Insight from Libby Albert, executive director of the WalkAway Foundation.
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PETE, the Rnc highlighting
former Democrats, former
socialists who walked away from
the party and are now supporting
President Trump
Liberalisms changed and I
dont fit there anymore.
Im a Democrat. My parents are
Democrats,
Democrats sort of get people
hooked on this drug of free
money. Basically saying: if you
want your fix, you have to keep
voting for us.
His entire campaign works for
all Americans.
It was a turning point for me.
You can actually go from
being a democratic social. U dot S
to a Trump supporter
socialist to a Trump supporter
PETE. Our next guest was in that
video and then was attacked by
protesters on Thursday upon
leaving the White House
joining me now. Is the executive
director of the hashtag walk
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Libby! Thank you. So much for
being here, I loved that portion
of the video. Where you say hey,
you can go from being a Bernie
Sanders supporter to a Trump
supporter.
How does that happen
break down? They feel like
very different views of the
world. Absolutely one hundred percent-
and I want the let people know-
and I want the let people know
this didnt happen overnight by
any- is stretch.
So I was a hard core Bernie
supporter in two thousand and sixteen even after
the Dnc railroaded him in the
primary.
I wrote him in on the general
election.
I was not giving up.
However, my husband, who was also
a Bernie supporter, switched to
being a trump supporter
at the time. I didnt think
anything of it because we
werent being fed all of the
false narratives from the media
as we are now, and so we just
kind of went on,
but eventually the talking
points started being fed to us
and I fell for them hook, line
and sinker and began to believe
that my husband was some
monster,
but eventually, after probably eighteen
months of us in some very awkward conversation, a little
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began to make me open my eyes to
perhaps not everything is, as it
seems,
and in June of two thousand and eighteen I had found
brandons original viral walk away. Video watched it and
immediately felt a connection
immediately felt a connection,
because one of the biggest
concerns I had is. I had
denounced the Democrat Party
that all of my black friends and
family, my gay friends and
family, would suddenly believe I
was this closeted racist home
phobe can homophobe,
and when I saw this, it spoke to
me
so I created my video
testimonial and put it onto the
Facebook group.
Brandon actually saw it and we
got in touch with it. We became
friends. I started volunteering
for the cam campaign
and by the time the end of twenty eighteen
came around. We had filed to
become a nonprofit and he asked
me to come on
PETE and two years later,
Libby youre in one of the most
powerful videos in the Rnc on
the White House lawn,
but you walked out of the gates
of that amazing event. Very
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did that affirm for you why you
walked away
one hundred percent,
but you know I wanted its
so its indicative of such a
bigger issue. Even though,
even though my this is not
even though my this is not
about emotional scars,
this is indicative of mob rule
with impunity.
This has to stop and
unfortunately, its going to get
worse and worse and worse until
democratic leadership, steps in
and takes a stand,
PETE Boy, they have not
its a sad situation,
PETE they havent at all
Libby Albert Congratulations
again,
thank you for that powerful
testimonial and your husband.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-30.