Rep. Parker Griffith (R-AL), who switched from the Democratic to Republican Party in December only to get crushed in his new party’s primary on Tuesday, said yesterday that he’s at peace with his party switch — even though it might have been a political mistake.
“I do not regret changing parties,” he said at a news conference. “I think it may have been, politically, it may have been a mistake. On principle, it was the right thing to do and I’m happy about it.”
Griffith said “the Republican Party is in the ascendancy in the fifth district,” and congratulated his opponent, Mo Brooks.
“I was rejected by the constituents,” he said. “They did not accept me, and I appreciate that, because that’s how America is supposed to work. And we’re supposed to pick it up and go on.”
“My constituents are still the most important thing to me.”
Griffith took shots at President Obama (“a socialist”) and House Speaker (“I think Nancy Pelosi is as well.”), but also said that he “was not accepted by the Republican Party” — even though he insisted he had changed parties based on principle.
It was a belief thing. They just didn’t believe me.
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