DA leadership candidate John Moodey.
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Long-time DA Gauteng leader John Moodey has resigned from the party.
Moodey addressed the media from his home on Wednesday and said he no longer felt comfortable in the DA.
“I’m deeply saddened, uncomfortable and I am no longer at home in the DA,” he said.
Moodey was in the running for the DA leadership position at the party’s October conference.
He took exception to the party’s silence on Helen Zille’s controversial tweets about race.
#Moodey tackling Helen’s tweets about racism- she remains in office as she causes irreparable harm to the DA and racial harmony (@tshidi_lee)
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“I have regrettably, and after much soul searching, reached a point where I am unable to defend these insensitive utterances and statements,” he said.
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