Democrat switches to republican. Says he will not retire as a communist.

He was always a Republican:

"Though the mayor’s position in Dallas is technically nonpartisan, Johnson joins Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker as one of two Republican mayors to lead a major Texas city.

Johnson’s switch came as little shock to Dallas political observers, who said he has been signaling for some time his leaning toward the GOP — and his distancing from Democrats.

"This is one of the worst kept secrets in the world of politics," said Vinny Minchillo, a Dallas-area Republican consultant. "This has been coming down for a long time."

State Rep. John Bryant, a Dallas Democrat, took to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to quip about Johnson's announcement.

“Switching parties? I didn’t know he was a Democrat,” Bryant wrote.

He won reelection without opposition in May after sewing up the city’s business donor class, who often lean Republican, as well as the Dallas Police Association, the city’s police union.

Politicos interpreted Johnson's switch as a precursor to a potential bid for statewide office — which Democrats have been locked out of for decades.
"You've got to be a Democrat to win in Dallas," said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University. "You've got to be a Republican to win in Texas.""
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/22/dallas-mayor-eric-johnson-republican/

Says he'll resign as a Fascist.

A DINO that genuinely walks away after realizing how diabolical the Communist-Democrats are or just another RINO.

I know nothing about the guy but when I hear someone doing that (switching parties) I just think of someone using black paint to cover the white line down the back of a skunk. It no longer looks like a skunk, but it still emits a bad smell. However anything that puts out a message that democrat policies are not all sunshine and utopia is a good thing.