Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson gave new details during an interview this week about his decision to switch from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party.
Johnson made the remarks during an interview on Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) “Verdict” podcast with co-host Ben Ferguson.
Johnson highlighted his background growing up poor to working class parents and being raised in a family where faith was central to their everyday lives. He said that while his family was not political, they had a very strong sense of right and wrong and put a priority on treating others well, working hard, and following the law.
“And so, I think I was always politically in a weird posture with the Democratic Party, because at its core — and I didn’t understand this at the very beginning — … you sort of inherit the Democratic Party as a cultural heirloom, when you’re African American in this country, it…
