A former top California Democrat said she is switching to the Republican Party and voting for former President Donald Trump. Gloria Romero, who led the Democratic majority in California’s state Senate for three years until 2008, announced her decision Wednesday during a press conference at the California State Capitol. “Today, I am leaving the Democratic Party,” Romero said. “I stayed for as long as I could. I tried reforms, I spoke out, I voted.” Thank you SteveLet’s make California Golden Again! https://t.co/tYfIqOFyWO — GloriaRomero (@GloriaJRomero) September 5, 2024 “Today, I say goodbye, adios, I’ve had enough,” she said. “I am now another near lifelong Democrat who is joining the growing number of people — including key groups, Latinos — who are leaving the Democratic Party.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Romero said she has changed her voter registration from Democrat to Republican, saying the Republican Party has become the “champion of working people” under Trump. “I will vote for Donald Trump this fall,” she said. Romero cited several issues that drove her to abandon the Democratic Party, including what she called “rigged” primaries. Democrats “eradicated” 14 million votes to install their “preferred candidate,” Vice President Kamala Harris as presidential nominee, Romero said, comparing the party’s tactics to Latin American dictatorships. She also cited gender ideology, saying it is “terrifying” that she, as a feminist, “would be condemned for saying that I can define a woman.” “This is the so-called party of women which has eradicated Title IX protections for sports equity for women,” Romero said, adding that, “while I am pro-choice, I will not support a party that advocates for abortion to full term.  I am a mother and refuse to call myself a ‘birthing person.'” Romero, who is Mexican American, also criticized Democrats on immigration, saying that while she has long embraced pathways to citizenship, she rejects the “mockery of citizenship and the throwing open of our southern border by the ineffective Border Czar and the inept Biden.” She also cited “rampant inflation” and censorship, saying Democrats have become the party of “locking people up for free speech.” Romero also criticized Democrats’ lackluster response to the terror group Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, as well as the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The Republican Party has become the party of peace while the Democrats have marched towards endless war,” she said. “Perhaps my biggest disconnect with my old Democratic Party has been over school choice, education freedom and the right to have quality schools for all — especially for poor and minority children trapped in chronically failing schools,” she said. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI As chairwoman of the education committee, Romero helped pass a controversial “parent trigger” bill that allowed a majority of parents of a “failing school” to restructure it. “This is not the Democratic Party that I once championed, I don’t recognize it anymore and I cannot continue,” she said. Romero was also the California co-chair for the re-election of former President Barack Obama. She was the first woman to serve as state Senate majority leader in California. She was joined at the Capitol on Wednesday by Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley, Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher, California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson, and Fox News contributor Steve Hilton, who is weighing a run for governor.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump slammed Vice President Kamala Harris during a town hall event on Wednesday for the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump made the remarks during the event with Fox News’s Sean Hannity in Pennsylvania. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. “They want open borders,” Trump said of the Democratic Party. “She wants open borders. Now she’s all of a sudden said, ‘Oh, I think we’ll close the borders.’ She was the border czar, whether you like it or not, but, even if you don’t want to use that term, she was in charge of the border.” “It’s the worst border in the history of the world, not just here,” he continued. “There’s never been a country that allowed 21 million people to come in over a three-year period. There’s never been. And 21 million people, many of whom are from prisons, many of whom are murderers, and drug dealers, and child traffickers.” Trump highlighted how many of the victims of Harris’ open borders policies are women who are trafficked. “They’re coming in now and they’re putting them in our Social Security accounts, and they’re putting them in Medicare,” he added. “And just one thing, if you take a look, take a look. Over the last week, I said this was going to happen. And it’s happening because these people are tougher than our criminals are, our criminals are nice people by comparison.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI WATCH: PRESIDENT TRUMP: “[Kamala] wants open borders… She was the border czar, whether you like it or not… It’s the worst border in the history of the world. There’s never been a country that allowed 21 Million people to come in over a three year period.” pic.twitter.com/F6BzkTLBvg — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 5, 2024

In 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) made quite a big policy change. As a result, college athletes are now able to earn endorsement money. This can be done through signing autographs, advertisement campaigns, and more. As soon as basketball star Anthony Leal heard of this change, he knew exactly what he’d be doing with his money. You might guess that Anthony’s plans involved using the money for himself. But the Indiana University student had someone else on his mind: his sister, Lauren. She was set to graduate in December 2023, and he knew she was racking up a lot of college debt… but not for long! Watch Lauren react to Anthony’s life-changing Christmas gift in the video below. Like her brother, Lauren was also a student-athlete. Unfortunately, an injury ended her playing career there. As excited as she was to have graduated, in the same month as both her birthday and Christmas, she knew that she would soon have to figure out how to pay off her debt. She already had one job, but she was thinking of getting a third. Anthony Leal Changes His Sister’s Life With a Single Christmas Present “What was holding me back is no longer something that I have to worry about,” Lauren said. “So that’s indescribable.” Although Anthony didn’t want to share the exact amount of Lauren’s debt, he did say it’s a “very solid, five-figure number.” At least it was! When asked about her plans for the future, at the time, Lauren said she wanted to take a gap year before returning to school. Her goal? To become a physician assistant! “Instead of saving off now to pay off student debt, I’m going to save now to pay when I have to pay debt after PA school,” Lauren explained, “so I feel like I have a head start.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Indiana College Basketball Player Puts NIL Money To Perfect Use appeared first on InspireMore.

Cayla George, an Australian basketball star, had a lot going on for her leading up to the World Cup in 2022. But amidst her athletic successes, she was also struggling. For some time, she and her husband, Kailou George, had been trying to have a baby. Unfortunately for the couple, it seemed that pregnancy wasn’t in the cards for them. Adoption remained an option, but thanks to the kindness of Cayla’s sister-in-law, they had another option to consider. Both Kailou and his sister, Nina, are Torres Strait Islanders. In their culture, it’s not uncommon for someone to gift a baby to a family member who is struggling with fertility. So, when Nina learned that it seemed Cayla would never get pregnant, she didn’t hesitate to offer her help. Watch Cayla talk about Nina in the video below. @twodotingdads Such an incredicle story!! From Bronze medal winner Cayla George Listen to Two Doting Dads wherever you get your podcasts! ##dadlife##parenting##toddlers##comedypodcasts ♬ original sound – Two Doting Dads This custom is also known as Kupai Omasker. Although it has been around quite some time, it officially became legally recognized in Australia just two years ago. Needless to say, choosing to gift a baby to someone is no small act of kindness. That’s why both Cayla and Kailou couldn’t be more grateful. “I can never fully repay you for this incredible gift of life,” Cayla wrote to Nina in a social media post before her baby was born, “BUT I promise to LOVE Pearly Girl with everything I have.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by CAYLA GEORGE (@cfrannykg) When an Olympic Star Struggles With Infertility, Her Sister-in-Law Gifts Her Own Baby Nina’s kindness continues to melt hearts of folks from all around the world! “The moment she said ‘I’ve been holding this baby for you and she has been yours’ I burst into tears. What a beautiful family,” someone shares in the comment section of Cayla’s recent interview, with another adding, “Such a beautiful culture, thank you for sharing something that many of us wouldn’t have known otherwise.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Sister-In-Law “Gifts” Baby To Olympian Who Struggles To Have Child Of Her Own appeared first on InspireMore.

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