Kentucky Senator Robin Webb switches to the Republican Party, says Democrats no longer represent her values ​​| Today news

State Senator Robin Webb, a long-standing legislature of Kentucky’s 18th Senate district, has announced that she is leaving the Democratic Party to join Republicans. The decision is a significant political shift in one of the state’s most important rural districts. Senator Robin Webb is now a Republican Webb, who first entered politics by winning a seat in the state in 1998, said her decision was formed by a connection between her values ​​and the direction of the Democratic Party. In a statement, Webb said: “First, I am a mother, a farm and a lawyer with deep personal and professional roots in Kentucky’s coal country. While the Democratic Party continues to the left and its hybrid focus on policy that harms workforce and economic development in my region, I no longer feel that it represents my values.” She added: “While it’s cliché, it’s true: I didn’t leave the party – the party left me.” Her disorder comes as a blow to the Democratic Party in Kentucky, which has historically relied on support from the working-class voters in rural and coal-producing areas. Democratic Party officials were quick to respond. Party chairman, Colmon Elridge, criticized the move and said: “Senator Webb has chosen to join a political party that is currently working to take away health care from more than a million Kentuckians, erasing our rural hospitals, taking away food from the Kentucky families and removing resources from our public schools. Of the Republican state, Robert Benvenuti, praised her decision and noted her practical approach to legislation and deeply commitment to her voters.