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2·2 hours agoWas this comment actually paid by the Kansas Republican Party?
Americans were bombarded with Trump ads lambasting Kamala Harris for having endorsed free gender-transition surgery for prisoners and immigration detainees.
What makes this all so maddening is that those obstacles were placed there by well-meaning progressives.
The Trump ad describes an answer Harris gave on an ACLU candidate questionnaire five years ago. (“As President will you use your authority to ensure that transgender and nonbinary people who rely on the state for medical care — including those in prison and immigration detention — will have access to comprehensive treatment associated with gender transition, including all necessary surgical care?” Answer: yes.).
I’m sure neither the ACLU nor the Harris staffers who cooperated in this response set out to seed Republican attack ads. Yet a large portion of the work of the progressive nonprofit complex is functionally dedicated to this very outcome.
Americans are broadly supportive of equal rights for trans people. That support does not quite extend to allowing trans athletes to compete in women’s sports, or to medicalizing transitions for children. Trans Activists pushing Democrats to take incredibly unpopular positions isn’t a good thing.
Here is the thing about Republican politicians. A big chunk of their voters don’t care they vote against labor rights, cut taxes on big corporations or slash Medicaid/Medicare. Many get elected primarly on cultural issues. They campaign arguing democrats are anti-american anti-police islamic freaks with blue hair. Don’t give them ammo to shoot at you.
You need to leave your local college campus.
In a place like Iowa or Kansas, it actually decreases your chance of winning.
I don’t think James Talarico wants to see trans people rounded up and killed.
The Roosevelt coalition that passed the New Deal included everyone from Communist sympathizers to Southern white supremacists.
To be successful, the Democratic Party needs to be a big tent.
In North Carolina, Roy Cooper is campaigning by promising to crack down on crime. In Michigan, Democrats are running Dr. Abdul El Sayed, who is a progressive. In Kansas, the candidate is a megachurch pastor. In Nevada, Jacky Rosen is pro-Israel. In Georgia, Jon Ossoff criticized the defund the police movement.
What matters isn’t that these people agree on every issue. What matters is that they agree on taxing corporations, improving healthcare and holding Trump accountable
Elections are a game of addition, not subtraction. Forcing purity tests alienates independent voters who might otherwise support the party on core issues.
You are letting them off the hook easily. They are responsible for a lot more.
Susan Collins said she would only serve two terms. She is running for her sixth term. She voted for the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. On Oct. 6, 2018, she cast a deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. He later overturned Roe v. Wade
Mike Rogers cosponsored bills to ban mifepristone, the most common abortion drug in the U.S. He has voted repeatedly against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
Rogers introduced the National Pain Care Policy Act, a bill to expand access to prescription opioids but didn’t include penalties for over-prescribing. His bill was praised by Purdue Pharma
Hillary Clinton jointed the board of Walmart when her husband became governor of Arkansas. Hunter Biden sat on the board of a Ukrainian gas company.
While technically not illegal, I thought these moves were still disgraceful.
But what President Trump is doing is absolutely unprecedented.
Here is some of the people he pardoned:
Ross Ulbricht : Convicted of distribution of drugs, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, fraud with identification documents, conspiracy to commit money laundering
Changpeng Zhao : CEO of Binance, a crypto company. Convicted of money laundering.
Rod Blagojevich : Former Illinois Governor. Convicted of wire fraud, extortion, corrupt solicitation of funds
Trevor Milton : Former CEO of Nikoa. Convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud
Michele Fiore : Nevada politician. Collected over $70,000 in charitable donations to erect a memorial to fallen Vegas police officers. She spent all the money on personal expenses. Convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud
Steve Buyer: Indiana congressman. Convicted of insider trading.
Scott Howard Jenkins : Sheriff of Culpeper County. He received $75,000 in bribes. Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; honest services wire fraud (three counts); bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds (seven counts)
Juan Orlando Hernández: Former President of Honduras. Convicted of facilitating the transport of cocaine to the United States.
Robert Henry Harshbarger Jr Convicted of misrepresenting unapproved medications from China as approved kidney dialysis drugs for his patients.
Jeremy Young Hutchinson: Son of US Senator Tim Hutchinson. Convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery
Todd Chrisley and Judy Chrisley: TV reality stars. Defrauded banks by creating fake documents to obtain $30 million in loans, then later avoiding repayment when Todd declared bankruptcy. Convicted of fraud and tax evasion;
P.G. Sittenfeld : Ohio politician. Convicted of accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers