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Title: Ex-Congressman Tancredo Quits Republican Party Over Boehner Budget Deal (joins unaffiliated Independents, backs Cruz)
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Truth in Media Project
URL Source: http://truthinmedia.com/tancredo-quits-republican-party/
Published: Nov 2, 2015
Author: Barry Donegan
Post Date: 2015-11-02 22:13:39 by Hondo68
Keywords: join largest political group, unaffiliated Independents, rally independents to Cruz
Views: 1837
Comments: 6
Former U.S. Congressman from Colorado Tom Tancredo stated in a Breitbart op-ed on Friday that he is leaving the Republican Party. “After this week’s House GOP ‘budget deal,’ which betrays nearly every promise made to grassroots conservatives since 2010, I have decided it is time to end my affiliation with the Republican Party,” wrote Tancredo. The Denver Post notes that Tancredo previously left the Republican Party in 2010 for a run for Colorado governor under the Constitution Party’s banner, but rejoined the GOP in 2011. Tancredo was also reportedly recently involved in a failed effort to oust the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. In the op-ed, Tancredo described times when he says GOP leaders like former President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay attempted to bully him with threats into supporting establishment positions and ceasing his vocal advocacy for reduced government spending and tighter immigration policies. Tancredo called the GOP “Democrat Lite” and complained that its leaders have ignored the concerns of Tea Party conservatives who worked hard to elect Republicans in 2010, instead capitulating to the demands of Democrats. “We got condescending lip service, and nothing more,” he wrote. He said that he feels the GOP establishment does not want to control government spending, secure the U.S. border, protect American national sovereignty, or reign in political corruption. The former congressman wrote, “By insulting the grassroots, the GOP leadership has set upon a suicide mission. The problem is that failed leadership is allowing Obama to destroy the Constitution and take the whole country down the drain. Well, count me out.” Tancredo added that he still intends to support Republican candidate and Senator from Texas Ted Cruz for president in 2016, but that he will be rallying independents to support Cruz’s campaign. “What I will do instead is join the largest political group in the nation, unaffiliated Independents. In Colorado, they outnumber both ‘major’ political parties,” said Tancredo. The Truth in Media Project recently released a Consider This video highlighting the fact that independent voters now outnumber Republicans and Democrats, as seen in the below-embedded video player.Calling the Boehner budget deal the "last straw," former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo cited what he described as the GOP establishment's lack of concern on spending, immigration, and national sovereignty issues as reasons why he is parting ways with the party.
Screenshot of Tom Tancredo from the YAFTV YouTube channel.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
My GOD! It took him long enough. Tancredo, welcome to the bright side of politicks.
#3. To: buckeroo, redleghunter (#1)
Is this the second time or the third time that Tancredo has "quit the Republican Party!" ? You lose track after a while. You'd think it wouldn't still be news since he did register and run for governor of Colorado as the candidate of another party. Tancredo ran for governor in 2014, this time as a Republican, because of his opposition to Colorado governor John Hickenlooper's refusal to execute convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap, and because of Hickenlooper's attempts to pass gun control legislation.[2] Tancredo competed for the Republican Party's nomination with Bob Beauprez, Steve House, Greg Brophy, Mike Kopp, and Scott Gessler. Tancredo lost the primary to Beauprez.
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Replies to Comment # 1. Former U.S. Congressman from Colorado Tom Tancredo stated in a Breitbart op-ed on Friday that he is leaving the Republican Party.
Tancredo announced on July 26, 2010 that he planned to change parties and run for Governor of Colorado on the American Constitution Party ticket. He received 617,030 votes (36.7%), coming in second place, well ahead of the Republican Party nominee, who got about 11% of the vote.
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