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A former Republican voter speaks to NBC News’ Maura Barrett about why he left the GOP after the Capitol riot as data from key states shows thousands of Republicans are leaving the party after Jan. 6.
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Former Republican Voter After Capitol Riot: I Want No Association With This Party Anymore | NBC News
Come to the light.
Good glad Martinez turned his back on our Elected President Donald J Trump. Shows what kind of Man you are NOTHING Hope you like your new Gas Price’s and Taxes.
You devil man are wicked people on both party especially your democratic party !
If you ever voted for Trump than you have a problem!! So much surrounding him is Corrupt and Morally Bankrupt!! When you say it took this to leave the Party,?it sound suspicious to me!!
Are yhey still saying they have values whatiscthis bs
Ivoted trpublican in thepast never again
They now have to check with Mar-a-Lago to get their values update.
You lying news anchor as well as you brain dead old fool! All lies- it’s the swampers that are jumping ship -y’all sick leftist are wee weeping in your panties right now!!! Get the facts and stop absorbing the cr-p leftist news channels feed your clueless potato heads!!!!
Whenever the corrupt MSM claims they are quoting a Republican who says things like this, the next thing you know, we find out he/she was a Demo-Communist plant. RIGGED ELECTION. Hey, NBC “News” ya miss Matt Lauer?!
Oh, look, there’s one of them. Corporate tools, shut up.
Until the Republicans return to reality and own their seditious brethren’s riot, the death of Democracy in the United States is in the balance
The dems back ABORTION. .. THATS MURDER!
If Republicans Senate don’t do the right thing for the American People…
….then they will deal their own fate and WE, the American People will have to hold each and every Republican that vote against impeachment accountable. And ensure they NEVER hold office again. Their children, grandchildren will live with the shame for generations to come.
….next time these seditious Republicans tell their children, grandchildren about integrity, Honor and doing the right thing…they can BOLDLY say, YOU DIDN’T traitor!!!
Lawmakers in Congress need to hold Trump and all the the rioters accountable to the full extent of the LAW!!!
I’m not going to start congratulating just yet. 1 person out of millions refusing to go along with Republicans is hardly a wellspring of moral uprising.
Hold republican politicians accountable. #congress #Mtg #senate #Cruz #BigLie #ConvictTrump
The future is bleak, and if Republicans don’t hold Trump accountable we are setting ourselves up for another dictator
FAKE NEWS, GO AWAY!
If my grandparents were alive, they would have left the Republican party and had gone to Independent or No Party. I don’t think either of them would have become Democrat. Had I been a Republican, I would have gone No Party.
I am a lifelong Democrat that believes very strongly that we need a two party system. But the current Republican party cannot be the answer. “Real” Republicans meaning Eisenhower, Reagan Bush Republicans will have to band together with Democrats no matter how painful it may seem to them and defeat the current scourge that is the Trump party. When that is accomplished they can go back to being “real” Republicans. Maybe after going through such a dark period, Republicans and Democrats can begin a new spirit of honest, compromising governing. Maybe naive on my part, but just maybe……
Both Republicans ,and Democrats are Fascist, and have made sure there is no one else who can get elected ,using the Wagner Act at this time in history would be the right thing to do#
As a dual US/CDN citizen I don’t understand the aversion to more than two parties (although from what I have seen in the past the term “third party” often denotes nuts and/or wackos) We have at least 5 parties in te Commons in Ottawa and our parliament works.
Trump has a lot of secrets on many of these refucklibans. Papa putin came through for donnie the clown.
Trumps, all of them, I mean all, deserve the worst that karma can dish out. They intentionally killed democracy.
True conservatives can no longer be affiliated with the GOP because their values have been tossed right out the window to appease the crazies & extremists. America does not have a parliamentary system so a simple majority will place any party in the driver’s seat.
The worst part is the sheer cowardice of Party republicans in congress! Not a single one took a stand and declared that this violent insurrection is NOT representative of conservative values! The GOP is on it’s deathbed and the Party of autocratic white nationalism is taking it’s place!
Don’t worry the Impeachment trial wont create a huge divide at best 5 GOP senators will vote to convict the other 45 will vote to acquit, those 5 will be replaced in their next election and you will be left with people who will kneel to the far right extremists because why not? I am glad these people left the Republican party because the GOP is not the party of fiscal responsibility or small government… the conservative policies that Republican politicians have supported over 45s term include orphaning hundreds of children, causing irreparable psychiatric harm to hundreds of thousands more through the child separation policy, a border wall that can be cut through with a 30$ saw from Home Depot, it can still be tunneled underneath of and flown over, or even climbed over… the Border wall was stupid it is stupid technology would be far easier to implement and far less costly in the long run. A continuation of Reagonomics even though it has been failing us for nearly 40 years, exploding the federal deficit, harming alliances around the world, cozying up to countries that want us gone from the face of the earth.
The GOP has cleaved into two parties. One will be traditionalists bowing down to Wall Street. The other will be dingbat Qanoners. Both will continue to be bad for the USA. E-book: ‘Right Wingers Duped’ articulates further.
