Former county Republican chairwoman registers as Democrat -- to cast primary vote for Pete Buttigieg

[Jose Garcia]

Cindy Guerra, a former chairwoman of the Broward Republican Party, changed her party registration this week to become a Democrat.

She said she did it so she could vote for Pete Buttigieg in Florida’s March 17 Democratic presidential primary.

There are two reasons. One, Guerra is impressed with Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., who finished a close second in this week’s New Hampshire primary. “I find him very impressive. I do think he’s qualified.”

The second reason: President Donald Trump.

More: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-former-republican-chairwoman-democrat-pete-buttigieg-20200214-ypwcvw7khzhojiwfra2vb2gvie-story.html

[brooklynite]

1. As Pete has said, he welcomes the support of "future former Republicans"

[thesquanderer]

2. Also an example of why it's hard to know whether open/semi-open primaries are a positive or negative

[jimfields33]

3. I hope she's being truthful and not part of republican chaos rudeness

Not that I don’t think mayor Pete can’t be trump but I think we need to be suspect on all these republicans. Can they be trusted all of a sudden?

[Jose Garcia]

5. She supported Hillary in the 2016 General Election

[radical noodle]

4. I remember her in the 2016 campaign

She's right:

“Here’s the thing: I am not going to vote for Donald Trump — ever. I think Pete Buttigieg is far more qualified than Donald Trump. I think he’s far more intelligent. I think he is far more humane,” Guerra said. “We need a change.”

“I knew this was not going to work out,” she said. “I supported Hillary Clinton because there was no way I was going to support Donald Trump because I knew that everything that is happening was going to happen. I didn’t really imagine it was going to be quite as bad, but here we are.”

The booming stock market isn’t a sufficient reason to support Trump. “It’s bigger than our 401(k)s and it’s bigger than our investments and our stocks. Like everyone else, my stocks are doing better, but sometimes we have to rise up and put our country first.”