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Louisiana Sen. Elbert Guillory’s switch from Democrat to Republican
Posted By DP Opinion On June 19, 2013 @ 3:06 pm In Letters | 73 Comments
This week, state Sen. Elbert Guillory from the great state of Louisiana came out of the shadows of the Democratic Party and announced that he was changing his party affiliation to the Republican Party. He discussed how and why he did this. It was a true inspiration — not that he changed his affiliation, but why he changed it. He discussed how a movement started in 1854 and the first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln that gave freedom to the slaves. How Republicans drafted the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. He discussed how President Dwight D. Eisenhower championed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 only to be filibustered by the Senate Democrats.
I invite everyone to watch this brave senator’s speech  and make up your own mind on his decision. It was not that he switched parties; it was the fact that he had a right to do so as a free citizen.
Thomas Kautz, Littleton
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