A longtime Democrat judge in Texas who serves in a county flipped by President Trump in the 2024 election announced he’s switching parties.
Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina was elected nearly a decade ago as the top executive of the border county.
Tijerina explained in an interview with Fox & Friends that he had enough of the Democratic Party.
“Over the years, I’ve watched the Democratic Party shift further and further to the left and leaving the values that I hold dear to my heart,” Tijerina said.
“I’ve always been a conservative, and the radicalization of the national Democrats pushed me away a long time ago,” he added.
“After much thought, prayer, and conversations with my family and friends, I have made the decision to switch to the Republican party,” Tijerina wrote on X.
“Our shared values here in South Texas — hard work, faith, family, and freedom — are no longer pillars in the Democrat party and I want to be part of a party that stands and protects those principles. Republicans made major gains in South Texas, including Donald Trump winning my county — not because our values have changed, but because the Radical Democrat Party’s…
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