College Republican chairman Evan Alvarez resigned and became a Democrat
Last week Evan Alvarez, Chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans, resigned from the organization. His letter of resignation was striking. In the letter he made the following statements.
… When I ran for Chairman in the spring, I ran to be Chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College REPUBLICANS, not the Mississippi Federation of College “Tea Partiers”. Also, I believe that the Republican Party has allowed these groups of extremist to have too much of a voice and because of that, the platform of the Republican Party has shifted too far to the right in my opinion. For example, the drastic cuts on needed federal funding that these groups of Republican extremists support would leave society weak and crippled.
Secondly, their far right stance on immigration is not only ignorant, but it is cruel. After all our country is a nation of immigrants and should welcome immigrants from every country. …
Finally, I believe the Republican Party has not done enough to put a stop to the hatred and cruel words and actions of the far right extremist in the party. The Republican Party consistently says they are trying to appeal to minorities, but this will never happen when we allow members of party to say cruel and ignorant things about Women, African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities in our country. I simply cannot be apart of organization that have members who support these far right extremist views, much less be the Chairman of the organization.
Last night, Evan Alvarez gave a heartfelt interview to Lawrence O’Donnell. Lawrence O’Donnell expressed surprise that Evan Alvarez not only left the Republican Party but instead of becoming an independent, immediately became a Democrat.
“I was taking some courses at Mississippi State University, Intro to Public Policy and Civil Liberties,” Evan Alvarez said.”I really got to do research on the issues that matter to the nation and issues that matter to the people. And I got to look at it from my own perspective. Instead of just saying here is a platform from a Party I have allegiance to, I will actually make my own choice. When I decided to make my own opinion on those issues, they really did not line up with the GOP and they more so line up with the Democratic Party. It was more or less about me saying, doing research on the subjects and drawing my own opinion instead of just blatantly coming out and saying I have an opinion because somebody else does.”
The reality is that if more people did just that, they would not necessarily change Parties, after-all, a multi-party system — several, more than two — is vibrant and allow for the exchange and massage of ideas. If more used their minds as Evan Alvarez did, more Americans would vote more in line with their economic interests.
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