Realtor and entrepreneur Elena Cardone has gained national prominence through her leadership of the 10X Ladies business group.

Yet despite having once been a Democrat, Cardone recently explained why she has since come to support President Donald Trump. 

"They're just not my group"

"I didn't understand the entrepreneurial world or how politics worked or capitalism worked or society," Cardone said during an interview with Fox News this week.

"I was just kind of trying to be cool and what all my friends did in New Orleans and then once I really looked at what is the purpose and the message and the core values," she said. "I just, I couldn't align with that group. They're just not my group."

"Entrepreneur Elena Cardone says the left has hijacked feminism — and betrayed women."

CEO and women's advocate says Democratic Party no longer aligned with her core values of family and female empowerment.

Full interview: 👇 https://t.co/q6oIimEhx9

— Elena Cardone (@ElenaCardone) July 31, 2025

"I really previously wanted to just stay in my lane, empower women, protect children, restore the family unit," Cardone acknowledged.

"And it wasn't until those became really obviously under attack that I feel like the political world merged in and crashed into my lane so that I could no longer sit back and not speak out about it," the businesswoman insisted.

Cardone: Democrats are "robbing" female athletes

Cardone maintained that Democrats are undermining women, asking, "How do you claim to be a feminist and advocate for men winning in our sports and taking our medals and robbing women of opportunities in life?"

"That's not feminism, that's hijacking. We've worked really hard to get where we were, and we need to now fight for those rights continually," she insisted.

Nevertheless, Cardone also suggested that the feminist movement has caused relations between men and women to become frayed.

"I feel like it put a crack and a wedge between our relationship with men as a generality, and now it's time to heal that wound and how can we come together as partners in life to work together," the business leader added.

Trump has drawn support from other former Democrats

Cardone is hardly the first former Democrat to embrace Trump, with the president giving two of them positions in his cabinet.

United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard previously represented Hawaii's 2nd congressional district as a Democrat and even spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2016.

Meanwhile, former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now serves as Secretary of Health and Human Services.