Just a week ago, Louisiana State Rep. Jeremy LaCombe switched from the Democrat party to Republican.

Now a lawmaker named Elliott Pritt of West Virginia is doing the same. This makes Pritt the fourth Democrat to leave the party and become a Republican in just two months.

Does anyone at the Democrat party ever stop for a moment and ask themselves why this keeps happening?

Breitbart News reports:

West Virginia Democrat Lawmaker Elliott Pritt Switches Parties

The Republican supermajority in West Virginia’s House of Delegates grew bigger on Monday after first-term Del. Elliott Pritt switched to the Republican Party, making him the fourth Democrat to change parties nationwide in less than two months.

West Virginia Republican Party broke the news by releasing a statement from the state party chair, Elaine McArdle, saying Pritt will register as a Republican.

“I want to welcome Delegate Elliott Pritt to the Republican Party. Like so many West Virginians, Delegate Pritt has recognized that the Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with,” McArdle stated.

Pritt’s seat was a pick-up for the Democrats after he defeated a Republican incumbent in the 2022 election. His switch gives the Republicans 89 members in the House, shrinking Democrats down to 11.

CBS News reported that his decision to switch parties was accounted for in the West Virginia Legislature’s official House roster by late morning.

WV GOP saying Delegate Elliott Pritt, elected as a Democrat, is switching over pic.twitter.com/X0tCwYJKi4

— Brad McElhinny (@BradMcElhinny) April 17, 2023

BREAKING: West Virginia Delegate Elliott Pritt has switched parties to become a Republican. Just 11 Democrats remain in the 100 seat West Virginia House of Delegates.

— Cassandra (@CassyWearsHeels) April 17, 2023

The Republican supermajority in the West Virginia House of Delegates gained another member Monday when Fayette County Del. Elliott Pritt announced a switch from the Democratic Party. https://t.co/J9plbCbMDn

— Charleston Gazette-Mail (@wvgazettemail) April 17, 2023

This is a trend.

How many more Democrats will dump their party for the GOP?

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After the George Floyd riots, the Washington Post embraced the incredibly stupid progressive idea of defunding the police.

Now? Not so much.

Following various shootings and rising crime, the WaPo is now saying that DC needs more police, not less.

FOX News reports:

WaPo editorial board shifts view on ‘Defund the Police’ since George Floyd riots: DC ‘needs more officers’

Recent editorials from the Washington Post changed the publication’s “Defund the Police” perspective with calls for increased police presence in the D.C. area.

On Friday, the paper’s Editorial Board published a piece arguing “Why police officers need to be in D.C. schools.”

“Many cities yanked officers out of schools while reassessing policing after George Floyd’s 2020 murder. However well-intentioned, the experiment has left kids more vulnerable and classrooms less safe amid surging youth violence. That’s why a notable number have already reversed course — including, in this region, Alexandria and Montgomery County. Other jurisdictions, from Boston to Phoenix, are actively debating whether to follow,” The Post wrote. “D.C. should join them.”

However, the Washington Post was one of many media outlets that entertained the idea of defunding the police after the death of George Floyd in 2020.

“Weeks of sustained anger and grief after the police killing of George Floyd have reignited a public debate over police brutality in the United States. Alongside demands for police reform, another demand has surfaced: Defund the police. This provocative slogan at its most constructive represents a welcome call to reimagine public safety in the United States,” a June 2020 editorial stated…

“Rethinking which institutions truly serve public safety and imagining new ones should be part of that conversation. This work is arduous and demanding — as many community organizers who have been doing it for decades can testify. But no one ever said reimagining public safety would be easy,” The Post wrote.

Here’s the Washington Post in 2020:

READ Editorial | ‘Defund the police’ is a call to imagine a safer America. We should answer it. https://t.co/r0Tp4d5Bk7

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) June 10, 2020

Quite a change, isn’t it?

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