One of Asheville most outspoken Democrats, Cecil Bothwell, is leaving the party according to the Asheville Times, given the pending presidential nomination of Hillary Clinton and calling the former secretary of state "entirely untrustworthy" and "a felon."

 

Bothwell announced his defection in Facebook post.

 

After his initial post Bothwell responded to some commenters who questioned whether he was being extreme and who said Clinton had agreed to incorporate some of the positions advicated by Senator Bernie Sanders. 

 

Bothwell said Clinton could not be trusted to carry out those promises and that the election of the Republican Trump might galvanize Democrats around progressive issues.