“I grew tired of watching my district fall to the wayside,” she said. “I soon began to realize that this was taking place under local Democratic leadership. Moreover, I saw that the local party didn’t endorse minorities, or women -- despite how loyal the African-American community, especially black women, were to voting for them.”
That sense of being ignored and rejected by Democrats made her pay more attention to the Republican side.
“In my experience if you practiced diversity of thought in the local [Democratic] party, then a target was drawn on your back.
