Podcast host Mark Halperin shared an email Wednesday from a lifelong Democrat viewer who decided to leave the party after watching leftist lawmakers’ conduct during President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session this week.
Halperin said he received a lot of blowback after posting it, so he decided to address that Wednesday night on his “2Way Tonight” program.
“I recommend you read it,” he said, regarding the email. “It doesn’t represent every Democrat, but there’s a reason Donald Trump did better, like, in every county in America in 2024 than he did in 2020.”
The viewer wrote Halperin, in part, “I watched the speech last night and 2 Way this morning. I’m a Democrat, my immediate family and siblings are Democrats, we didn’t vote for Trump.
“Last night for me was my breaking point. I watched with my husband as fellow Democrats (ironically wearing pink for women) sat there either stone faced or seething with disgust while the family of Laken Riley was honored and a young boy with cancer became an honorary secret service agent,” she continued.
“I’m switching parties. It’s been coming for awhile, but that was the moment for me,” the viewer recounted.
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