I’m curious as to how many RedState readers were once Democrats and what their experience was when they finally ditched that shade of blue for red. I’ve yet to meet one person who doesn’t have a story that went through that. Coming out as Republican today is like coming out as gay in the 1980s.

But perhaps you’re a Democrat still and you’re reading this because my headline sparked something in your brain and resonated with something you’re worried about. Perhaps you’re looking for the door after the party, as Reagan once said, left you. And why wouldn’t you be? It’s become a radicalized mess of extremist views and indefensible beliefs.

You were always pretty socially liberal but perhaps you never signed up for drag queens in schools and CRT infecting every corner of society. Perhaps you’re still financially suffering thanks to a mixture of residual problems after the lockdowns and inflation, and all you’re getting from the Democrats is lies about how everything’s great. Perhaps you’re worried that the left’s hubris has grown so thick that they’re actively going after their political enemies by using the law—and you’re wondering if that could happen to you or someone you love.

You’re right to be worried. This isn’t normal. The Democrats are not the party you once knew. They are indeed something completely different now. The party has adopted all the worst qualities of political movements of the past while wearing a mask of modernized American “care” and “acceptance.” It’s a skinwalker, pretending to be something you once knew and cared for to get close to you but that thing you knew has been long dead.

This sounds dramatic but if you’re a Democrat reading this, you probably feel it, too. Like the aforementioned monster, it looks familiar but you no longer feel comfortable around it and you want to pull away. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Politicians and voters alike are leaving in droves.

Before the midterms, over one million voters pulled away from the Democrats to join Republicans, and I doubt that trend stopped after. Even now, you’re seeing headlines about a North Carolina Democrat who swapped to Republican.

Sister Toldjah wrote an article on Wednesday that truly gets across just how vicious the Democrats are with the store of their attacks on Rep. Tricia Cotham. The reason she swapped parties was that she was targeted by her own party for the crime of being even a little moderate and not falling into lockstep with her colleagues.

(Watch: Chickens Come Home to Roost for NC Dems After Party Switcher Roasts Them During Presser)

This resulted in not only attacks against her, but her family, including her mother and her young son. Cotham, in her speech announcing her party swap, said this:

“The modern-day Democratic party has become unrecognizable to me, and to so many others around this state and this country. The party wants to villainize anyone who has free thought, free judgment, has solutions, who wants to get to work to better our state.”

Cotham had what’s commonly called a “red pill moment,” or an event that rips away the veil that the Democrat Party puts up around itself to fool you into supporting them.

But notice the reaction from Democrats when someone started thinking for themselves. This isn’t uncommon.

Look at the way a black person is treated when they distance themselves from the Democrat Party, which thinks they own them.

Look at the way gay people are treated, when they decide to sign on with Republicans.

Look at the way transgender people, who detransition or support Republicans, are ignored and/or silenced by mainstream culture and viciously attacked by their own leftist activist community behind the scenes.

Look at the way illegal immigrants aren’t at all stopped from streaming across the border but refugees from places like Cuba, which creates staunch Republicans once they establish themselves in America, are expressly rejected.

Look at how women who reject the feminist cause are treated by leftists.

Each of these groups receives some of the most vile treatment from the left, the same left that claims to be the party of the people and oppressed groups. This isn’t the behavior of a free-thinking party. This is fascistic. You are to stay in line and not step out of it lest you face the wrath of the body politic.

It’s important to remember that the Democrat machine doesn’t have friends, just useful tools that eventually run out of usefulness.

These are the kind of people that are doing everything they can to be in charge, and they will do whatever it takes to stay in charge. You’re witnessing this happen now between a New York DA and Donald Trump.

If you’re experiencing doubtfulness, it’s only a matter of time before it’s sniffed out by people in your personal circle and/or online mobs, and you’re either intimidated into compliance or made an example of. It’s happened to many people before you.

It’s time to ditch the Democrats. They aren’t the party of welcome and warmth. They’re infested with radicals who do not take “no” for an answer and will punish anyone who defies them. The best thing you can do is help them lose power by no longer standing with them.

Just make the switch.

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