How a former Republican from Virginia became New Jersey’s Democratic frontrunner for U.S. Senate

  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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    9 months ago

    Elizabeth Warren was a Republican before realizing that it was all bullshit. From ‘Liz Was a Diehard Conservative’ by Politico, April 12, 2019.

    Her conversion was ideological before it turned partisan. The first shift came in the mid-’80s, as she traveled to bankruptcy courts across the country to review thousands of individual cases—a departure from the more theoretical academic approach—and saw that Americans filing for bankruptcy more closely resembled her own family, who struggled financially, rather than the irresponsible deadbeats she had expected.

    We should everyone to account regardless if they have been life long leftists or just recently became leftists.