Georgia lawmaker publicizes departure from Democratic Get together, describing it as 'ethical' resolution

Rep. Mesha Mainor (D-GA) introduced Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Get together.

Mainor has represented the state's 56th Congressional District since January 2021 and is becoming a member of the Republican Get together as of Tuesday. Earlier this yr, Mainor was the one Democrat to vote "sure" on S.B. 233, a invoice that might have expanded Georgia’s voucher program to provide $6,500 to the households of Georgia public faculty college students within the backside 25% academically.

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"I characterize a blue district within the metropolis of Atlanta so this wasn’t a political resolution for me," Mainor wrote on social media. "It was a MORAL one. I'll NEVER apologize for being a black lady with a thoughts of my very own."

Mainor defined that her Democratic colleagues "crucified" her after she voiced her assist for college selection; her social gathering additionally "deserted" her when she "refused to assist efforts to defund the police.

"For a lot too lengthy, the Democrat Get together has gotten away with utilizing and abusing the black neighborhood," she stated. "For many years, the Democrat Get together has obtained the assist of greater than 90% of the black neighborhood. And what do we've to point out for it?"

Kelly Loeffler, a former Georgia senator, voiced her assist for Mainor's resolution to go away the Democratic Get together, and was "grateful for her conviction." Mainor gave her because of Loeffler.

The Georgia Republican Get together additionally welcomed Mainor in a press release on social media.

"Georgia Republican Get together State Chairman @JoshMcKoon welcomes Consultant @MeshaMainor to the Republican Get together: It is a historic day for Georgia Republicans.”

Mainor is one in every of a number of Democratic lawmakers to announce their departure from the social gathering over the previous yr. In October 2022, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) introduced she was leaving the social gathering, denouncing lawmakers on the Left for selling insurance policies that “[racialize] each challenge & stoke anti-white racism.”

Equally, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) introduced in December of final yr that she would depart the Democratic Get together and would register as an unbiased. Her resolution was praised by billionaire and present Twitter CEO Elon Musk.