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Hillary Cassel receives heavy blowback — and praise from Trump </span> </h1> </div></div><div class="article-share" id="sharing-top"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-12524884" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/01/11/after-switching-parties-state-rep-hillary-cassel-receives-heavy-blowback-and-praise-from-trump/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-x"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-x-12524884" class="share-x sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/01/11/after-switching-parties-state-rep-hillary-cassel-receives-heavy-blowback-and-praise-from-trump/?share=x" target="_blank" title="Click to share on X" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on X (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-bluesky"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-bluesky-12524884" class="share-bluesky sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/01/11/after-switching-parties-state-rep-hillary-cassel-receives-heavy-blowback-and-praise-from-trump/?share=bluesky" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Bluesky" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></header><div class="article-content"><div class="article-content-wrapper"><div class="header-features default"><div class="dfm-featured-top-flex-container"></div> <figure> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="State Rep. Hillary Cassel greets someone in the gallery as she arrives for the Broward Legislative Delegation meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)" title="State Rep. Hillary Cassel greets someone in the gallery as she arrives for the Broward Legislative Delegation meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)" subtitle="" class="lazyload size-article_feature" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tfl-l-hillary-cassel-broward-01_9a6f52.jpg?w=549" data-srcset="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tfl-l-hillary-cassel-broward-01_9a6f52.jpg?w=549 620w,https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tfl-l-hillary-cassel-broward-01_9a6f52.jpg?w=691 780w,https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tfl-l-hillary-cassel-broward-01_9a6f52.jpg?w=903 1020w,https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tfl-l-hillary-cassel-broward-01_9a6f52.jpg?w=1130 1280w,https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tfl-l-hillary-cassel-broward-01_9a6f52.jpg?w=1642 1860w" ></div> <figcaption> State Rep. Hillary Cassel greets someone in the gallery as she arrives for the Broward Legislative Delegation meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel) </figcaption> </figure> <div class="meta"><img class="avatar avatar-85 photo coauthor-avatar lazyload size-85x85" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TFL-L-staff-mug-Anthony-Man-102623.jpeg?w=85" data-srcset="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TFL-L-staff-mug-Anthony-Man-102623.jpeg?w=85 85w" alt="Sun Sentinel political reporter Anthony Man is photographed in the Deerfield Beach office on Monday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)"><div class="coauthor-avatar-container"><div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/author/anthony-man/" title="Posts by Anthony Man" class=" author-name" rel="author">Anthony Man</a> | <a href="mailto:aman@sunsentinel.com">aman@sunsentinel.com</a> | South Florida Sun Sentinel</pre></div><div class="time">UPDATED: <time datetime="2025-01-14 16:07:13">January 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM EST</time></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body"><div class="body-copy mng-subscriber-content"><div class="wp-remixd-voice-wrapper"><script type="text/javascript" id="remixd-audio-player-script" src="https://tags.remixd.com/player/v5/index.js?cb=%%CACHEBUSTER%%" charset="utf-8" async></script></div><p>State Rep. Hillary Cassel has received scorching criticism for her post election announcement that she was leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican. One constituent said she should resign for not saying anything before the election. 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