<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> Republican lawmakers gained a significant upper hand after a longtime Democrat switched parties.</p>
<p>State Rep. Francis Thompson, who has served as a Democrat from northeast Louisiana for decades, changed his party registration on Friday, according to <a href="https://www.wafb.com/2023/03/17/republicans-gain-supermajority-la-house-after-longtime-democrat-switched-parties/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS affiliate WAFB</a>.</p>
<p>With this party swap, Republicans now have the numbers in both chambers of the state legislature to muster a two-thirds supermajority to override vetoes by Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards.</p>
<p>This is the first time Republican lawmakers in the state have had such an advantage in Louisiana&#8217;s roughly 210-year history, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/louisiana-democrat-switches-parties-giving-republicans-historic-power-1788659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per Newsweek</a>.</p>
<p>Thompson, 81, insisted that &#8220;nothing&#8221; has changed in his values, though he acknowledged having a &#8220;conservative&#8221; voting record.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This morning Rep. Francis Thompson is switching from Democrat to Republican giving the R’s a supermajority in the House <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lalege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lalege</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lagov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lagov</a> <a href="https://t.co/w4Hg1aMPat">pic.twitter.com/w4Hg1aMPat</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Shannon Heckt (@ShannonHeckt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShannonHeckt/status/1636715476070940672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;The push the past several years by Democratic leadership on both the national and state level to support certain issues does not align with those values and principles that are a part of my Christian life,&#8221; Thompson <a href="https://www.nvdaily.com/associated_press_national/republicans-gain-supermajority-in-louisiana-house/article_a5fe8520-ea15-5789-8eac-facdfdea1f20.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added in a statement</a>.</p>
<p>As <a href="https://www.nvdaily.com/associated_press_national/republicans-gain-supermajority-in-louisiana-house/article_a5fe8520-ea15-5789-8eac-facdfdea1f20.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted by the Associated Press</a>, Thompson joined Republicans in recent years to call for a veto override session.</p>
<p>That includes <a href="https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/louisiana-house-fails-to-override-veto-of-transgender-sports-bill-session-is-over/article_214043b0-ea4b-11eb-b3ba-37ac85e77755.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a failed effort in 2021</a> to override a veto of legislation that would have prevented biological male athletes from competing in girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s sports. However, the governor <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/06/politics/louisiana-anti-trans-sports-ban-enacted/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not go through with another veto</a> to stop a transgender sports ban last year.</p>
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<p>Democrats in Louisiana, which has trended more red in recent decades, shrugged at the news of Thompson changing his party affiliation.</p>
<p>“While Rep. Thompson’s decision is disappointing, it is not surprising. He already caucused with Republicans,” House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Sam Jenkins <a href="https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/thompson-party-flip-gives-republicans-022608010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>.</p>

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