"There is no longer a majority of votes from Brooklyn State Committee Members/District Leaders in the Executive Committee to support the Governor's re-election," the committee said in a statement.
We're one month into a government shutdown, and there's no end in sight. When the Democrats decided not to swallow the GOP spending bill without getting some concessions, there were warnings that a shutdown could be lengthy. The longest was led by Democrats in Donald Trump's first term, who opposed the billions he wanted for a wall along the border with Mexico. (In typical Trump fashion, he eventually caved.)
The bill, which would give state parties the authority to boot members at will, was cooked up after Democrat Mondaire Jones embarrassingly lost the liberal Working Families Party line.
Yusuf's departure from Reform UK may surprise many, but for those closely observing the party, it's a predictable outcome shaped by internal dynamics and controversies.