Former GOP congressman says he is now a Democrat

Joe Walsh has been jousting with Trump for years, even citing Trump as the reason he became an independent after having run for and holding office as a Republican.  

This week, however, he announced he has gone completely over to the dark side, now a registered Democrat.  

GOP congressman 

Walsh had several failed campaigns before he finally won his seat in the 2010 election.  

Thankfully, he was only in office for a single term.  

Walsh fell victim to district lines being redrawn, seeing his congressional career cut short because of it.  

He did get some attention, however, being very critical of then-President Barack Obama. He would later join the Tea Party and transition over to media.  

The aftermath 

After he left office, he started “The Joe Walsh Show,” a conservative political radio show, but it was the beginning of Walsh transitioning away from the GOP and more to the middle, if not left.  

Walsh eventually lost his radio show, then transitioned over to a podcast called White Flag. 

He even ran for president in 2020, at which time he really started to speak out against the Republican Party, calling Trump followers a “cult.” 

If you follow him on social media, you can see he has a legit case of TDS.  

A Democrat 

Walsh has now fully transitioned to the left, making the announcement this week.  

He stated, “Three words I never thought I’d ever utter: I’m a Democrat. This former Republican Congressman, former Republican candidate for President, this former TEA Party champion is formally joining the Democratic Party. The stakes are simply too high to NOT become a Democrat. 

“Let’s start with the obvious—a tyrant sits in the White House. The very thing our Founders feared most is here. Throw in the fact that one of our two major political parties is a real and direct threat to democracy and the rule of law. These are unprecedented, dangerous times in America. I know it. You know it. There are even Republicans who know it.” 

True conservatives stay in the fight, even when they don’t agree with everything the party is doing. I clearly do not support all things Trump, and pride myself on being truthful with my readers when I feel Trump has crossed a line as well as applauding him for policies I support. To go over to the Democrat Party, well, that, to me, is just way too far when you consider how radical their agenda is these days.