallas mayoral office is nonpartisan, Johnson previously served as a Democrat in the Texas legislature. He slammed his former party in an op-ed for Wall Street Journal published Friday, blaming Democratic policies for “exacerbated crime and homelessness.”
“The future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism,” Johnson wrote. “Our cities desperately need the genuine commitment to these principles (as opposed to the inconsistent, poll-driven commitment of many Democrats) that has long been a defining characteristic of the GOP.”
He added: “In other words, American cities need Republicans—and Republicans need American cities.”
Johnson’s announcement makes him the only Republican among the mayors of the 10 most populous cities in the US.
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The Texas Democratic Party issued a scathing statement Friday, accusing Johnson of being dishonest with Dallas voters.
“[T]he voters of Dallas deserved to know where he stood before he ran for reelection as Mayor,” the chair and vice-chair of the party said. “He wasn’t honest with his constituents, and knew he would lose to a Democrat if he flipped before the election.”
Real question is: why didn’t the democrat he would lose to win?
Why are we voting for scumbags over non-scumbags?
Presumably, he wasn’t challenged in the primaries or name recognition carried him.
Know how you prevent that? Run actual progressives with progressive pedigrees.
I’m the mayor of this town and there’s too much crime. So I’m switching parties. That’ll fix things.
In a state that has a Republican legislature and governor. So how do the Democrats get blamed for a town that has too much crime?
poll-driven commitment of many Democrats
You mean the will of the people? You would subvert the will of the people for your own agenda?
Hmm… sounds like a tyrant to me.
I guess he’ll fit right in with the Republicans
I think what he is trying to say is that democrats make promises to appear good at the polls and get elected and then do nothing about the promises or whatever.
It’s stupid as fuck. Especially since, as a Democrat, he made a poll driven commitment to be a Democrat to get elected and then did nothing about that promise.
I accidentally voted for one of these people in the last election. In a local race, only two candidates so I voted for the one with a D next to his name. After I mailed in my ballot I got curious and went to his website, he was full on pro-Trump MAGA. Not even hiding the fact that he was running as a D to get dumbasses like me to vote for him. He got me good. Touché. Won’t be voting blind again. Stay vigilant!
That’s kinda on you for not doing your research.
Was your alternative any better? Sounds like a race with two Rs (which can happen legit in my state, primary is top two, but it’s more likely to be two Ds)
Democrats that donated to his campaign should sue him for fraud.
Maybe the Democratic party needs to vet their nominees better. Otherwise it’s not going to be a political party anymore, just a name to exploit.
Unemployment declines under democratic leadership.
Fiscal conservatism isn’t going to house people.
And the size of governments never reduces under republican governments either. They’re just hypocrits.
Stop complaining. This country has the best politicians money can buy!
Gg Dallas, you bunch of dipshits.
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As a Houstonian, and a rational person, I obviously hold a low opinion of the citizens of Dallas. That being said, and having done a modicum of research on the behavior of the lizard in question, I don’t know what the hell they were supposed to do. Shit’s fucked up.
I’m not saying its ok to assinate people. But I can understand why it would happen.
I can think of a lot of people I’d like to assinate.
Get those lubes ready.
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Meh. This really isn’t what it looks like. I’d guess he’s planning to run for a much higher office, specifically one where you do NOT get elected for such a position in Texas unless you have an R next to your name.
Pos confirmed
To the surprise of no one.
A Republican Mayor in a Republican state doesn’t sound too unusual though, I mean, it sounds on par with Texas
Now that Eric Johnson is a Republican, he should immediately denounce the Republican Party for the crimes of his city. After all, the mayor is a Republican. And then immediately switch party to the Democrats. Rinse and Repeat.
Yeah, Texas is kinda spiraling. The problem is the r’s make decisions that sound good short term and destroy things over time. The best purpose of a conservative party is to check the actions of a more liberal majority, not to lead.
Ah yes, making it all ok to mislead the populace. Perfect take, that.
Texas is a shithole.
