Let us begin with J D Vance:
J.D.Vance
Vance grew up in Middletown, Ohio, a working-class community known for its sprawling steel mill. He was primarily raised by his grandparents – James and Bonnie Vance – whom he affectionately called “Papaw” and “Mamaw.”
Vance told a Washington Post reporter that his grandparents were “classic blue-dog Democrats, union Democrats.” His grandmother voted Democrat her entire life, and his grandfather did, except for Ronald Reagan in 1984.
The Democratic line in his family extends beyond his grandparents, however. The New York Times reports that Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, was also a registered Democrat until at least 2014, when the two got married.
Donald Trump:
Trump first registered as a member of the Republican Party in 1987. But records show that since then he’s changed his party affiliation five times.
In October 1999, he joined the Independence Party of New York.
Not long after, he declared himself a potential candidate for the Reform Party’s presidential nomination for the 2000 election. The Independence Party of New York was at that time the state affiliate of the national Reform Party.
But after just four months, Trump withdrew from the race.
Then in 2001, Trump became a Democrat — and remained one for eight years.
In a 2004 interview with CNN, he said that “in many cases” he identified more as a Democrat than Republican.
“It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans,” he said.
Despite his praise for the Democrats, Trump returned to the Republican Party in 2012 and has remained a member since.
Tulsi Gabbard:
See previous blog for her being once a Democrat.
Tech Bros move to the Right:
Tech moguls such as Elon Musk (Tesla, X), Peter Thiel (former CEO of PayPal), and venture capitalists like David Sacks (former CEO of Yammer), Marc Andreessen (Meta board member) and Ben Horowitz (former CEO of Opsware) have all thrown their support behind Trump. According to Axios, Musk and Sacks lobbied Trump to appoint J.D. Vance, who himself is a former venture capitalist, as his vice president.
https://www.code-sa.org/post/trump-and-the-tech-bros-a-threat-to-democracy
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