Alabama Congressman’s Party Switch Sparks Office Exodus

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Alabama Congressman’s Party Switch Sparks Office Exodus

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Looks as if Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith may be traveling a little lighter than he planned as he makes the transition from the left to the right of the political aisle. On Monday, Griffith’s chief of staff, along with 10 other staff members, decamped from his office, wishing him well but declining to join him in his switch to the GOP. —KA

The Huffington Post:

“Alabama’s Fifth District has deserved and has benefited from great Democratic conservative leadership since Reconstruction. And until now they had it,” Chief of Staff Sharon Wheeler said. “I appreciate Congressman Griffith’s being a very dedicated congressman. But we believe he made a mistake—a well-intentioned but misguided mistake that is not in the interest of the great people of North Alabama who elected him a year ago as a Democrat. ... ”

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