Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is becoming a Republican, he announced in a Wall Street Journal article appearing on an Op-Ed page Friday morning. Johnson is in his second and final term as mayor, after receiving more than 98% of the vote in his reelection campaign earlier this year.
Before becoming mayor in 2019, Johnson served five terms in the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat, representing a district that includes South Dallas and parts of Oak Cliff and Pleasant Grove.
In the op-ed, Johnson argues that cities benefit from law and order and fiscal conservatism, which he says Democratic mayors in other major cities are overlooking.
If any elected official changes party membership while in office it should trigger a special election immediately putting their position up for vote again.
That’s the way to protect democracy against shitheels like him and Cindy Hyde Smith in congress who did the same thing several years back
I support the idea behind your suggestion, I suppose. But, practically speaking, I would rather someone out their true beliefs than be encouraged to hide them, making decisions behind the scenes contrary to their public politics.