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Democratic lawmaker immediately defects to GOP after winning re-election (www.rawstory.com)

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Florida state Rep. Susan Valdés announced Monday she is defecting to the Republican Party — immediately after being re-elected as a Democrat.

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the inherent flaw in representative democracy. You elect a person and empower them to just do whatever they think is best, with the assumption they'll do what they said and what you supported them for, but there's no enforcement or law requiring it. They just presumably want to be reelected, but if the deal is good enough or they think they can get reelected some other way, they can flip you off and you're screwed.

[–] yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

This is why, when George Santos was found to be lying, the argument that there's no need to expel him from Congress because people will unelect him is bullshit. George Santos ran on being a completely different person than he turned out to be and so completely misrepresented himself. This is very much what what's her face OP posted did. Waiting until the next election cycle for that position doesn't really do the Justice needed, does it?