Gloria Romero spent more than a decade serving as a California lawmaker and eventually rose to become the state Senate's majority leader.

Yet in a shocking development, the longtime Democrat recently revealed that she has decided to quit her party. 

"This is not the Democratic Party that I once championed"

According to Breitbart, Romero made the announcement during a press conference outside California's Capitol this past Thursday.

"I am now another near-life-long Democrat who is joining the growing number of people, including key groups like Latinos, who are leaving the Democratic Party," Romero said.

Romero attacks Harris' record on education

Romero spoke at greater length about her reasoning in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, complaining that she has "had enough."

"There are so many more like me, who have been disaffected Democrats, and we do not recognize this so-called party of democracy any longer," she asserted.

Romero also recalled how she "tried championing school choice, education freedom in California" but found herself being opposed by other Democrats such as Kamala Harris.

"In her hometown of Oakland, Calif., today, 75% of both African-American and Latino children are not reading or doing math at basic levels of proficiency, and yet, she went to court with the teachers union — very powerful big donors — to block education reforms that these families had had the courage to go to court and sue over," Romero pointed out.

Columnist: Growing number of Latinos appear to be joining the GOP

She further maintained that other Democrats are now leaning towards former President Donald Trump due to "the absence of school choice, education freedom, open borders, crime rampant — a mockery of citizenship itself."

Romero's party shift was followed days later by an op-ed piece from Fox News contributor Samuel Rodriguez, laid out some of the reasons why a growing number of Latino are joining the GOP.