As many of you are aware,my Sunday pieces are about someone who deserves our respect and admiration. Mesha Mainor was featured on my Sunday blog of May 21, 2023. The following is a clip from that May blog:
“It takes a lot of fortitude for a Democratic politician to buck the trend and go against her fellow Democratic politicians.
She angered her fellow Democrats when she stood with Republicans in support of Georgia Senate Bill 233, which would have provided $6,500 vouchers to parents with students performing in the bottom 25% in the state. The vouchers could have been used to pay for private school tuition and homeschooling expenses.
Mainor, a supporter of “parent choice,” was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the legislation.”
On this Sunday I am happy to again praise Mesha Mainor because of a second thing she did just this past week.
From Fox News:
The Peach State lawmaker who angered her Democrat colleagues in the Georgia state House of Representatives over her support for a recent school choice bill has announced she is officially switching parties.
Mesha Mainor – a Democrat who has represented District 56 in the Georgia House since January 2021 – announced the decision shortly before noon Tuesday that she will switch her party registration to Republican.
“When I decided to stand up on behalf of disadvantaged children in support of school choice, my Democrat colleagues didn’t stand by me,” Mainor explained of her decision in a statement to Fox News Digital. “They crucified me. When I decided to stand up in support of safe communities and refused to support efforts to defund the police, they didn’t back me. They abandoned me.”
“For far too long, the Democrat Party has gotten away with using and abusing the black community,” she added. “For decades, the Democrat Party has received the support of more than 90% of the black community. And what do we have to show for it? I represent a solidly blue district in the city of Atlanta. This isn’t a political decision for me. It’s a moral one.”
Wow, a politician with moral courage!
I will accept Mesha Mainor on my team anytime!
7/16/23