Lifelong Republican and former judge leaves GOP with scathing goodbye statement

https://www.alternet.org/2019/07/lifelong-republican-and-former-judge-leaves-gop-with-scathing-goodbye-statement/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=742

Three guesses why she’s leaving …

The deep corruption of Spiro Agnew? No. Trey Gowdy’s fey Christmas elf hair? Nuh-uh. Oh, I know. Trump! That racist shitheel hardly any Republicans dare gainsay.

Elsa Alcala isn’t a prominent national figure, but she was a Texas judge, and her Dear Jackasses letter is a gem. Apparently, Trump’s latest racist pus-draining was a bit too much for her to stomach.

Enjoy:

Keri Blakinger

✔@keribla

 · Jul 15, 2019

A lifelong Republican - first a prosecutor then a Perry-appointed CCA (state appeals court) judge - @TexasElsa just officially announced she's switching parties, w/ a long and quotable Facebook post.

"The current Republican Party supports Trump so I cannot support that party."

Keri Blakinger

✔@keribla

Here's the full statement, reposted w/permission:

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My favorite part (and there are a lot to choose from):

“To me, nothing positive about him could absolve him of his rotten core.”

Well said. And for the record, I’ve yet to discover anything positive about him.