Ep. 3887 BREAKING: Another Democrat Just SWITCHED to GOP!!!
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🗓️ 6 April 2026
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Summary
Recent defections from the Democrat party highlight a significant political shift in the United States, particularly in states like Hawaii and South Carolina. Hawaii State Representative El Cochran's switch to the Republican party comes amid criticism of the Democrats' handling of the 2023 fires that devastated her district. Additionally, more Republicans are now present in Hawaii's legislature than in the past two decades, indicating a growing trend of political realignment across the country, especially in traditionally blue areas.
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Highlights:
- “Hawaii Representative El Cochran resigns from the Democrat party, citing inadequate support for fire victims.”
- “Republicans now hold more seats in Hawaii's legislature than in the last 20 years.”
- “South Carolina's Lucas Atkinson switches to Republican, part of a broader national trend.”
- “Historic political shifts observed in southern Texas as border counties swing toward Republicans.”
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| 0:06.4 | I'm Dr. Steve Turley. |
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| 0:26.2 | Hey gang, it's me, Dr. Steve, your back porch professor. I hope you're having an absolutely wonderful weekend, but I can tell you most certainly who's not. And that's the dying, |
| 0:31.9 | decaying, degrading Democrat Party. We've got another defection to report the second one in a single week. |
| 0:39.0 | Hawaii State Representative L. Cochran just announced that she was resigning from the Democrat |
| 0:44.8 | Party and she's formally joining the Republicans. Now, you'd be very interested in the district |
| 0:51.6 | that she represents. She represents House District 14. |
| 0:56.1 | House District 14 covers West Maui and the Lahaina area. |
| 1:00.7 | Now remember those are the locations, |
| 1:03.0 | those horrible fires back in 2023? |
| 1:05.8 | Well, El Cochran was elected as a Democrat back in 2022, |
| 1:09.5 | the year before the fires. |
| 1:10.8 | And she's been very blunt and how horrified she and her constituents was elected as a Democrat back in 2022 the year before the fires. |
| 1:15.7 | And she's been very blunt and how horrified she and her constituents have been over the Democrat majority's handling of the fires. |
| 1:18.5 | Not only were the fires themselves suspect in terms of the political incompetence behind |
| 1:23.3 | the conditions that led to the fires, but she said that since then, the Democrat-dominated legislature in Hawaii has done literally |
| 1:32.7 | nothing for the victims of those fires. |
| 1:35.9 | She said that her pleas on behalf of her constituents have either been ignored or they've |
| 1:40.2 | been sabotaged. |
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