Hey, this is Buck Sexton, and you're listening to the Tudor Dixon Podcast, part of the Clay Traverse and Buck Sexton Podcasts Network.

Welcome to the Tudor Dixon Podcast. Today, we are going to chat with someone you have likely heard about on a news for her recent decision to step away from the Democrat Party and join her Republican colleagues in a state that's getting a lot of news buzz of late.

State Representative Misha Mayner represents a district in Metro, Atlanta, and up until recently she considered herself a lifelong Democrat.

She chose to walk away from the Democrats after facing intimidation and backlash for breaking a rank with her party over her support for school choice legislation.

And all of you who listen, you know that I talk about school choice all the time. I choice to my kids into a private school, and it was the best decision we possibly could have made.

And I just feel really strongly that this is something everybody should be able to make that decision, and this is something that it sounds like Representative Mayner agrees on.

So I'm excited to get into that conversation, but really honestly it got to the point where Representative Mayner said of the Democrats that not only were they not making a difference,

but they were literally sabotaging the community. This is also something we've talked a lot about.

Because if you feel like you can't get an education, if you aren't able to read, then where does that leave your future?

And I think that's something that we can kind of get into as well. But right now I just want to welcome Representative Misha Mayner to the podcast.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to be here.

Yes, so this is a big deal in Atlanta for you to walk away from the Democrat party. And honestly when I heard this, I thought, well she's probably not going to run again.

This is this is like she made this choice and maybe she's going to step out and she's going to do something else to try to talk to the community.

But I find it interesting because you are running again. You're raising money. You brought your daughter on with you.

So tell us a little bit about that decision. Is it intimidating? Do you fear that this is going to come back to haunt you?

I'm definitely running again and I plan on winning the race. So some people to Misha Mayner dot com to help me support that cause.

But you know what? At the end of the day, it's about policy and I could be in office representing the people that voted me into office and do things that are counter intuitive to their well-being.

And I'm choosing not to do that. And what I hope happens is that since this is such a big statement.

I'm hoping that people really start to dig a little deeper into policy because these are issues that, you know, minorities typically do not delve into, especially if they're underrepresented communities.

And so my urge for them is to understand why Democrats are defunding the police. Why Democrats do not support you having choices for your children.

And why Democrats are ultimately supporting systems over people. It's very suppressive and oppressive to say the least.

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