A Georgia state representative that switched parties from Democrat to Republican told Fox News Digital that Democratic leadership was not making the necessary moves to give children a variety of alternatives to being educated.
After being a Democrat her “entire life,” Mesha Mainor who represents District 56 in the Georgia House since January 2021, announced on July 11th the decision to switch her party registration to Republican.
“My entire family are Democrats. I am a Democrat. I was a Democrat. That’s all I knew. And it wasn’t until getting into office–I’m in school getting my doctorate, and so I’m used to reading a lot. And as a policymaker, you must read every single line, because one line can change everything,” Mainor told Fox News Digital.
“And so it was not until I became a policymaker in reading every single line of the legislation that I realized we are doing so many things that are not benefiting people of color, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, although we’re promoting that we are,” she continued. “There’s a lot of propaganda.”
GEORGIA DEMOCRAT CALLS OUT OWN PARTY FOR OPPOSING SCHOOL CHOICE, PRIORITIZING MIGRANTS OVER INNER CITY KIDS
Mainor, who ran her campaign on the issue of school choice, stated that wasn’t the only reason why she left the Democratic Party. It was also the party’s stance on “defund the police.” However, she stressed the importance school choice had in her decision.
“I had the most charter schools in my district than any other district in the state of Georgia. So people in my community are crying for options because no one wants to send their child to a school that’s failing,” she said. “School choice is important to me because I am that child that it supports. I grew up in an area of the west side of Atlanta where right now the schools–in some of them–97% of the kids can’t read, perform simple math.”
She added, “It’s dismal. It’s bleak. It’s high unemployment. It’s low life expectancy, low graduation rates, you name…
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