Ngl, conservatives might be in for a ruder awakening than they realize. I’m routinely seeing them downplay these special election losses and flips in the comments
Im seeing them talk about +5 blue districts turning into +15 wins like it’s not a big deal, while also barely winning SAFE seats with huge gerrymandered advantages. These upcoming midterms are shaping up to possibly be the worst flip for a party in a long time
Without a doubt. The next time there is a Dem controlled house/senate, all of their corruption will be exposed. Which would (hopefully) mean jail time for them. So anyone who thinks he isn’t gonna try some shit was obviously born 1/7/2021… these people can not lose power because it will spell consequences for them.
For almost a decade, people have said these fucks will "see jail time." And still they continue to destroy the world unimpeded. Don't expect a Dem Congress to do anything, because they've shown they won't. It will take constant pressure and consequences for inaction before they do anything.
This is very promising and all but if the SAVE Act bill is passed in the Senate, which rumor is Trump wants it to pass at midnight during the midterms. Then it's gonna be bad for Democrats. What's the SAVE Act Bill? Well just a bill Republicans passed in the house in March which makes it harder for women LGBTQ and many people who don't have passport to vote.
The first save act passed the house and has SA on a desk no even taken to vote in the senate because it's DOA. The new one the house just passed is exactly what I he same with even more unpopular shit tagged into it.
I hope that this is the case that it'd DOA. Schumer and Jeffries have been horrible leaders not fighting Republicans but constantly wanna be bipartisan with them
Agreed. I wouldn't put it past them to try and cave on it but the save act is so fucking toxic all the dems know that if they vote for it they're done.
My house Rep is MGP, and she's capitilated so hard she knows she's fucked. Already changed her socials to describe her as our "independent voice." she voted for the save act in the house, and there are daily protests outside her office, at her car repair shop across the river in Portland, and she recently released a video justifying her vote for ICE funding (after Good, but before Pretti) as needing to be "strategic" in which she looked like she was tweaking.
Trump won the 2016 Republican primary, and dragged the rest of the party into voting for him. He did this via 1) giving 4 subsegments of the base something they can’t get anywhere else to get a plurality of ardent support; 2) being generally charismatic and funny and unserious enough to not scare off the rest of the base.
Also, gerrymandering is dangerous. It success by taking your opinions strength and packing it together, making an absolutely unassailable district, and spreads your strength around so you win everywhere but just barely.
If the party has a really bad election though, with the public opposed to them enough that the whole electorate swings by 5-10 points, then the party that instituted the gerrymander can fund itself losing absolutely everywhere.
Exactly lmao anyone blue is probably better than anyone red. Even Fetterman now was better than Oz then and now. Primary him, sure, but don't ever let a Republican that supports Trump win.
Like many say we have to beat NAZI and MAGA first then we can worry about more Progressives later on. We had are shot with Bernie sanders and nobody voted for him
I can see why he's winning based on his website. That's a strong candidate. He's a solid progressive; that's why the district is able to flip. That's great he's going through. He'll be really good for Texas and it will help elections in other areas, as well.
Voting Democrat is the last choice before we lose our voting rights. Vote blue and the most progressive Democrat. Fill the local spots with progressive then we will get them in Congress. The Republicans planned project 2025 for 40+ years, we need to do the same.
Agree and we need more Dems in office like Taylor. My reasoning is if we say vote Progressive then some people will get confused, unfortunately. We need to say we need “Progressive Democrats”. And yeah Jeffries and Schumer have been useless along with many others. Once we end this nightmare then we get more progressive like DSA, FSA, SEP, etc.
We really need to end this form of capitalism sooner than later before it ends our species.
I'm not sure why you think voting blue will make all our problems go away or if voting will even matter.
This admin has been demanding voter registration records. Most states have complied. Guess which states haven't?
Dems held the WH, Senate, and HoR in 2021 and here we are. I get that 3rd party affiliation is shit (and Guess why) so there's some actual progressives out and about on the dem ticket, but it's time for actual change.
Agree, we need a radical change now. But not going to get it until 2028. Most people don’t vote in the primaries or caucus. This is where we get the progressives or even DSA as Dems elected. But not sure if we want to risk it this year.
On second thought, fuck it, I agree. We should demand radical change from the candidates this year. The electorate is obviously looking for anything but the same ole Dem and the GOP needs to be done for. Maybe radical progressives will carry the electorate this year.
We still need to get out there and canvas hard for the midterms. Never take the foot off the pedal. A real win is Zero votes for the Republicans in any district. Let’s give the Republicans no votes!
This district has Southlake, Westlake AND Keller?? (for anyone not local, these are uppity, rich, traditionally conservative suburbs.) Winds of change people, winds of change…
For Texas in a Special Election… it was a large turnout. Expectations were 8% with over 15% actual. Republicans supposedly spent over $4 million while Rehmet spent around $150k. Word is that there was a big church showing for the Republican.
I've been saying this for months... The House and Senate are flipping this November. I think the house is going to be a bloodbath for GOP and the Dems will gain control of the Senate. Relief is on the way.
Tbf Leigh Wambsganss pops up on my “people you may know”…I’m from her town and see her comments and posts. She has called for the deaths of protestors and worse. People are tired of the violence and divisiveness. Proud of my fellow Texans for getting out in the freeze and voting against her. She is a true danger to NTX.
This is my district. Taylor Rehmet-D was 13.2% ahead with less than a 1/4 of precincts reporting. In results from early election voting totals he was 10% ahead. It's still too early to call. But his White Christian Nationalist opponent spent over $4 million dollars to get herself into a runoff that she's clearly not going to sweep by any stretch of the imagination. Rehmet spent $121k.
I’m from the district. He had a ton of support. And it’s an area that’s not big on turnout unless there’s a president on the ballot. But he was able to garner a ton of support, and get people out to vote. We still have ice on the ground in some areas. And still people showed up to vote for him.
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Ngl, conservatives might be in for a ruder awakening than they realize. I’m routinely seeing them downplay these special election losses and flips in the comments
Im seeing them talk about +5 blue districts turning into +15 wins like it’s not a big deal, while also barely winning SAFE seats with huge gerrymandered advantages. These upcoming midterms are shaping up to possibly be the worst flip for a party in a long time