Dallas mayor switches parties to join GOP

3 years ago by MicroWave to c/news

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.

MicroWave 126 points 3 years ago

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ChillPenguin 31 points 3 years ago

Wow, that's complete shit.

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bobman -14 points 3 years ago

Real question is: why didn't the democrat he would lose to win?

Why are we voting for scumbags over non-scumbags?

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Dark_Arc 6 points 3 years ago

Presumably, he wasn't challenged in the primaries or name recognition carried him.

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Burn_The_Right 119 points 3 years ago

Why are we not running as fake conservatives in every race? Conservative voters are profoundly unintelligent and are bound to occassionally vote for us.

We could make running as a republicant a trendy hobby. We could "take the challenge" to see who can can fuck the GOP the hardest.

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dezmd 52 points 3 years ago

Conservatives are already running as fake conservatives.

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flossdaily 49 points 3 years ago

Honestly it's probably not happening because spending that much time with that moronic cult would be torture.

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darthelmet 29 points 3 years ago

It only works the other way around because the money supports the right wing. Nobody’s gonna fund a secret lefty on the republican ticket.

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tastysnacks 24 points 3 years ago

There’s a standard playbook. Just say the same things as Don or Ron. Talk about woke pineapple slices or something and you’re in. Just commit. Like Chris Rock said, Republicans don’t let “sense” fuck up their argument.

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Spaghetti_Hitchens 14 points 3 years ago

Please tell me more about these woke pineapple slices.

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Alchemy 8 points 3 years ago

When you the eat the pineapple, it also eats you.

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snooggums 3 points 3 years ago

I heard it was slang for stretched out Asian buttholes.

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PickTheStick 1 point 3 years ago

I've thought about doing it. For a while, I was in an area so 'red' that getting even 10% D votes was horrifying to the population. Trust me, you cannot keep up with the outrage porn and virtue-signaling required. Any critical thought will have you being looked at like an alien that just popped out of the moon.

Plus, remember that the parties are private organizations. The people at 'the top' of those organizations, in the local and the state and the federal sense, are the people who decide who will be the next candidate. Unless you have Trump's money, 'charisma,' and luck (read, being able to get free press from media because they're all, gasp, horrified by what you said), you can't break into politics as a R candidate without already knowing / rubbing elbows with those people.

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0xb 97 points 3 years ago

How is this allowed?
Since it's allowed, why aren't Dems taking advantage of the old switcheroo and packing every race with temporary conservatives only for switching back once elected? That would be the funniest thing.

I mean if democracy is a joke may as well get some good out of playing it.

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csm10495 54 points 3 years ago

Dems don't play dirty... but should.

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Lemonparty 10 points 3 years ago

I mean if the other team plays dirty and you do the same, that's just called playing even at that point.

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elbarto777 -29 points 3 years ago

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Lemonparty 29 points 3 years ago

Does it hurt waking up this stupid?

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elbarto777 -25 points 3 years ago

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bitsplease 15 points 3 years ago

I can guarentee you that if #2 happened, conservatives would be in absolute uproar

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joyjoy 15 points 3 years ago

I think 2 is the only way to get Republican law makers to do anything about it.

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Ejh3k -11 points 3 years ago

I've thought about primarying my rep. She's one of the far left chuckle fucks, and I stand a decent chance of beating her due to the fact that I am 1. Male. 2. A veteran. 3. Tall.

Where as she is a nut job, but blond.

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Bernie_Sandals 8 points 3 years ago

Is there even a blonde "far left" person in congress?

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Ejh3k 1 point 3 years ago

I don't think so

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Hotdogman 90 points 3 years ago

I'm the mayor of this town and there's too much crime. So I'm switching parties. That'll fix things.

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ShaggySnacks 15 points 3 years ago

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?

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nandeEbisu 49 points 3 years ago

Know how you prevent that? Run actual progressives with progressive pedigrees.

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bobman 41 points 3 years ago

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.

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Eezyville 10 points 3 years ago

I guess he'll fit right in with the Republicans

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eoddc5 4 points 3 years ago

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.

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Iwasondigg 40 points 3 years ago

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!

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archiotterpup 4 points 3 years ago

That's kinda on you for not doing your research.

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davidgro 3 points 3 years ago

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)

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raynethackery 35 points 3 years ago

Democrats that donated to his campaign should sue him for fraud.

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potpotato 33 points 3 years ago

Unemployment declines under democratic leadership.

Fiscal conservatism isn’t going to house people.

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macrocephalic 6 points 3 years ago

And the size of governments never reduces under republican governments either. They're just hypocrits.

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profdc9 23 points 3 years ago

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.

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MossyFeathers 14 points 3 years ago

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1847953620 2 points 3 years ago

Pos confirmed

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vamp07 10 points 3 years ago

Stop complaining. This country has the best politicians money can buy!

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Lexam 8 points 3 years ago

I'm not saying its ok to assinate people. But I can understand why it would happen.

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norbert 7 points 3 years ago

I can think of a lot of people I'd like to assinate.

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mohammed_alibi 3 points 3 years ago

Get those lubes ready.

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HappyPornDaze 4 points 3 years ago

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Carlo 6 points 3 years ago

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fadingembers 1 point 3 years ago

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Carlo 1 point 3 years ago

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DLSantini 5 points 3 years ago

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.

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Kalkaline 2 points 3 years ago

To the surprise of no one.

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Armen12 -37 points 3 years ago

A Republican Mayor in a Republican state doesn't sound too unusual though, I mean, it sounds on par with Texas

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 37 points 3 years ago

Purple state, blue city.

Also read the article.

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Armen12 -37 points 3 years ago

I read the article, and your username is like something a 12 year old edge-lord would come up with

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 21 points 3 years ago

Did you forget the article before you commented?

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bobman -8 points 3 years ago

What, exactly, are you suggesting he missed?

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Astroturfed 3 points 3 years ago

Go outside. Get some help.

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bradorsomething 3 points 3 years ago

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.

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mohammed_alibi 3 points 3 years ago

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.

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dragonflyteaparty 1 point 3 years ago

Ah yes, making it all ok to mislead the populace. Perfect take, that.

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bobman -1 points 3 years ago

Texas is a shithole.

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JustAManOnAToilet -63 points 3 years ago

Personal growth.

"If you're a Republican at 30, you have no heart. If you're a Democrat at 40, you have no mind."

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Aesculapius 23 points 3 years ago

Here is the correct quote from Winston Churchill: "If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain."
Also, conservatism in Churchill's era is absolutely NOT what conservatism is now.

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snooggums 9 points 3 years ago

Churchill probably meant the literal meaning of conservative, which is slow to change. Doesn't make his message much better though, since slow to change shouldn't mean being slow with obvious social problems.

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SkyeStarfall 5 points 3 years ago

Eh, I don't know if that was much better, Churchill has quite the history with India..

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bradorsomething 14 points 3 years ago

I’m over 40, own 2 businesses, on the board of another, and if you believe that you’re an idiot and will never advance.

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bobman 11 points 3 years ago

Yeah, "sayings" like this are just litmus tests for idiots at this point.

Whenever someone leans on a "saying" as absolute truth, I know they're a moron and shouldn't be taken seriously.

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ZeroCool 6 points 3 years ago

How trite.

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