‘ANOTHER FLIP!’ Democrats MELT DOWN After Another Party Defection

Welcome back to explain America. This is

your host Kyle Becker. Another Democrat

has flipped. That's right. He is leaving

the Democratic party and now we are

seeing a lot more defections. That's

because the modern Democratic Party has

become so unpopular, its brand is so

damaged that we're seeing moderate and

independent politicians leave in droves.

But before we get into the story, please

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Common Sense Journalism. Now, you might

have seen my colleague Carmine Sabia

talk about John Federman and his dare to

the Democratic party about pushing him

too far because he could take a lot of

moderates with him if he decided to

defect from the Democratic party. And we

also had the story recently about the

New Hampshire mayor and the

representative there who decided to flip

from the Democratic party to the

Republican party. So now we have another

case and this is very interesting

because it comes out of North Carolina.

We're talking about state representative

Nasif Mahed who represents district 99

in the Charlotte area of Meckllinburgg

County and he announced that he's

leaving the Democratic party and he is

registering as unaffiliated.

Well, he lost the Democratic Party in

March to a more progressive challenger.

And in his statement, Mahed said, quote,

"I didn't leave the Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party left me." Well,

that's a familiar refrain. He emphasized

serving people over party agendas,

focusing on integrity, fairness, and

honest leadership for his constituents.

This is the second North Carolina House

Democrat to make this move in just days.

Representative Carla Cunningham from the

same county switched to unaffiliated

right before her lost primary challenge.

So now in New Hampshire, we have the

other case where Claremont mayor and

state representative Dale Gerard flipped

from Democrat to Republican. And he is a

freshman lawmaker who was elected in

2024. And he said after careful thought

that his personal values and voting

record no longer lined up with today's

Democratic party. Now, why would he

think that? Could it be because of all

the violent rhetoric and the extremism

coming out of the Democratic party, like

minority leader Hakee Jeff calling for

maximum warfare against Trump and then

refusing to back down after yet another

assassination attempt? I mean, this is a

party that seems to be going off the

rails. They're getting increasingly

desperate. And now that the Republicans

are fighting fire with fire by going

through redistricting after the

bombshell Supreme Court ruling about

this Voting Rights Act, well, the

Democrats are becoming increasingly

unhinged. They are openly calling for

retaliation against the Republican party

that can be perceived as uh a call for

political violence particularly among

people who are unstable or uh

susceptible to such extremist language.

So, uh, this latest flip, uh, from the

Democratic Party to an unaffiliated one

is just a signal that the Democratic

Party has lost its way and it is losing

politicians. People don't want to be

associated with a Democratic party that

cannot restrain itself, that is sewing

chaos and anarchy, throwing lot with

criminal aliens, the lowest of the low.

I mean, when you're backing up MS-13

gang members, you have an issue because

people have died because of MS-13 gang

members. We're talking about human

trafficking and drug smuggling. So, they

are backing up the lowest of the low

criminal aliens, and they don't seem to

be caring too much about the violence on

the city streets. They don't seem to

care about our national debt. They don't

care about American taxpayers getting

looted, especially in an affordability

crisis. They keep pushing and pushing

and there has to be a breaking point and

it appears that we have reached that

with a number of moderates and

independents. Now across the country,

Ballipedia has tracked dozens of state

lawmakers switching parties in recent

years, most from Democrat to Republican

or independent, often after primaries

where progressives purge anyone who

doesn't tow the line 100%. So, look,

this is exactly what I've been saying

for years. The Democratic Party is in

the midst of a self-inflicted collapse.

Moderates like Mahed and Gerard aren't

traitors. They're normal Americans who

woke up one day and realized the party

left them. It abandoned common sense

governance for radical identity

politics, open borders, and a purge of

anyone who dares vote based on what's

best for their district instead of the

national machine demands. These switches

are early warning signs for Democrats

heading into the 2026 midterms. The

great realignment is here. The party

that embraced extremism is hemorrhaging

the very people who used to hold it

together. Voters are rejecting it and

more elected officials are following.

Stay tuned. There's going to be plenty

more where that came from. And we always

appreciate hearing from you at Explain

America.