Wed Dec 7, 2022 – 5:17 pm EST
CHARLESTON (LifeSiteNews) – The West Virginia State Senate became even more lopsided this month with the defection of former Democrat member Glenn Jeffries, though he downplays any deeper ideological message to his change of allegiance.
“I have the greatest respect for the many friends and supporters I have been blessed with during my time in public office,” Jeffries said, MetroNews reports. “I hope to continue and strengthen those relationships going forward.” Along with GOP gains in the latest round of elections, he brings state Republicans’ Senate majority up to 31 seats, compared to just three for Democrats.
Early statements from party leaders suggested the switch had to do with Democrats’ increasing radicalism, with West Virginia GOP co-chair Tony Hodge saying that “Glenn described himself to me as a ‘conservative’” and “expressed to me his discomfort with the leftward direction of the Democratic Party and that he no longer identifies with them.” West Virginia Democratic Party chair Mike Pushkin claimed such reasoning was “like being called ugly by a frog.”
Jeffries himself, however, downplayed ideology or partisanship in an interview with MetroNews host Hoppy Kercheval. “No,” he said when
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