GOP made up of
Kkk
Qanon
Proud boys
Nazi’s
White supremacists
Racist
Russian spies
Yeah. Except you should have checked out the moment he came down that escalator and said that crap about latinos, genius. Get a mirror. You are not welcome in the GOP.
… and then there’s genius girl who, despite witnessing decades of cops shooting black people for sport, is finally appalled at violence.
Reaping what they have sown.
They’re all losers except Mitt romney
The GOP has become a coalition of the very wealthy and the very gullible.
Just shows that swift Justice was not served. Let it boil
I stayed hoping I could vote decency back in to my party. I have not yet left on paper, but I’m not at all a Republican anymore.
Trump saying all the time that Mexicans were coming as savages in hordes… then? His own people did what the Mexicans were supposed to do!! Un-f- believable!
A third party is not going to wipe out corruption, there’s no need for a third corrupt party, the need is for ethics in the Republican Party!!! Is that too much to ask for??? It’s ridiculous that the solution is right there and some pretend not to see it.
I left in 2002. How did people stay in the party through all the racist anti-Obama crap?
DEMOCRATS work even harder to get out the vote for next election
Well we will see how many really left the Republican party. In 2022.
The only way that the Republican party will feel the pain of their party. Is if they lose most if not all of the election in 2022. Than that might bring them to their knees. And start doing the right thing, by putting pressure on their own party members, that are abusive in their party.
They keep saying “insurrection” LOL. If the most armed demographic on the planet wanted to have an insurrection, it wouldn’t look like that
I left the Republican party along time ago after I learned about The Southern Strategy and how the parties flipped back in the mid 1900s and I urge others do to the same! #RunAway
THE REPUBLICANS PARTY IS TRASH DONNIE F THAT UP IN THE LONG RUN THEY WILL SEE N FEEL IT TRUST ME .
Yall never heard abt coalition Governments before?
I’d like to see a new centrist party. I don’t like the far left or far right. I also wouldn’t want it to be an arm of a propagandist network like Fox News. It must be a party based on science, truth and facts.
They will still be affiliated with the klu Klux Klan, white supremacy, proud boys, Alt right, skinheads, Aryan Nation, and the white Evangelical Baptist Church.
Trump supporters = Qanon supporters = supporters of Putin = want a dictatorship in the USA.
GOP = GROSS Old Party, morally corrupt scammers and liars.
We have 3 parties. Democrats, Republicans, and trumpist who are the conspiracy theorists and white nationalists.
Ok, good, he finally left the Gross Old Party. Why did he support them for 4 years? What was wrong with him that he could not recognize that Trump is a life long scammer, conman and a traitor?
It’s time to abandon the Republican party (well, 4 years ago it was, really) – NEVER VOTE REPUBLICAN AGAIN!
Democrats should just ram legislation through for the next 2 years. It will hurt some republican feelings but will NOT cost democrats votes in 2 years. The republican party is really unable to focus and function right now. It is very likely the republican party will split into the republican party and Trumps new patriot party. This of course will work in favor of electing more democrats because there will not be a 50% of american focused and functioning Republican party. Including republicans in negotiation (business as usual) will get nothing done except of course congress taking their frequent vacations. What will cost democrat votes in 2 years is continuing business as usual in congress. (well the deficit, we need more information, lets wait to see next quarters numbers, bla bla delay delay while the country is dying)
This is a wake up call for Americans that freedom is not cheap, as a result of our capitol being attacked I fear for the sole of our republic and we need to unite all people of all colors as Americans first and foremost, and save are nation for the world to see Democracy in the USA is strong and will endure.
This is the most christian thing, wanting to have their cake and eat it too. Stop giving them a platform, they’re so hungry for attention and clout.
CONVICT #SHITHOLEtrump💩 NOW !!!
BECAUSE #JUSTICEMATTERS🗽
#trumpVIRUS400KandCOUNTING👥
Oh yes….thousands leave the Trump GOP…but millions join.
Enjoy the Democrats.
Sooo tired of the left media and their constant hate, drama and lies. You project whatever you are guilty of on to others. Hate, racism, violence, cheating, group think, TDS, it’s just so destructive…all for power.
all this over one person–ONE PERSON.
Is NBC now owned by Communist News Network? Or they just hiring delusional Idiots?
GOP STANDS FOR GANG OLD PARTY WHICH SHOWED ON JANUARY 6,2021 INSURRECTION IS GANGSTER ACTION!!!!
repeating the crazy rederic. you need to stop repeating nasty atacks on trump and move on. look up the truth, not nasty lies.. move on. you are losing my interest in your networks. all i hear is nasty atacking the other party. i want other news not listening to your nasty politics
Shippo is dead wrong because Party is the Problem. Policy is what drives a Nation and itsservice to community, state, and nation. When you put your Party over those institutions you’ve abandoned the democratic ideal.
Good for this man for not getting caught up in all of the propaganda from the GOP, and knowing himself enough to get out. Sad to see so many Americans losing their way because of lies from politicians they trust.
