Last week College Insurrection featured an article about Evan Alvarez, the former chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans who switched parties after that state’s highly controversial Senate primary runoff.

While many conservatives and Republicans expressed bewilderment of Alvarez’s abrupt, public resignation and party crossover–but seem to have quickly gotten over it– liberals and Democrats are still trying to push this story.

Here’s a bizarre one from Huffpo. Can readers ascertain whether the article is touting Alvarez or criticizing him? Your correspondent certainly cannot.

From David McCabe of Huffington Post:

College Republican Who Switched Parties Once Scorned ‘Damn Liberals’

WASHINGTON — On his social media accounts, Evan Alvarez was a model conservative. He called for President Barack Obama’s impeachment, decried government “handouts,” enthused about Republican candidates, and said there was nothing he hated more “than a damn liberal.”

But Alvarez said he’s now one of those “damn liberals” after resigning last month as chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans, citing disagreement with the party’s direction. He said he changed his party affiliation the same day.

Alvarez’s party switch has since attracted local and national media attention, and he will appear Wednesday night on MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” with Lawrence O’Donnell. His resignation came amid infighting over last month’s contentious Mississippi Republican Senate primary runoff between Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R).

Years of Alvarez’ social media posts show no trace of his new political philosophy — only enthusiasm for the Republican Party and its positions. He said Wednesday that he now regrets some of the posts. And he explained his sudden transformation: it wasn’t so sudden.


 
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