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A life-long New York Democrat and Assemblyman from the 48th District, Dov Hikind announced on Thursday that he and his wife would be registering as Republicans because his former party has become unhinged. He even hinted that he might make a possible run for office.
Hikind had been involved for decades in New York politics and has a powerful influence in New York's Orthodox Jewish electorate. He represented the 48 Assembly District from 1983-2018, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park, one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities in the world.
Now he says the Democratic Party no longer reflects his values as they have become radicalized.
“Unfortunately, the Democratic Party has become so radicalized,” Hikind said in a video posted on Twitter, his wife Shani at his side. “People who are moderates or conservative Democrats are not welcomed in the Democratic Party, Shani, and I’ve had enough. The Democratic Party turns its back on its friends, like Israel, the Biden administration, right now in policy after policy. I’m just tired. I’ve had enough.”
Asked if he intended to run for office, Hikind replied, “we shall see.” This likely means "yes" in polito-speak.
Now he says the Democratic Party no longer reflects his values as they have become radicalized.
“Unfortunately, the Democratic Party has become so radicalized,” Hikind said in a video posted on Twitter, his wife Shani at his side. “People who are moderates or conservative Democrats are not welcomed in the Democratic Party, Shani, and I’ve had enough. The Democratic Party turns its back on its friends, like Israel, the Biden administration, right now in policy after policy. I’m just tired. I’ve had enough.”
Asked if he intended to run for office, Hikind replied, “we shall see.” This likely means "yes" in polito-speak.
Hikind was a registered Democrat his entire voting life, but had endorsed only Republicans for the presidency since 2004. Although he did not endorse former President Trump in 2016, he did endorse him in 2020 but would not endorse him again after Trump hosted Kanye [Ye] West, an overt scumcrumpet anti-Semite [my term, not Hikind's] and the Holocaust denier and alt-right crap weasel Nick Fuentes, for a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club last year.
Hikind is not alone in switching parties. The New York Orthodox community as a whole has become disenchanted with the left and their anti-Semitic rhetoric and anti-Israel sentiments [but I repeat myself].
The New York Jewish community with large Orthodox populations in Brooklyn's Borough Park, Crown Heights and Williamsburg neighborhoods, has finally awakened [not 'wokened'] to the leftist's racist sentiments and voted overwhelmingly for Lee Zeldin in the 2022 gubernatorial election, making it the best performance by a Republican candidate for governor in 20 years.
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