Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Their Party

R&I NV — “I was completely shocked and ashamed. That’s not how I think of the Republicans ā€” who we were, and who we are,” he said. “It’s something I felt I could no longer be in support of.”

That night, he talked with his wife over dinner at their home. Darrah had been a lifelong Republican, while his spouse and children are Democrats ā€” the kind of family that joked about canceling out each other’s votes.

Later, Darrah, age 49, sat in his living room and pulled up the state’s voter registration website. And then, like thousands of other Coloradans in the wake of the insurrection, he left the Republican Party.

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