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Democrats need to grow up and change

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined at right by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, calling for an investigation into President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, including when Trump learned that his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had discussed U.S. sanctions with a Russian diplomat.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined at right by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, calling for an investigation into President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, including when Trump learned that his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had discussed U.S. sanctions with a Russian diplomat. J. Scott Applewhite AP

I was a Democrat for years. Yes... was!

I now understand what President Trump meant by draining the “swamp."

If you want your constituents to stand by the party or come back, there needs to be major changes immediately. How can you expect the people to support your party when you have your people acting like children on TV? People like Maxine Waters, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi ranting things like “It’s tattooed on your forehead and it will light up at night.” Then you have Hillary... enough said there.

All this generates negative publicity for the party. These people are making the party look silly, stupid and way out of touch with both reality and the times. People today are much more educated than they were in the 1970s and 1980s. Today, educated people look down at the party’s current negative outdated philosophies and attitude of the 1970s. We the people are looking for professionalism and not a bunch of screaming blamers.

Work together with the Republicans and you might get a chance to regain power in 2018/2020. I cannot continue to support the Democrat Party when it allows their people to act so unprofessional while representing themselves as the face of the Democratic party.

Robert Petty

Bradenton

This story was originally published May 16, 2017 at 3:46 PM with the headline "Democrats need to grow up and change."

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