President Donald Trump and his deputies have been pressuring Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) to defect to the Republican party for months, luring him with the prospect of an easier road to reelection.
There is a huge number of ideologically (and for I know financially) crooked Dems out there, infesting statehouses and city councils all over the country. These people may once have had ideals, but years of holding office and enriching themselves and palling around with Republican hacks has taken its toll. Our NY governor, Andrew Cuomo, is a prime specimen. He actually encouraged a bunch of state senators to caucus the GOP so that he could maintain his personal power and keep raking in the bucks from his pals in real estate and Wall Street. He would definitely jump ship if he was in another state.
“President Donald Trump and his deputies have been pressuring Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) to defect to the Republican party for months, luring him with the prospect of an easier road to reelection.”
Ha! Please. More like they have been meeting Russian oligarch to learn details of how he will be bankrolled & how they will rig the election for him.
All things GOP are all things Russian nowadays.
And let’s not say he was being pressured…he walked up & knocked on door of oval…and likely was in room with DT & Russian the day they voted on articles of impeachment.
This is exactly what we need: lousy Democrats not running as Democrats again so they can be replaced on the ballot by good Democrats. If the good work by Dem volunteers that got Van elected is organized again in 2020, he’ll lose.