Fox News: Progressive professor ditches Democratic Party over 'deeply problematic' issue: 'Enough was enough'

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Progressive professor ditches Democratic Party over 'deeply problematic' issue: 'Enough was enough'

Rutgers University professor Gary Francione told Fox News that Democrats' opposition to a bill protecting women's sports led him to leave the party, despite recently voting for Harris.......                    ...                        ...A You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login says he's left the Democratic Party for good despite voting for Kamala Harris last November, driven away by the left's "deeply problematic" approach to women's rights......."I'm troubled by this transgender issue. As a progressive, I believe in women's rights, and I think that it's deeply problematic for men to be claiming the ability to define and determine who's a member of the class of women," Gary Francione said Monday on "Fox & Friends First."......"I'm a liberal pluralist in the sense that I believe that people ought to live and look and love how they wish," he continued. ......"But I don't think that freedom extends to when you're harming others, and I think when you're going into women's toilets or being on their sports teams or getting into their shower or shower rooms or changing rooms or prisons or whatever, I think that's problematic."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Francione, a professor of law, described being jaded by the Democratic Party's shift from class issues and income disparities to a focus on identity politics.......Democrats' opposition to the GOP-backed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login was the final straw......."The Democratic reaction to that bill... I thought was just deplorable, and I decided that enough was enough," he said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login – Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, both of Texas – voted to support the bill, while Democratic Rep. Don Davis of North Carolina voted present.......Francione also believes Democrats' voting base has shifted from the blue-collar American to agenda-driven elitists......."The important thing is working people aren't voting for Democrats anymore. That's the really important thing," he said. "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is now becoming the party of identity politics elites and not the party of working people. And that's the problem."...

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