Tag: #WalkAway campaign

In a heartfelt YouTube video that has gone viral, former Bernie Sanders supporter and lifelong Democrat Vanessa Berben explained why she decided to add her voice to the #WalkAway campaign.

This is a grassroots, rapidly-gaining-traction movement created by Brandon Straka, initially with his own viral video, that has created a social media community of disaffected liberals who have left the Democratic Party and its authoritarian, intolerant inclinations.

Originally launched on Facebook where you can find substantial content,  there are now also a sizable number of video testimonial/personal stories from ex-Democrats on the #WalkAway YouTube fan site.

Many people seem to forget that Donald Trump himself was a Democrat and independent before seeking the presidency as a first-time candidate on the Republican ticket in 2016.

On her website, civil discourse champion Vanessa Berben makes it clear that she is has not signed on with conservatives or Republicans, unlike many of her #WalkAway contemporaries who have officially made an ideological journey from left to right. But she shares their basic principles insofar as free speech is concerned.

“To vocalize any kind of dissenting opinion that doesn’t fall in lock/step with “the war for social justice’ gets us labeled a Nazi, bigot, or some other kind of racist— sometimes by our own families. So here’s my contribution to this movement. From one lifelong Democrat, here to say No More. I’m nowhere near Conservative, nowhere nar Republican, but I’m still breaking up with my party. No more rabid cognitive dissonance, no more exaltation of victimhood– I’ve chosen to #WalkAway.”

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As she further explained on the video embedded below, ‘Somehow, advocating for freedom of thought has become a radical notion.”

Although Democrats and liberals here and in Europe, including blue-check Twitter, seem incapable of distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration moreover, Berben in her video presentation specifically rejected the premise that favoring legal entry into the U.S. and strong borders are in an any discriminatory.

“Being an American surpasses color, surpasses creed, it even surpasses country of origin—This is an amazing country, and I love being an American. And I love anyone who holds American ideals up so highly, that they would be willing to leave their home country to come here. I’m so for that; I’m so all about that…”

So… this is happening: Vanessa Berben AMA on r/WalkAway, Wednesday 8pm ET! Former Bernie supporter talks leaving the Democrat… https://t.co/5akFtjRk66 via @reddit read more