Thursday, December 20, 2018

Follow-up

There have been some updates on stories from last week, Sunday I wrote about politicians that saw the light and changed political parties, Sometime Conservatives See The Light
2 More Kansas Republicans Just Left Their Party To Become Democrats
They join two other GOP lawmakers in the state who have defected from the party this month.
Huffington Post
By Nick Visser
December 19, 2018

Two Kansas Republican lawmakers said Wednesday they would leave their party and join the Democratic minority because the GOP is no longer serving in the best interests of their state.

Kansas state Sen. Dinah Sykes and state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, who had identified as moderate Republicans in the past, announced their decisions ahead of the upcoming legislative session, which begins next month. The lawmakers said they were disappointed in Republican leaders who focused on “issues and approaches that divide our country,” as Sykes put it, rather than their constituents’ needs.

Clayton pointed to an effort to scrap a bipartisan school funding proposal that had been in the works for two years until the GOP said it would be too expensive.
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Sykes, who said she was a “moderate person who represents a moderate and pragmatic district,” echoed that statement, saying she did “not agree” with the Republican approach.
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Four Kansas Republican lawmakers have switched to the Democratic party this month. Along with Sykes and Clayton, state Sen. Barbara Bollier and outgoing state Rep. Joy Koesten announced they are leaving the GOP.

Bollier said last week that despite her 43-year history as a registered Republican, she had developed “frustrations that have been ongoing” to the point of swapping affiliations. She also cited President Donald Trump as a leading influence in her decision.

“I cannot be complicit in supporting” the president, Bollier told the Kansas City Star. “I can’t call it leadership. I don’t even know what to call him. He is our president, but he is not representing my value system remotely.”
I just hope that other politicians see the light and change parties and I can just imagine what the Republicans are calling these legislators for changing parties.

The other article is about a school principal that tried to force a trans boy to pee in an urinal that happened last week.
The Latest: Official suspended in transgender incident
The Latest on a West Virginia high school assistant principal accused of harassing a transgender student in a school bathroom
Fox News
By Associated Press
December 18, 2018

A West Virginia assistant principal has been suspended after a complaint that he harassed a transgender male student inside a high school bathroom.

News outlets report Lee Livengood was suspended with pay after a meeting with Harrison County school administrators Tuesday. The suspension runs through the end of the semester on Friday, when the holiday break begins.

The American Civil Liberties Union's West Virginia chapter called the four-day suspension "not sufficient." In a statement, the ACLU says the county school district "needs to make significant changes to its culture."

The ACLU had complained to county schools Superintendent Mark Manchin about Livengood. Student Michael Critchfield says Livengood harassed him for using a boys' bathroom Nov. 27 and told him, "you freak me out."
So the official has been given a paid four day vacation, this is not even a slap on the wrist. Instead he should be arrested for unlawful restraint, kidnapping, or sexual assault.

I get a kick out of Fox News writing one sentence paragraphs, I guess they write that way so the Trump and his supporters can read the articles.

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