Highly Placed Defections From the Republican Party

 Yes sir and ma'am, there were two rather highly placed defections from the Republican Party in the last few days. First, a member of the House of Representatives.

Congressman Paul Mitchell Resigns from Republican Party

A bit of the story:

Disgust with Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the election and GOP leadership’s acquiescence in damaging American democracy has led to one member saying, “Enough”. Paul Mitchell of Michigan, a retiring member of the US House, has resigned from the Republican Party.

So yes, he was retiring but hey, we'll take it. He bailed on the party after being and working in it most if not all of his entire adult life, given its direction under this lunatic of a President.

Then, the second defection.

Steve Schmidt Officially Registers As A Democrat

And who is Steve Schmidt, you might ask? From Wikipedia:

Stephen Edward Schmidt[2] (born September 28, 1970)[3] is an American communications and public affairs strategist who has worked on Republican political campaigns, including those of President George W. Bush, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Arizona Senator John McCain.

Schmidt was the senior campaign strategist and advisor to the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator John McCain.[4] He pushed McCain to select Sarah Palin as his running mate, a choice which McCain came to regret.[5] He was a Vice Chair at the public relations firm Edelman[6] until he stepped down in July 2018.[7]

He's a long time, very entrenched Republican and member of that party. Or at least he was.

The smart people and the people of integrity and thought and backbone are getting out.