https://explainamerica.com/2166147/?fbclid=IwAR3DPP1xxOooZZvbFVgi1VGRSJrnF1ffUwGQm8aXHKxLuTvxlZG8DkHcNAg“I am delighted to join the Republican Party,” he said. “This is about sending a message — a message to the Biden administration, a message to the Democratic Party. We’re losing the American people because you are not representing our values. You are not representing the Democratic Party that my parents were so proud of.” - Former Assemblyman Dov Hikind (R- Brooklyn)
Hikind was a "lifelong" Democrat, but not a liberal Democrat, and not a loyal Democrat. He frequently endorsed Republican Presidential candidates and even Republicans for Governor and Senator.
