Source Scout · New Haven Independent reports: “I feel totally betrayed by the [Republican] Party,” David Lavine said on the Green on Saturday. “I was a Republican because I believed in free markets and free institutions, not the dismantlement of these institutions.” Lavine offered that personal-political trajectory as he joined dozens of people downtown for a “No Kings” rally where attendees called for early voting ahead of the midterm elections. The New Haven rally was one of thousands to take place across the country on Saturda y — and just the latest mass demonstration against President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies.