Rob Smith said he no longer identifies as a Republican because he 'saw just what the 'MAGA movement' really thought of' him.
Rob Smith, a gay and Black conservative who was heckled and called racist and homophobic slurs while attending a MAGA event last year, said he is leaving the Republican Party.Smith, a longtime conservative commentator, announced he now identifies as 'politically homeless' during an episode of his podcast Can't Cancel Rob Smith titled 'I Was Betrayed—Rob Smith Speaks Out' on Monday.
'When the Rob Smith story is being told about this entire political evolution, let it be known that the Phoenix is very much a catalyst of my evolution completely away from the Republican Party,' he said, adding that he will continue to work with some Republicans on issues he believes in.He also knocked Republicans present at the event for not doing more to defend him, noting that the only person who stood up for him was former Ohio Congressional candidate J.R. Majewski.
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