It’s the Trump party now
Bye bye GOP
When these Republicans keep saying “get the country moving in the right direction”, what are they talking about? Our country has been failing under trickle down economics for 40 years! So what are you voting for ?
Understand that it is right wing/white wing.
The Republicans are responsible for trump mess and should be held accountable
BLM and Antifa are much worst rioters.
The Good old Party has got some serious soul searching to do. Do they want to expell the radical bat buano crazy Magat element and return to traditional values, or go full on Q Ack right wing Natzi?
Maybe it seemed like a good idea to let these people into the party four years ago. Now the crazies have taken over. The traditional Republicans are afraid to stand up under threats of backlash. Doesn’t look good for the party.
Moderate Republicans are called corporate democrats. The rest of the Republicans are what you see. Enjoy
There’s nothing conservative about today’s Republican party.
The republican party doesn’t have, nor have they ever had, any values or principals.
Naah, their feelings are just hurt and Republican voters are known to be undercover about their support for their party. They’ll still vote Republican after they’ve had some time to grieve. They are not to be trusted to think they will do the right thing in the end. They’ll find a way to still attack and go after the Left.
I hope trumpy runs in 2024, he’ll keep the repubs out of power for a decade. best sleeper agent ever!
You do not have to declare a party until the primary party affiliation is so much like gang affiliation.
Re: the woman interviewed on the bench: She’s appalled, but where is her outrage about the dangerous LIES coming from the top of her party?
I’m definitely out of the GOP. They rather lie, cheat, and steal an election than be patriots to the U.S Constitution. I’m going Independent as for affiliation to a party.
Republic principals are not democratic and counter progressive.
Go home we love you??? Whaaaaaat??
Sorry but if it took him this long to see the light I can’t forgive this guy and those like him
This is no longer the republican party its transformed into an extremist facist enabling party.
It is time for Texas to exit this crazy “Union” .
easy to explain the riots, we have trump solid dead to rights trying to get a georgia election officials to commit election fraud, on you tube..BORING riot exciting accusation no need to bore the public with a real charge that can stick
The future of the Republican Party is trump, hawley, cruz, Greene, boebert, mcCarthy, graham and mcconnell. Get used to it. Otherwise, you aren’t a Republican.
What is wild is that a lot of Republicans are either ignorant or willfully ignore the fact that ‘far’ right-wing views which at this point is sometimes hard to distinguish from the mainstream right-wing views in the USA are also the views of the Nazi party.
The fact that some of them are now realizing that a 2 party system is a terrible idea is at least a little bit of progress.
Here in Germany we have a coalition party system where there are about 50 or more parties and in order to have a governing body a coalition has to be made with various parties and a plan to better the country during their term is hammered out and presented to the public before the vote.
There is none of this ‘non-answer’ answers like in the USA, we do not have people that live in an alternate state of reality being elected to higher office because like most developed countries we acknowledge that stupid people should not run things.
Someone like Trump would never make it into consideration for any office here.
Imagine being a proud boy, then finding out one of their leaders is Cuban. Lmmfao.. or am i missing something here?
I am amazed at how many people do not know or understand what America really is. Most people of color in America have understood what America is for all of their lives.
That’s the excuse that COWARDS use to walk away with what he thinks is dignity but it’s simply cowardice. This is what fighting for what you believe in looks like. In Portland Antifa is burning Seattle down, beating old ladies, robbing handicapped people, etc. Yet the news media doesn’t even touch this report because it doesn’t involve Trump.
I believe the riots last summer were way worse than at the capital. And another poll that is off, way off
When you have Republican voting with Democrat, you see Republicans being silenced, called losers, bigots, racists, etc… It makes me feel like the Republican party is the rock solid party. Except for Liz Cheney. Democrats are all divided, and scared to death of Trump n his supporters. It makes me feel good about the Republican party
Martinez changed his party affiliation, I am crushed , but horrified that it is newsworthy. Who tf is he? 😉😉😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol do we need a third party 😆 no we need the Republican Party to get it together 😞
Leftist Democratic way of News Reporting find one or two who agree with their narrative and make it fact encompassing everyone. Pathetic!
Wow, one person who MSNBC paid to make a comment ! Nothing but fake news here!
Biden wants you to donate your stimulus check to illegals at the BORDER they need bullets and weapons.😜😰😜😰
Truly sad the republican party has been taken hostage
Right wing true Republicans there’s plenty of room in the left wing, we all don’t agree on everything but, we don’t storm Capitol buildings either.
I’m not just criticizing the Republican Party, but does ‘traditional Republican values’ mean George W. Bush is considered a good president? Does Newt Gringrich amount to a good Republican? I’m not giving the Democratic Party a free pass, but exactly what do values amount to, if senior party members’ agenda is destructive/obstructive and if they are not competent to hold the level of office they do?
1. We are no where near a 1 party system
2. What a surprise, turncoats showed up after the nazis lost, same thing with the Republicans.