Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching parties and will serve as a Republican-affiliated mayor of the blue-leaning city.
While the Dallas mayoral office is nonpartisan, Johnson previously served as a Democrat in the Texas legislature. He slammed his former party in an op-ed for Wall Street Journal published Friday, blaming Democratic policies for “exacerbated crime and homelessness.”
“The future of America’s great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation’s mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism,” Johnson wrote. “Our cities desperately need the genuine commitment to these principles (as opposed to the inconsistent, poll-driven commitment of many Democrats) that has long been a defining characteristic of the GOP.”
He added: “In other words, American cities need Republicans—and Republicans need American cities.”
Johnson’s announcement makes him the only Republican among the mayors of the 10 most populous cities in the US.
A Republican Mayor in a Republican state doesn’t sound too unusual though, I mean, it sounds on par with Texas
Purple state, blue city.
Also read the article.
I read the article, and your username is like something a 12 year old edge-lord would come up with
Did you forget the article before you commented?
What, exactly, are you suggesting he missed?
I can’t exactly spell it out any easier.
Well, Texas isn’t a purple state. It’s a red one.
As far as blue city is concerned, he’s saying that it makes more sense for the red state of texas to have more republican mayors, which it does.
So… I’m not really sure what your point is here.
Oh are you saying Texas in one homogeneous block of republicans?
No, but republicans do run the state.
Go outside. Get some help.
Yeah, Texas is kinda spiraling. The problem is the r’s make decisions that sound good short term and destroy things over time. The best purpose of a conservative party is to check the actions of a more liberal majority, not to lead.
Now that Eric Johnson is a Republican, he should immediately denounce the Republican Party for the crimes of his city. After all, the mayor is a Republican. And then immediately switch party to the Democrats. Rinse and Repeat.
Ah yes, making it all ok to mislead the populace. Perfect take, that.
Texas is a shithole.