Kentucky State Sen. Robin Webb Ditches Democrat Party: ‘The Party Left Me’
Kentucky state Sen. Robin Webb ditched the Democrat Party and joined the Republican Party, noting that the state’s Democrat Party “has increasingly alienated lifelong rural Democrats” like her.
In a press release from the Republican Party of Kentucky, it was revealed that Webb, who represents Senate District 18, was switching her party affiliation to Republican. Webb also noted that while it might be cliché, the Democrat Party left her and “no longer” represented her values.
“While it’s cliché, it’s true: I didn’t leave the party — the party left me,” Webb said in a statement. “The Kentucky Democratic Party has increasingly alienated lifelong rural Democrats like myself by failing to support the issues that matter most to rural Kentuckians.”
Webb, who had been the last Democrat in the state’s Senate “representing Kentucky’s coalfields,” pointed out that she was a mother, rancher, and lawyer who had “deep personal and professional roots in” the state’s coal country.
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