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October 21, 2016      4:55 PM

East Texas judge quits the GOP, becomes a Democrat

“I’d rather stand on my Christian faith and values than take the low ground and go along just to get along”

Saying that Republican Nominee Donald J. Trump has dragged the GOP in a direction that offends her Christian values, State District Judge Lauren Parish from Upshur County on Friday announced she is leaving the majority party in this state and becoming a Democrat.

Upshur County is just north of Tyler-Longview in East Texas, which of course is hostile territory for just about any politician with a “D” behind their name.

Judge Parish, first elected back in 1995, said during an Austin news conference she knows there are plenty of people who will attack her for this decision but “from a moral perspective, I have no option.”

“My Christian values have been disenfranchised by my party’s nominee for president,” Judge Parish said. When asked if there was a certain breaking point – whether it was the Howard Stern interviews, the hot microphone Access Hollywood conversation or something else – Parish said it was a combination of all those things and more.

By Scott Braddock