Former Democrat stumps for Paul Ryan in Virginia

[Zxereus]

Former Democrat stumps for Paul Ryan in Virginia

SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- Former Alabama Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, who defected to the Republican Party earlier this year, appeared with Paul Ryan at a rally here Friday.

Davis, who now lives in Virginia and will be a featured speaker at the Republican Party convention later this month, spoke before Ryan and focused partially on how he predicted Democrats would oppose him throughout the campaign.

"One week ago our Democratic friends believed that they were going to win an election based on fear and they were going to scare our seniors about Medicare," Davis said. "One week later, after Paul Ryan has been doing some truth-telling, America knows that there's only one candidate for president who had a plan to cut Medicare by $700 billion, and that is Barack Obama, the president of the United States."

Davis was one of earliest Democrats to endorse then-Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy for president during the presidential campaign in 2008, was a co-chair for Obama's campaign and spoke in his favor at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Four years later, however, his positive words and endorsements go to Republicans.

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[Listening]

Ryan has made this very interesting.

 

[ladyliberal]

It seems like a very sweet deal for Davis. He's said that he wants to run as a Republican in Virginia, but his only qualification is that he used to be a Congressman representing a different state. Now he gets to campaign with a member of the presidential ticket.

One note on Davis's awkward phrasing in preemptively defending Ryan. He apparently believes that stones are built by human beings:

For every stone they throw at you, we will build another stone to lift you up.