Senate Minority Leader Leaves the Democratic Party: Constituents Are So Fed up with ‘Political Hacks’

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PIZZO: “Our constituents are craving practical leaders, not political hacks. We are entrusted to be guided by our conscience and while I suppose it's easier in theory than it is in application, even my worst detractors have no valid claim that I can be bullied, that I can be bought, or even borrowed for a special interest. I am my father's son even in his death. I am my mother's son while she is still alive. I will not miss another one of her birthdays, and I will return to who I was when I became a young man, independent, independent in thought, in my passion, and my conscience, not consultants.”