Tuesday, May 25, 2021

‘Insulted and Disgusted,’ Local Office-Seekers Flee CT GOP


My latest column for CTNewsJunkie.com:

In the last couple of weeks, several local Republican officials have bolted the GOP in disgust over the behavior of party leaders. The West Hartford group can't bring themselves to become Democrats (I can relate), but will run for office under Lowell Weicker's defunct A Connecticut Party.

The dismissal of Liz Cheney from her leadership post in the House of Representatives for standing up to Trump was said to be the deciding factor, but their desertion of the GOP signaled a different approach to independence.

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